Beat the Clock
Not in terms of running, but in getting this blog entry written before a meeting I got in six minutes.
Playing catchup again. As long as I continue to not have internet access at home and busy days at work this may continue. Could be as long as three more weeks (long story).
Recap:
Thursday: met the Thursday evening crowd at the Art Museum and looking to go tempo, but Ian beat me to it and everybody else had other plans. So I did a loop of the Drives myself, doing miles in (this is from memory) about 6:30; 6:05; 5:58; 5:55; 5:57; 5:56; 7:25 and 6:56. The sub 6 miles were designed to be tempo miles, still a good chunk slower than the range I want to be in but not totally ugly either. I felt good after this as I don't feel like I've been running hard much lately (hence the previous jogger post).
9 miles total running. And I did 4 in the morning in about 32 minutes. So 13 for the day.
Friday: DNR
Saturday: 18 mile run up into the Montgomery County hills with John Dubs, Ian, Deirdre, and Craig. Awfully hot and humid with some insane acclivities. Read John's account for a flavor of how "fun" the run was. But I'm a better runner for it. Total time was 2:24 and change. Then proceeded to spend the rest of the day furniture moving.
Sunday: Ran the Stone Harbor Lions 10k. This is the third straight year that I've run this. Its a flat course but typically run in hot and humid conditions. This race was no exception to this. I don't have much of an idea of what kind of shape I'm in and my legs were pretty beat up from Saturday, so I did not have high expectations. I lined up with fellow PACTC'ers Chuck Shields, who was looking to do something in the 35 minute range, and Jeff Hayes. For the first mile we ran together in a pace, XC style, and hit 5:41; 2nd mile was in 5:35 and Jeff started to fade. Me and Chuck worked together for most of the third mile and as we approached the 3.1 mile turnaround I started to let Chuck go. I passed the halfway point in 17:55 and missed the split for mile 4. Mile 5 went by in 6:18 and I had no clue that my pace had dropped this drastically. Going into the last mile I started hearing footsteps, which got me moving and I managed to hold on for 7th place with a 5:58 final mile, and an official finishing time of 37:04.
I have mixed feelings about this time, but figure it is more than fair for my training and lack of taper. Reba came down to the Shore with me, and after having brunch with various other PACTC folks we hung out on the beach for awhile. That is, after all, the true attraction of this race.
Call it 8 miles total with the warmup and cooldown.
Today: DNR. My legs are just too beat up. I wish I could spend more time on this blog, but the meeting is already over and in writing this I am falling more behind on my day. Hang in there with me a bit longer, things will settle down again.
Playing catchup again. As long as I continue to not have internet access at home and busy days at work this may continue. Could be as long as three more weeks (long story).
Recap:
Thursday: met the Thursday evening crowd at the Art Museum and looking to go tempo, but Ian beat me to it and everybody else had other plans. So I did a loop of the Drives myself, doing miles in (this is from memory) about 6:30; 6:05; 5:58; 5:55; 5:57; 5:56; 7:25 and 6:56. The sub 6 miles were designed to be tempo miles, still a good chunk slower than the range I want to be in but not totally ugly either. I felt good after this as I don't feel like I've been running hard much lately (hence the previous jogger post).
9 miles total running. And I did 4 in the morning in about 32 minutes. So 13 for the day.
Friday: DNR
Saturday: 18 mile run up into the Montgomery County hills with John Dubs, Ian, Deirdre, and Craig. Awfully hot and humid with some insane acclivities. Read John's account for a flavor of how "fun" the run was. But I'm a better runner for it. Total time was 2:24 and change. Then proceeded to spend the rest of the day furniture moving.
Sunday: Ran the Stone Harbor Lions 10k. This is the third straight year that I've run this. Its a flat course but typically run in hot and humid conditions. This race was no exception to this. I don't have much of an idea of what kind of shape I'm in and my legs were pretty beat up from Saturday, so I did not have high expectations. I lined up with fellow PACTC'ers Chuck Shields, who was looking to do something in the 35 minute range, and Jeff Hayes. For the first mile we ran together in a pace, XC style, and hit 5:41; 2nd mile was in 5:35 and Jeff started to fade. Me and Chuck worked together for most of the third mile and as we approached the 3.1 mile turnaround I started to let Chuck go. I passed the halfway point in 17:55 and missed the split for mile 4. Mile 5 went by in 6:18 and I had no clue that my pace had dropped this drastically. Going into the last mile I started hearing footsteps, which got me moving and I managed to hold on for 7th place with a 5:58 final mile, and an official finishing time of 37:04.
I have mixed feelings about this time, but figure it is more than fair for my training and lack of taper. Reba came down to the Shore with me, and after having brunch with various other PACTC folks we hung out on the beach for awhile. That is, after all, the true attraction of this race.
Call it 8 miles total with the warmup and cooldown.
Today: DNR. My legs are just too beat up. I wish I could spend more time on this blog, but the meeting is already over and in writing this I am falling more behind on my day. Hang in there with me a bit longer, things will settle down again.
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