| Location: Venice,FL,USA Member Since: Oct 31, 2012 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5k:
21:01, (6:46 pace) 11-19-11.
20:08, (6:29 pace) 9-1-12 (Part of a Mini-Triathlon Relay).
19:17, (6:12 pace) 11-17-12.
19:19, (6:13 pace) 11-23-13.
19:30, (6:17 pace) 1-4-14.
20:34, (6:34 pace) 9-13-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 10-25-14
19:32, (6:17 pace) 11-22-14
19:40, (6:19 pace) 12-19-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 1-31-16
8k:
34:42, (6:57 pace) 3-17-12.
32:11, (6:28 pace) 3-16-13.
32:32, (6:33 pace) 3-15-14.
34:00, (6:50 pace) 3-14-15.
33:09, (6:40 pace) 3-11-17.
32:56, (6:38 pace) 3-17-18.
10k:
44:18, (7:08 pace) 4-14-12.
41:22, (6:39 pace) 12-15-12.
42:11, (6:47 pace) 4-13-13.
41:06, (6:37 pace) 12-8-13.
42:03, (6:46 pace) 3-5-16
44:35, (7:11 pace) 8-26-17
12k:
53:53, (7:14 pace) 3-24-12.
49:20, (6:37 pace) 3-1-14
15k:
1:18:16, (8:24 pace) 2-26-11.
1:04:37. (6:56 pace) 2-20-16
1:08:25 (7:18 pace) 2/22/20
Half Marathons:
1:37:57 (7:28 pace) 1-26-20. Fort Lauderdale - A1A
14 Marathons:
1. 4:12:08, (9:37 pace) 1-9-11. Disney.
2. 4:18:18, (9:51 pace) 10-30-11. MCM.
3. 3:42:26, (8:29 pace) 1-14-12. Charleston.
4. 3:13:15, (7:22 pace) 10-7-12. Steamtown.
5*. 3:12:26, (7:20 pace) 1-19-14. Louisiana.
6*. 3:14:06, (7:24 pace) 4-21-14. Boston.
7*. 3:19:38, (7:37 pace) 7-19-14. U. of Okoboji.
8*. 3:16:27, (7:30 pace) 2-22-15. Mercedes-Benz
9*. 3:30:38 (8:03 pace) 5-15-16 Sugarloaf
10. 3:24:21 (7:48 pace) 11-5-16 Savannah RNR
11. 3:27:37 (7:56 pace) 5-12-18 Brookings
12. 3:46:02 (8:38 pace) 10-7-18 Towpath
13. 3:35:11 (8:13 pace) 9-12-21 Med City
14. 3:45:45 (8:37 pace) 4-16-23 Coastal Delaware
* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds. Short-Term Running Goals: 2024 GOALS:
to not get fat Long-Term Running Goals: Continue running as often as I can, as far as I can, as fast as I can. Teaching my kids (by example) the rewards that come from putting in the work. Very slowly get to 50 states. Personal: I'm married, with two sons, 18, and 19.
I started running because someone dared me to.
I ran my first race 3 days after my 40th birthday. (Disney)
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| Miles: | This week: | 17.50 |
Month: | 51.70 |
Year: | 773.95 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1955.54 | 136.90 | 2092.44 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles with Brian in North Port. 64 deg. 83% hum. 59 d.p. Good start to the year.
Go Flatlander!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:20. 7:34 pace. 5:35 pm start. 70 deg. 93% hum. 68 D.P. The rain stopped long enough for me to run. Muggy!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:08. 7:51 pace. 12:45 pm start. 54 deg. 39% hum. 30 D.P. nice and easy. Kind of Windy. I saw a school of manatees. (or is is a pod of manatee? a gaggle? a murder? a herd? What is the plural of that, anyway?)
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Resolution Run 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:19:30, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.11 | 5.11 |
| This race was to count as my last bit of speed work, before my marathon in a couple of weeks. So for that purpose, things went really well. I think I got a better time than what they had, but since I was just using this race as a tool for bigger things, I'm not going to pitch too much of a fit about it. I think I was @ 20 seconds faster. The race is gulf front, out and back. the final 0.1 was on grass. I think it was @ mid 40s at the start with high humidty. Results will be here, eventually :http://www.zoomersrun.com/2014_Race_Results.html
Johnny had a football game right after the race, so I didn't hang out for my medal. He dropped 4 passes, and made 10 tackles (including one where he ran a kid down from behind to save a TD). Um, he might be playing defense from now on.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 1:44:04. 8:04 pace. 2:45 pm start. 81 deg. 73% hum. 66 d.p. I guess the drop in temps was just a one day thing.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:00. 7:30 pace. 5:35 pm start. 53 deg. 64% hum. 41 D.P. 22 mph wind.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.80 | 5.80 |
| 5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:40. 6:50 pace. 5:30 pm start. 66 deg. 58% hum. 51 D.P. I saw shirtless backwards visor dude and his band of toadies, as I went up the bridge on the way back. They never passed me, and I never looked back to see if they were trying to.
After a year and a half of running different variations of this route, @ 3x per week, today was the first time I dipped below 7 minute miles.
Louisiana - Bring it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:16. 7:33 pace. 5:35 pm start. 71 deg. 87% hum. 67 D.P.
I just realized I posted Yesterday's run on the wrong day. Oops.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
| 16.25 Miles. Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge and back. 5:30 am start. 2:13:28. 8:12 pace. 7:35 last mile. 70 Deg. 100% hum., 68 d.p. I think the humidity was really >100%, if that is possible. I don't mean to complain about running conditions, given what the majority of folks on this blog are going through. But this might be the most humidity I have experienced. It didn't rain, but the roads were slick. Just miserable. I had hoped to get @ 10 minutes faster than this, but given the conditions, I think this will do.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 2 pm start. 1:20:32. 7:54 pace. 8:10 1st mile (belching dill pickles from lunch). 7:05 last mile. 68 deg. 60% hum. 54 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
| 5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 43:03. 7:25 pace. 5:35 pm start. 70 deg. 84% hum. 65 D.P.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.20 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:14. 7:10 pace. 5:35 pm start. 61 deg. 59% hum. 47 D.P.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 33:38. 7:19 pace. 5:40 pm start. 52 deg. 44% hum. 31 D.P.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles easy with James around the lakes at LSU. 2pm.
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The Louisiana Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:12:26, Place overall: 44, Place in age division: 10 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 26.20 |
| A PR is a PR, and that is plenty to be excited about.
10k Split: 42:12
Half Split: 1:31:40
20 Mile Split: 2:24:20
So, it is pretty obvious that I went out way beyond my abilities. When there is a 6 minute difference between my first 10k and my last 10k,... yeah, that's not good. So, there is much work to be done with learning paces. Beautiful course. I was worried that this race would be like Charleston, where you have 5 miles of scenery, and 21 miles of industrial wasteland. Not the case. Oak hammocks and lakes throughout. 97% humidity, and the early miles were like ice skating. Also, very flat. You have one overpass @ mile 2, and on the way back @ mile 25. The Hokas did their job. My legs feel the best they ever have after a race. I ran the whole race behind a guy named "Brandon" who I guess is like a local celebrity, because he had fans everywhere on the course screaming for him. I passed him in the last 5k somewhere. The finish festival was great, and I ate all of the Cajun stuff I could get my hands on. I felt a little bad for the excellent band that was playing. They were yelling for everyone to raise their hands and stomp their feet, but most people could not. They were a really good band. Anyhow, congrats to all of the other FRB folks that raced today. I'll catch up on everything when I get back home Tuesday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 miles. Hood Route. 5:30 am start. 54 deg. 62% hum. 41 d.p. It was not as ugly as I predicted.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:22. 7:41 pace. 5:30 pm start. 63 deg. 28% hum. 29 D.P. Legs felt pretty good. Then I went to run 0.1 miles back to the office, and the legs were really upset about that idea.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 6:30 am start. 1:28:59. 8:43 pace. 48 deg. 82% hum. 43 d.p. Okay, the week is over, time to get back to work.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 6:30 am start. 1:26:15. 8:27 pace. 63 deg. 94% hum. 61 d.p.
My plan for the next 84 days:
Monday, January 27, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, January 30, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, January 31, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, February 1, 2014: 16.25 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, February 2, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, February 3, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, February 6, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, February 7, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, February 8, 2014: 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, February 9, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, February 10, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, February 13, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, February 14, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, February 15, 2014: 16.25 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, February 16, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, February 17, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, February 20, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, February 21, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, February 22, 2014: 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, February 23, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, February 24, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, February 27, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, February 28, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, March 1, 2014: 5k, or 12k race. Spring fest.
Sunday, March 2, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, March 3, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, March 6, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, March 7, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, March 8, 2014: 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, March 9, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, March 10, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, March 13, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, March 14, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, March 15, 2014: St. Patty’s Day 8k.
Sunday, March 16, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, March 17, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, March 20, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, March 21, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, March 22, 2014: 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, March 23, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, March 24, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, March 27, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, March 28, 2014: 0 miles.
Saturday, March 29, 2014: Find a 10k.
Sunday, March 30, 2014: 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail.
Monday, March 31, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014: 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, April 3, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, April 4, 2014: 3.5 miles. Hood Route.
Saturday, April 5, 2014: 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, April 6, 2014: 7.5 miles. Hood Route.
Monday, April 7, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014: (4) repeat miles @ 6:30 pace.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, April 10, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Friday, April 11, 2014: 10.2 miles easy. Legacy Trail.
Saturday, April 12, 2014: 10.2 miles hard. Legacy Trail.
Sunday, April 13, 2014: 7.5 miles. Hood Route.
Monday, April 14, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014: 10.2 miles easy. Legacy Trail.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014: 4.6/5.2/5.8 mile Ringling Bridge run.
Thursday, April 17, 2014: 0 miles.
Friday, April 18, 2014: 5.5 miles. Hood route. Fly to Boston.
Saturday, April 19, 2014: 0 miles.
Sunday, April 20, 2014: 3 miles easy.
Monday April 21, 2014: Boston Marathon
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.20 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:25. 7:11 pace. 5:35 pm start. 67 deg. 90% hum. 64 D.P. Fog on the bay to the north. Very cool. Also, I was passed by a truck that was shaped like a lobster. This is a first for me.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:30 am start. 1:23:37. 8:12 pace. 57 deg. 100% hum. 57 d.p. Dense fog rolled in about halfway through the run. Coming back over Dona Bay was very cool.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:09. 7:20 pace. 5:35 pm start. 50 deg. 89% hum. 47 D.P. Wind. Rain. Fun. It was @ 20 degrees warmer, when I left the house this morning. I was not ready for this. The upside is - Nobody out there but me today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:13. 7:32 pace. 5:35 pm start. 53 deg. 89% hum. 50 D.P. Rain Running again.
I saw a guy running in a Boston Marathon jacket. In the rain, bro? Really? I guess it IS a jacket.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
| 16.25 miles. Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge and back. 2:19:04. 8:33 pace. 65 Deg., 100% Hum. 64 d.p. 5:30 am start. Dense fog.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 1:30 pm start. 1:21:43. 8:01 pace. 7:21 last mile. 77 degrees. 74% hum. 68 d.p. Yeah, it was hot.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:50. 7:40 pace. 5:35 pm start. 76 deg. 82% hum. 70 D.P. Too much desk work today. It was really tough to get going.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:30 am start. 1:28:27. 8:40 pace. 66 deg. 100% hum. 66 d.p. Super dense fog.
So it's @ 6:15 am. The fog has created a blanket over the noises of the world. Everything is still. The only thing moving and making noise, in the whole world, it would seem, is me, as I trudge along. I round a corner, and see another runner. I say "Good morning!" He says nothing, and goes past me. Dude, We are the only people up in this sleepy town! Give me a grunt, a wave, a head nod, or something! We don't have to be BFF's, but you DO have to be polite. It's not like I'm trying to start a conversation in a restroom! Come on, man! I can tell you are "hardcore" about your training, but seriously...
I guess this has been bugging me lately. Just a little rant.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 41:30. 7:59 pace. 5:35 pm start. 71 deg. 96% hum. 70 D.P. FOG.
I gave blood this morning. I'm pretty sure that caused the slower pace.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:11. 7:32 pace. 5:35 pm start. 74 deg. 71% hum. 64 D.P. Really crowded today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.75 | 0.00 | 20.75 |
| 20.75 Miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach and back. 2:57:19. 8:33 pace. 64 Deg. 100% hum. 64 d.p. 7 am start. (Boy #2 had a fever last night, therefore, no foosball today, therefore, dad starts running later. Capitalizing on my child's illness- PRICELESS!)
Bad news- This is @ 30 seconds per mile slower than I was looking for. Good news - It really FELT like I was running easy. Also, I ran the second half faster than the first. That is pretty rare for me.
p.s. I got home to a seemingly "cured" child. Hmmm. What's that kid's angle?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 6:00 am start. 1 up (forgot to start my watch). 11.9 miles. 1:47:03. 9:00 pace! What the what? 66 degrees. 78% hum. 59 d.p. I was supposed to run 12.9 Tuesday, and 10.2 today. I switched the 2 runs. It's looking like going more than 10.2 on Tuesdays will not be possible. Anyway, after yesterday, this run was really tough. Looking forward to running less than 6 tomorrow.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 40:05. 7:42 pace. 5:35 pm start. 71 deg. 53% hum. 53 D.P.
I'm starting to think donating blood last week was a bad idea.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:00 am start. 1:26:01. 8:26 pace. 55 deg. 94% hum. 54 d.p. Fast-ish "rude" guy from last week was OVERLY polite this morning. I got a "Hello!" AND a "Good Morning!" I might have jumped the gun on that rant last week.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:18. 7:40 pace. 5:45 pm start. 63 deg. 93% hum. 61 D.P. No time for 5.2 today. late start. Heavy Thunderstorms. Cool lightning! puddle jumping.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:50. 7:40 pace. 5:35 pm start. 57 deg. 72% hum. 48 D.P. Windy. I saw Shirtless Backwards Visor Dude (He wore a shirt today, though), and my new Jury Duty Pal out today. I feel a little stuck at this pace lately. It seems like I could knock out this run at @ 30 seconds / mile faster a couple of weeks ago. Hmmm. I'll figure it out. 66 days.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
| 16.25 miles. Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge and back. 2:21:06. 8:41 pace. 66 Deg., 88% Hum. 63 d.p. 6:30 am start.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 6:30 am start. 12.9 miles. 1:42:34. 7:57 pace 6:57 last mile. 50 degrees. 87% hum. 46 d.p. Spouse got me new shorts, shirt, and socks for Valentine's Day. This was the test run. I like 'em. Dona Bay and Roberts Bay were "steaming" as I ran across them. Low tide, oyster bars, Crazy stuff! Best run I've had in a while.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 33:32. 7:17 pace. 5:45 pm start. 70 deg. 56% hum. 53 D.P. late start again.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:30 am start. 1:22:07. 8:03 pace. 54 deg. 82% hum. 48 d.p. Very smooth and easy. These Tuesday runs are brutal to get going, but I am starting to see the benefits.
BTW, The night job would like to do a article about me for the company newsletter. My co-worker wrote into the main office and said some flattering stuff. I am a bit uneasy about this. They want me to sign a release that would allow them to use my running story wherever (and whenever) they choose. It's not like I'm an elite runner that is trying to control his "brand," or anything. But this feels a little weird. Obviously, I am proud enough of my running accomplishments to write them here everyday. What would you do?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.80 | 5.80 |
| 5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 41:08. 7:05 pace. 5:30 pm start. 72 deg. 68% hum. 61 D.P. It really didn't feel that fast. I saw Jury Duty Buddy. He said the guy that was on trial (where we met) was found guilty.
He wants to run with me sometime. I don't know, man. I don't think I could keep up with that guy or his dog.
oh yeah, I had this song stuck in my head for the whole run. "Malagueña Salerosa" by Chingon http://youtu.be/cby_ItzK6JY
If you are going to have a song stuck in your head, it might as well be one where you don't know or understand the words!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:30. 7:36 pace. 5:35 pm start. 79 deg. 62% hum. 65 D.P. Hot and Crowded out there.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.75 | 0.00 | 20.75 |
| 20.75 Miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach and back. 2:55:12. 8:27 pace. 73 Deg. 100% hum. 73 d.p. 6 am start. Stagnant, Humid air. Rough.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 7:00 am start. 1:42:52. 7:58 pace. 72 degrees. 100% hum. 72 d.p. This run was miserable. Dense fog on the way out. Bright sun on the way back. I took off the soaked shirt for the run back.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
| 5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 42:16. 7:17 pace. 5:30 pm start. 72 deg. 79% hum. 65 D.P. Bright colored fleet of sailboats against an overcast sky. Life is good.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:30 am start. 1:23:17. 8:10 pace. 64 deg. 100% hum. 64 d.p. Another steady, cruising run through the fog. I decided to go shirtless for this one, which I don't do very often. I think this was a wise choice.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. No times because I ran most of this with Jury Duty Buddy, and his daughter. They are both very fast. He ran all of the short distance races around these parts for 17 years, and now has no interest in racing. I tried to talk him into the 5k this weekend, but he just runs for fun with his dog, or his daughter now. She does triathlons. Nice folks!
I have as a goal for the 12k this weekend - 50:xx. But now, I'm thinking I should be able to get 49:xx. I'm going to run as fast as I can, and I'll get what I get. But the minimum goal pace should AT LEAST be what I did for the first 10k at Louisiana! I'm such a chicken.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 34:10. 7:26 pace. 5:30 pm start. 57 deg. 75% hum. 49 D.P. Light rain. Steady cruising for the last run before the race Saturday.
I started getting this weird cough on Sunday. For the most part, I have been treating it with Emergen-C and denial.
This is the most miles I have run in one month. I think the Tuesday 10 milers are helping me out a lot. We shall see.
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Springfest 12k (7.46 Miles) 00:49:20, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 4 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 7.46 | 9.96 |
| Springfest 12k. 7:30 am start. 2.5 up. 12k in 49:20. 6:37 pace. Temp. was @ 50 at the start. I don't know Humidity or dew point, but my guess is they were not a factor. This might be my best non-marathon race to date. I am very pleased with this result.
I ran this race @ 2 years ago. The course has some goofiness that I don't like, so I didn't run it last year. The timing hit just right for the Boston build-up this year, so I went back. There were a bunch of kiddies at the start. The 5kers and the 12kers start together. You go @ 200m down the road and then turn right. That first 200m was a HUGE log jam! While I was in it, tripping over children, I didn't like it too much. But @ mile 2, I realized that it was a blessing. It kept me from going out too fast, like I normally do. The last time I ran this, I was racing the 5kers, until they split off. This time, I left them before the split. I ran with a guy with a cough for the majority of the race. We were both hacking together! He finished 7th. I asked him what time he was shooting for. He said he didn't know beecause he had never run this distance before. I told him I was going to try to keep up with "that girl" (first female). She left us @ mile 5. I had to really kick in the last 100m to catch 2nd place girl. I passed her at the line. The 5k winner was just under 20 minutes! I could have won it outright! And what kind of wacky age group am I in? 9th overall is 4th in my age? 17 seconds between 2nd and 4th in my age group! I scooted to Tommy's baseball game right after the race. They lost it in the 6h! But, It has been a Good day!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 6:00 am start. 1:54:46. 8:54 pace. 59 degrees. 88% hum. 67 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:54. 7:40 pace. 5:30 pm start. 73 deg. 74% hum. 64 D.P. This was work.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| 5:30 am start. Run cut short for time. I was supposed to do 10.2. I got out there, started running, and started doing the math to figure out how much time I had, and realized there was not enough time to run. I should have run something shorter than the scheduled 10.2, but I didn't. Other than the switching of Sunday and Tuesday runs, this is the first time I went off schedule. So, that's a good thing.
Or maybe I just needed a break.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:50. 7:28 pace. 5:30 pm start. 75 deg. 72% hum. 66 D.P. Still, with the fog?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 15.40 | 0.00 | 15.40 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:30 am start. 1:27:06. 8:37 pace. 66 deg. 100% hum. 66 d.p. More Fog. (This is kind of a make-up run from Tuesday.)
5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 40:15. 7:44 pace. 5:30 pm start. 69 deg. 86% hum. 65 D.P. Running through mist. Back on schedule, mileage-wise.
Friday off.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.83 | 0.00 | 16.83 |
| 16.83 miles RUNFAIL. I left at 6:30 am. I Went to Caspersen Beach (halfway of my 20,75 miler). i didn't run it home. I got part way, but not all of it. Bummer.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 1:30 pm (after church) start. 1:39:56. 7:45 pace. 72 degrees. 64% hum. 59 d.p. Shirtless run. 1st half- 50:05, 7:46 pace. 2nd half- 49:51, 7:44 pace. This consistent pace is pretty unusual for me. Anyhow, beautiful day. I ran the whole thing with a smile on my face. When I got home, I took the kids to the beach, cooled down my legs in the water. and watched them skimboard like lunatics. I can't wait to get back to the summer, when we do this every Saturday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:21. 7:23 pace. 5:30 pm start. 69 deg. 58% hum. 54 D.P. The guy that won Springfest 12k was out running. He introduced himself to me, and we ran together for @ 2 miles. He trains on Saturdays with another local fast dude that I vaguely know, (both guys are going to Boston) and asked me if I would like to run with them.
I feel like the nerdy kid that just got invited to the cool kids' table.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 6:00 am start. 1:26:47. 8:30 pace. 57 deg. 100% hum. 57 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:06. 7:31 pace. 5:35 pm start. 75 deg. 76% hum. 67 D.P.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:46. 7:39 pace. 5:35 pm start. 65 deg. 47% hum. 44 D.P. Windy.
Weird twitch in my right upper hamstring for the last couple of days. Not exactly a pain, but something's off. Long story short, I don't feel too optimistic about racing this weekend. I'll race, but I'm not expecting a PR. Treatment? - I'm sitting on a tennis ball.
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St. Patty's Day 8k (4.97 Miles) 00:32:32, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 4.97 | 7.97 |
| St. Patty's Day 8k. 32:32. 6:33 pace. 3 up (with the moon setting over the gulf- Nice!). Temp. in the 50's at the 8:00 am start. Not much wind, not much humidity. Not my fastest race, but one of my smartest races. I didn't go out to fast. I was passed by one guy @ mile 1.5 (he finished 2nd). Then I was by myself for the rest of the race. A very polite kid from Lemon Bay High School won. The whole family was there. Aunt Marilyn got the sweaty hug. We had the green eggs after the race. The kids wrestled in the sand. Great morning.
Again, this race is on the same weekend as the Sarasota Half. So, I don't put too much stock in the placing. I am pleased that I could hold this pace for the whole race.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 1:15 pm (after church) start. 1:46:08. 8:14 pace. 77 degrees. 69% hum. 66 d.p. Shirtless run. 20-25 mph winds out of the south.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 41:01. 7:53 pace. 5:30 pm start. 70 deg. 90% hum. 67 D.P. HEAVY Rain. How much rain? I heard a voice from the sky say "Pair them up, Noah!"
I had the place to myself. Before I started, a guy in a car asked me if I needed a lift. Well that was nice of you sir. But I am an idiot that is trying to keep a running schedule, you see, so a ride will not be required, thank you.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 10 pm start. 1:25:59. 8:26 pace. 63 deg. 68% hum. 52 d.p. I slept through the alarm this morning, so I had to get my miles after Tommy's baseball game (he went 2 for 4, with a RBI, his best game ever!), and then we had homework to do. It was "this" close to sleep-running. But, running by the orange groves - wow. The orange blossoms are really putting out the fragrance right now.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
| 5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 43:13. 7:27 pace. 5:30 pm start. 73 deg. 54% hum. 56 D.P. Breezy.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:08. 7:32 pace. 5:30 pm start. 71 deg. 66% hum. 59 D.P.
Song of the run: http://youtu.be/sxkMFgFjC8E
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.75 | 0.00 | 20.75 |
| 20.75 Miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach and back. 2:45:30. 7:59 pace. 6:52 Last Mile. 64 Deg. 100% hum. 64 d.p. 5:30 am start. Dense fog 1st half.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| I was invited to run with a bunch of folks in Sarasota this morning. I had never met any of them before, I didn't know where we were running, and I didn't keep time. They told me we did @ 13.5 miles @ 7:45 pace. 6:00 am start. 70ish degrees 100%ish humidity. Then we went out to breakfast. There were some guys that ran Boston several times, and they were giving out advice over waffles. Then back to Venice to clean up. Then back to Sarasota to go to the Orioles - Pirates game. Then back to Venice. Then back to Sarasota.
Anyway, the group is running a 20 miler next weekend. I beleve I am scheduled for a track workout or race next weekend. I am not sure which way to go here.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:26. 7:55 pace. 5:30 pm start. 66 deg. 92% hum. 64 D.P. Light rain.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 6:15 pm start. 1:16:04. 7:27 pace. 6:39 last mile. 64 deg. 50% hum. 50 d.p. 17 mph wind. When the alarm went off at 5:00 am today, and I listened to how hard the rain was hitting the roof, I decided to put off today's run until the evening. I stand by this choice. Only 3 more of these goofy Tuesday runs.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 ugly miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:30 pm start.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 39:16. 7:33 pace. 5:35 pm start. 67 deg. 72% hum. 58 D.P.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 6.25 | 7.75 |
| At Laurel Nokomis School Track. 11:30 am start. 1.5 up. (6) 1 mile repeats @ < 6:20 w/ 4 minutes rest. Then (1) 400 @ 1:24. 65 deg. Light rain at the end of the workout.
I dread running on the track more than running in races. How much more? For 3 days leading up to this, I have had a kink in my neck from anxiety. Post-workout, I am nearly cured. Man, I hate the track!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 6:45 am start. 1:49:17. 8:28 pace. 63 degrees. 63% hum. 50 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:17. 7:40 pace. 5:30 pm start. 69 deg. 58% hum. 54 D.P.
My biggest month ever.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:45 am start. 1:24:30. 8:17 pace. 54 deg. 100% hum. 54 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:13. 7:21 pace. 5:35 pm start. 75 deg. 64% hum. 61 D.P.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| In today's Sarasota Herald Tribune, they listed all of the local runners that will be going to Boston. My phone has been ringing. Most common greeting, when I answer the phone - "You're Famous!"
Fool, please.
5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:39. 7:26 pace. 5:35 pm start. 75 deg. 64% hum. 62 D.P
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 3.5 miles. Hood route. 2 pm start. 26:46. 7:39 pace. 77 deg. 69 hum. 66 d.p. Fartleky run.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.75 | 0.00 | 20.75 |
| 20.75 Miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach and back. 2:57:25. 8:33 pace. 68 Deg. 94% hum. 66 d.p. 5:30 am start. This run felt awful from beginning to end. I could never really get things going.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 6:30 am start. 1:47:04. 8:18 pace. 72 degrees. 88% hum. 68 d.p. Continuation of yesterday's junky run. I had to stop to use the restroom at half way. I think it is because Derunzo jinxed me with his post from yesterday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:41. 7:45 pace. 5:35 pm start. 81 deg. 74% hum. 72 D.P. A bit Windy.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 2.25 | 4.25 |
| At track. 2 up. 2.25 @ < 6:30 pace. I wanted to get 4 repeat miles in @ 6:20, but I gave up after 2.25. I had to run in lane 4, due to flooding on the track. I just didn't have it Tuesday.
I will not be wearing a watch for any of the training runs between now and Boston. (I may not wear a watch for the race, either. I'm on the fence about that one.)
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| Ringling Bridge
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| Ringling Bridge
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 easy miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:20 am start.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 fast-ish miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:45 am start. Longest run with no water.that I have done.
After running, I saw the last of the finishers at the Sharkstooth 10k. It made me think I should have run that again this year (for my “running shark wearing sunglasses” coaster). However, with the slightly more important race next week, I decided to let this one go.
Then, (Proud Father Moment Alert) Tommy went 4 for 5 with 4 RBI’s at his baseball game. But that’s not the proud dad moment. The coaches were asking him after the game about his diet, or sleep, or “So what is your key to success, kid?”
His answer – “Happiness.”
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 easy miles. Hood Route to legacy Trail. 7:50 am start. Effortless gliding.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 82 deg. 71% hum. 69 D.P.
Warm.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 mile runfail. Hood route. 5:30 am start. hot and humid. nothing like blowing 3 months of training in the last week, huh?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:30 pm start. 77 deg. 50% hum. 57 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 miles. Hood route. 7:30 am start. Hot and sticky. This will be my last post for a while.
Last night, the folks at the night job gave me an embroidered Home Depot hat with "Tom K Boston 2014" on the back. Plus a shirt signed with all their best wishes, plus another shirt with Boston on it and our store #. Those are good people.
It is a little early in the game to get emotional about things, Focus on the job at hand.
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| Took the T to Aquarium Station. Our home for the week:
http://sleepafloat.com/rentalsearch/v2/not-set-boston-709
The kids went nuts! We were too early for "check in," so we talked to the folks on the boat next door. they were also in town for the race from Colorado. They were nice enough to let us store our bags in their boat, so we could go to the Sawx game at Fenway. Then we took the trains to meet up with the rest of the family, and go to the game.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340419102
We stayed for the whole game. Since my mom is a big Neil Diamond fan, this might be her most favorite baseball game ever. After the game we got some really good Chinese Food, and went to sleep. The tide changes up here are remarkable. In FL, we have @ 2-3 foot tides. In MA, they are more like 15 foot tide changes!
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| We went to Sacred Heart Church, and met the rest of the family there. Happy Easter! We Ate lunch at Faneuil Hall / Quincy Marketplace. It was not our traditional Easter Brunch, but everyone got some good grub.
Then I went back to the boat to meet Derunzo. We ran along the waterfront for 2.89 miles (according to him). I wasn't really tracking what we were doing. I was more sightseeing, than I was serious running. Then Derunzo and I walked to the to Expo, checked out the finish line, picked up my bib, and I spent too much money on marathon stuff. It was pretty cool of D to travel all the way into the city on Easter Sunday for a silly shake out run with me, and to be a city guide to the expo. I got the call from IJR that he was leaving the expo, right as Derunzo was showing me where the bus pick-ups would be the next day. I considered going back, but given that we went to the baseball game the day before with Standing Room Only tickets, and I had spent the majority of Sunday on my feet, I really just wanted to go back to the boat and relax before dinner.
While I was hanging out with Derunzo, Spouse took the kids to explore the Boston Public Gardens, and ride the swans. Then she took them to the Tea Party Museum, where they actually threw Tea overboard. She called me afterward, and the kids were staging a revolt. They didn't want to get off the Tea Party boat. So I walked to the Tea Party Museum to drag them to the boat, and get them cleaned up for pre-race dinner. So much for relaxing.
The eight of us (My parents, My brother, My future sister-in-law, My kids, and My wife) had dinner at Mother Anna's on 211 Hanover Street. It was awesome piles of Italian awesomeness!
Then we went back to the boat, and I actually slept well before race day. Way too much time on my feet over the last 2 days, though.
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Boston Marathon (26.218 Miles) 03:14:06, Place overall: 5058, Place in age division: 884 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result..
Okay, I think I get it now. Message received. I need to stop going out too fast.
Split Time Diff. Pace
5k 00:20:12 20:12 6:30
10k 00:41:29 21:17 6:52
15k 01:03:23 21:54 7:03
20k 01:25:54 22:31 7:15
Half 01:30:44 4:50 7:06
25k 01:48:36 17:52 7:22
30k 02:12:13 23:37 7:37
35k 02:37:12 24:59 8:03
40k 03:03:06 25:54 8:21
Full 03:14:06 11:00 8:04 (7:25 overall)
I missed my 10k PR by 23 seconds! (and then I had a fairly tough 20 mile cool-down run.)
5,058th overall, 4,522nd among men, and 884th among men aged 40-44.
I make excuses, like, “Well, since the first half is mostly downhill, I should try to bank time.” Or “It’s in my nature to go out too fast.” It’s time to race with my head and not my heart. I think my pre- and during-race nutrition and hydration was spot on. I feel more confident about this than I have before. I think my training between Louisiana and Boston was well executed, and a good program. The biggest flaw in my training program was recovery. 50-60 miles per week is not that big of a deal. 50-60 miles per week (when I sleep less than 4 hours per night for 4 nights of the week), is really tough, and doesn’t allow my muscles to fully recover. However, the goofy sleep cycle is part of my life for the time being, and I’m not going to change it for the sake of becoming a marginally better runner. If this is the best I can do without changing my lifestyle, so be it.
I know this sounds like I am upset with my performance. I'm not. It is a good time, I think. PR's don't happen in every race. And every race is not Boston. I have never had an experience in my life like this race. I could start writing now about all of the non-racing intangibles, and cool things I experienced, and maybe never stop.
The last time I had a million people cheering for me, it was....
Edit: I decided to go back and add some Race Day Anecdotes:
I wore the cargo pants that I cut the grass in to the start. When the family was seeing me off, the kids were confused.
I had been given some advice to bring garbage bags to sit on with me to the athlete’s village. So I brought 2. When I got to the village, I pulled them out to sit down. That’s when I realized they were “scented” garbage bags. HEAVILY Scented garbage bags. People around me were aware of this. I rolled one out and sat on it. A British guy walks up and sits down next to me in the grass. I asked him if he wanted a bag to sit on. He was pretty happy about that, so I gave him the other one. He pulls out a vat of Vaseline, and starts rubbing it on his chest, and offers some to me. I say “no thanks, I’ve got the band-aids going.” He offers again, grabs a huge wad of the stuff, jams his hand down the front of his shorts, and starts vigorously applying the jelly, all the while talking to me with a big smile. He gets up to move on to his next spot, and I turn around to the woman behind me, who is laughing. “What just happened here? Am I being punked?” Is there etiquette for this situation?
I left all my shed-able stuff at the village. It was pretty warm. From the village to the start, it was a longer distance than I was anticipating. Everyone was running to the start. I was kind of surprised by that. There was a lady that had a full medical supply table set up on the way to the start. What a nice person! The 15-20 guys on the opposite side of the street had a big sign that said “DOUGHNUTS BEER CIGARETTES” That was pretty funny. They were yelling at all of the runners, while holding up their beers, saying “you know you want one!”
The only time I really got choked up about the race was in the first mile. I qualified for this thing 18 months ago. That is an awful lot of build-up. By the time I got to the finish, I was so beat down, I think I missed out on some of the experience.
I was pretty upset with myself for having to walk about 10 steps on Heartbreak Hill. I was even more upset when a photographer jumped out and started snapping pictures of me walking. That will get you moving again.
I saw Rattle Trap around this time, and since we never met before this, I imagine it was weird to hear someone yelling “Go Rattletrap, go!” Easily identifiable outfit, you’ve got there. I was pretty far way, and I had to yell “Oh yeah, I’m Tom K.” Maybe I should have started with that.
My family planned to see me @ mile 22. They were not all in the same place, and I think it is a miracle that I saw everyone in 3 separate groups. First, on the right side of the road, I only saw my brother and his fiancé, because he started dancing around like Yosemite Sam shooting guns in the air. He definitely stood out with that move. After I waved at him, he pointed diagonally across the street at my mom and dad. They gave me big cheers. Spouse and the boys were a half mile later on the left. They had their “Tom K scares me. Because he’s wicked fast” signs. I almost passed them, and saw them at the last second. I went over and gave Spouse a kiss, and got high fives from the boys.
I knew that my PR chance was gone a long time before the “1 km to go” sign on the underpass. But I decided to make a big push at the end, anyway. My legs said “no.” I made a couple of surges, but nothing would stick. I kept moving because of the ginormous crowd. I didn’t want to stop in front of those people.
I wanted to get a big family finish line picture but that was not possible. Spouse was pretty sick, and had already returned to the boat with the boys and my folks. My brother met me at the family meeting area, then we walked back to the boat and went out to dinner. Lots of chowda! I didn’t make it to the 27th miles stuff at Fenway or House of Blues. I was just too beat.
The finish line picture thing worked out okay. Apparently, there was a professional photographer named Melissa Jill, who was taking pictures of the race about 20 feet from where Spouse was camped. She captured the whole meeting with me and my family. She sent the pictures to us, and they are just great! So, if you know someone who is getting married in the Phoenix area, please have them look her up! http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1492&boston-marathon
The whole week we spent in Boston surrounding the race was a huge success. This family vacation will be tough to beat.
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| I woke up with some very stiff legs. The Quads and the Hamstrings were both pretty well destroyed. Since it was low tide, looking uphill at the floating dock gangway to the mainland was really intimidating. The kids were clearly operating on a different speed than I was. My family waited not-so-patiently for me at the top of the ramp, and the we all took the train to the Boston Museum of Science for the Duck Tour.
http://www.bostonducktours.com/
It was very cool (mostly because it required very little stair/ramp/hill climbing for me). The kids even got to run the Duck for a while, when we were in the water. Then we got Hoagies at this place on our way back to the Aquarium. This is the one thing the kids wanted to do in Boston. We wanted them to have some say in the sightseeing, but we have like a zillion Aquariums in FL! So we went to the aquarium, and they picked Boy #2 out of the crowd to go up front and feed the Sea Lion. Okay, I guess it was worth it, kids. I mean, I have never fed a Sea Lion. How sweet is that?
Then to dinner and back to the boat.
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| We left the boat, got breakfast, and took the T to Boston Common. We began the Freedom Walk. Toured the MA State house, Beacon Hill, Shaw / 54th Regimen Memorial, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel (and Burying Ground), The site of the First Public School, went past the Old Corner Book Store (which is now a Chipotle!), then we got lunch, went to the Old South Meeting House, Old State House (where we learned more about the Boston Massacre), we went upstairs in Faneuil Hall, and ended our day of touring at The Paul Revere House on the North End. The kids had history pouing out of their ears.
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| Woke up to 25+ mph winds. The boat was really moving! We decided that a walking tour was not a wise choice for the weather. So we went to the Boston Museum of Science, and spent almost the entire day there (including the boys' first trip to a planetarium. Minds were blown!). We closed the place down. Before going to the museum, I wanted to see if I could get some decent pictures of me in my Home Depot garb at the finish line. Long story short - Not without risking my life. I also tried to find a hat with the unicorn logo on it for a friend, but the whole town was sold out.
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| 4 miles. Along Boston North End waterfront, from Lewis Wharf north over the bridge into Charlestown, Past U.S.S. Constitution, and back. 1st run back since race day. Slow and somewhat awkward. Tried out the new gift shoes from my brother. Asics Lite Show. Not bad.
Then the family did the 2nd half of the Freedom Trail. Old North Church, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, U.S.S. Constitution, U.S.S. Cassin Young DD793 WWII Destroyer, Had lunch at the Warren Tavern in Charlestown, then Bunker Hill. Spouse and the boys climbed to the top of the 221 foot granite Obelisk. I sat on the lawn, considering how much chowder a person might consume in a single week. Then we rode the ferry from Chalestown back to Aquarium Station. The boys loved all of it.
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| We flew back home from Boston today. We landed back in comfortable 84 degrees and 90+% humidity. Came home to see "ATTA BOY" in big letters, taped to my garage door. It's too late to interrogate the neighbors, to figure out who did it.
I have to catch up on some things around here. (8 days worth of Time Travel!) This is going to read more like a vacation diary than a runner's log, but since I run so I can take cool trips with my family, it all kind of works out.
On the Cab ride to Logan I noticed that all of the barricades around a construction site had "Derenzo" labels. I don't usually point at Jersey Barricades and yell. My family was concerned.
Okay, let's get to typing.
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| 3.5 slow miles. Hamstrings are still tender. 7 am start. Hot and humid, running through clouds of gnats. It's great to be home!
Also, We got an e-mail last night from a professional photographer that was on the Boston course @ 20 feet from where Spouse and the boys were camped. She sent us some great pics!
Some day, I'll post a race report. Gotta go to church, and thank some folks for praying for my family last week.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 85 deg. 67% hum. 71 D.P. Ran with Jury Duty Buddy for a while.
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| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 83 deg. 74% hum. 74 D.P.A guy wrecked on a waverunner under the bridge. Police and Ambulances everywhere. Yikes!
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| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 82 deg. 75% hum. 74 D.P Good Run. My breathing is still a bit off. could be the humidity. legs feel fine while running, they only hurt while stretching.
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| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 7:00 am start. 56:46. 7:34 pace. 6:57 last mile. 72 deg. 94% hum. 70 d.p. I finally had to re-set my watch from the Boston time.
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| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 8:30 am start.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 39:21. 7:34 pace. 84 deg. 46% hum. 61 D.P.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 38:57. 7:29 pace. 84 deg. 60% hum. 67 D.P.
SBVD gave a wave and said "Hey, What's up/" Oh yeah, that happened.
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| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 35:27. 7:42 pace. 84 deg. 63% hum. 70 D.P
Middle of the road Is trying to find me
Well I'm standing in the middle of life With my pains behind me
http://youtu.be/FKsad1m76RQ
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| As of Today on the Mileage Board:
RattleTrap - 836, SlowJoe - 838, Tom K - 839, Derunzo - 841.
Strange that we're all in a row like that, isn't it?
Matt and IJR, Slow down! Join us!
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| 10 miles @ Carlton Preserve with the "cool kids" from Sarasota (6 boys, 1 girl). 6 am start. They came down to Venice, so I HAD to go. First Trail Run. First Run with a Headlamp. One of my first group runs. The first half of the route was single track, dodging Cabbage Palms, hopping Saw Palmetto roots, up and dwn short hills, and wound all over the place. The second half of the run was on tire tracks through grass. I was @ 30 yards behind the group on the more technical part of the run, but was able to get up front in the second half. What a great sunrise! I can see the allure of trail running. It works a unique set of muscles. My legs are already feeling it. I don't know what I'll be running tomorrow.
Then Tommy's baseball game. I better think of something quick for Mother's Day!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 ugly hood route miles. "This" close to run fail.
Happy Mother's Day.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 40:23. 7:46 pace. 90 deg. 42% hum. 63 D.P. Little bit of red tide left. nice.
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| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 34:54. 7:35 Pace. 72 deg. 91% hum. 69 D.P. POURING RAIN.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 14.80 | 0.00 | 14.80 |
| 10.2 Miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 5:45 am start. 1:26:13. 8:27 pace. 82 deg., 79% hum., 75 d.p. Sweaty, sleep deprived miles. My son greeted me at the door with a towel.
I found out last night it will be difficult to get my long run in on Saturday, due to the fact that I will be taking Boy #2 to Arcadia for a fossil dig - all day. That, and "life." I am still determined to break back into 40+ miles this week, so I had to make something happen this morning.
4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 36:47. 8:00 pace. 80 deg. 74% hum. 71 D.P
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| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 5:30 am start. 1:26:21. 8:28 pace. 59 deg. 86% hum. 55 d.p. Great sunrise.
The fossil dig went well. Boy #2 found a baby mammoth tooth (among other things). I found a horse tooth and a bunch of turtle shells (scutes?) It was a good day on the river.
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| Long day, filled with "life" stuff, so I backed out of running. I kind of regret not running, but it's too late now to get in a run yesterday. Without Sunday, It's gonna be tough to get to 50 miles this week.
Both boys were baptized Sunday, which was HUGE. Also, Boy #1 turned 9. We had a great party at the beach, with fantastic weather. I got the kids new Skimboards for the summer. They LOVE the new boards! I am either going to have to lose 45 pounds, so I can ride their boards, or get one of my own.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 39:39. 7:38 pace. 87 deg. 38% hum. 59 D.P.
20 Year Anniversary Tomorrow.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and Back. 5:30 am start. 1:49:22. 8:29 pace. 66 degrees. 94% humidity. 64 dew point. Great sunrise! Smooth run.
Our wedding song: http://youtu.be/YD2zYVUIlr4
She's got to be sick of getting yellow roses from me for the last 20 years!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:35 pm start. 40:02. 7:42 pace. 82 deg. 54% hum. 64 D.P.
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| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 35:42. 7:46 Pace. 83 deg. 58% hum. 67 D.P.
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| At Track 5 pm start. 2.5 up + strides. The goal was to run (5) 800's with Brian. I lead 1 lap, then he leads 1 lap, and keep them in the 3:00 - 3:10 range, with 4 minutes rest between. We were to switch first lap leaders each time. Then do a 400. Then do a 200. After the first (3) 800's, Brian said he just didn't have it. So I had to run the last 2 solo. Time-wise, everything was on schedule. I hit 3:00 on the button for the ones I ran by myself, and 1:30 almost exactly for the laps I led. So I can see some improvements in my ability to recognize paces. Then we did the 400 together. Brian threw everything at the second half of it, and caught me at the end. He beat me by a step. 78 seconds. I was kind of shocked at his closing speed, mostly because he has been running for only a year. We raced the 200, and he left me in his dust. He beat my by @ 3 seconds. I got in at 35 seconds. Then I ran 3/4 mile cool down. Then we took the 4 boys (his 2 plus my 2) swimming.
Takeaways: I would like to get together with Brian on @ weekly basis to do this workout. Since there are no races around these parts for the next 6 months or so, this would be a good technique to gain speed. I am WAY better at pacing myself in the 800's, the way we did them tonight, and I can see the benefits of extending this into longer distances, like repeat miles, for both of us. Also, Brian is much faster at the short stuff. If I keep chasing him, I'm sure it will help me. Unfortunately, Saturdays are my long run days, and Fridays are the only days we can do this. This is setting me up to have really intense weekends, and championship mediocrity weekdays. It still might be worth it. We'll see if this messes up my 16 miles tomorrow.
Brian is a large-framed dude, and an ex-rugby player. I know I wouldn't want to tackle something that big, moving that fast!
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| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 7:00 am start. ugly miles.
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| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 8:30 am start. More bad stuff. I can't seem to get it going. Is this really a 2 day track hangover? There has got to be something else.
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| 7.5 miles. hood route to Legacy Trail and Back. 8:30 am start. 1:00:07. 8:01 pace. Still not running that smooth, but better than the last 2 days, at least.
Putting off cleaning the garage as long as possible.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.40 | 0.00 | 3.40 |
| 3.4 mile runfail. Ringling Bridge. 5:30 pm start.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 35:02. 7:37 pace. 76 deg. 79% hum. 69 d.p. Rainbows! woo-hoo!
Going away this weekend with Spouse, for our 20 year anniv. (That was, like, 10 days ago!) to Little Gasparilla Island. My favorite place. So, I don't know how much running I'll be doing over the next couple of days, but given how the last week has gone, maybe it's best that I ease back a little.
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| 7.5 miles. 4 pm start. Placida to Boca Grande and back to Hideaway Bay Beach Club ferry landing. Hot. And those 3 bridges were tough, but scenic. I saw Dolphins playing in the wake of the bridge piles on a strong outgoing tide. awesome. I could see the gulf from the second and third bridges. I got back with plenty of time to make the 6:00 ferry to the island.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 Beach miles. Little Gasparilla Island. 11:30 am start. 5 miles up the beach and back.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 38:09. 7:20 pace. 83 deg. 57% hum. 67 d.p. Decent run. The charter boats killed it out there today! They were cleaning a lot of Grouper and Snapper!
Last day of school. On a Monday?! That is so dumb! Don't get me started...Anyhow, that means this:
http://youtu.be/o3C1KMq6cOI
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.70 | 0.00 | 12.70 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. 59:45. 7:58 pace. 72 Deg. 78% Hum. 64 D.P. I ran through a spider web @ mile 5 that almost threw me backwards. Heinous.
So, one of the "cool kids" from Sarasota ran the Comrades Marathon in Africa last weekend. It is @ 56 miles of hilly madness. Sure, it is net downhill, but so was Boston, and that was completely misleading. They have bouncers that stop folks from crossing the finish line, if they miss the cut off. Anyhow, the medal is the size of a quarter. I think the medal size should directly correspond to the level of difficulty of the race. My local flat 5k should have a quarter-sized medal. The Comrades Marathon should have a frisbee-sized medal, that annoys everyone who sees it, and forces them to refer to you as "Flavor Flav." Just my opinion.
5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 39:19. 7:34 pace. 84 deg. 58% hum. 68 d.p.
I just realized I posted this on Tuesday, instead of Wednesday. Oops.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. Untimed. 75 Deg. 89% Hum. 72 D.P. I wish I had timed this one. It felt really comfortable. ( I made a point to keep clear of the spider webs from yesterday. Like, 10'+ clear. What, are they going to jump out and get me?)
4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. Untimed. 84 deg. 65% hum. 71 d.p. A helicopter flew very close to the bridge as I was running over. WAY TOO CLOSE, man!
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| 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach and back. 7:15 am Start. Ugly miles. Stopped at halfway for a bathroom break. Never really got things back together after that. Ran out of water after 16 miles. If I'm going to continue to run this long on Saturdays, I'm going to have to start earlier. That sun was just plain mean!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back.7:00 am start. 79 deg. 83% hum. 73 d.p. Started pretty rough, but finished okay.
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| 5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 44:16. 7:38 pace. 88 deg. 61% hum. 72 d.p. Low tide + fairly hot and humid = Bad odor. Not good. Whew!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 4.00 | 7.50 |
| Hood Route Repeat Miles - an experiment in scheduling. This is something to build on. 5:45 am start.
1.75 up, (4) x 1 mile with 4 minutes rest between. 1.75 down.
Miles were: 6:06, 6:07, 6:12, and 6:23.
84 Deg., 66% hum., 72 d.p. There was much sweaty sweaty.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 41:11. 7:55 pace. 85 deg. 69% hum. 74 d.p.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 40:29. 7:47 pace. 85 deg. 72% hum. 74 d.p.
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| 3.5 miles. Hood route. 6 am start. 30:30. 8:43 pace. 83 deg. 79% hum. 73 d.p. Dragging it. I'm tired. Spiderwebs got me again. Even after showering, it still feels like they are on me!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
| 16.25 miles. Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge and Back. 6:15 am start. It did not go well. If it was shorter, I would call it a RunFail. 82 deg. 79% hum. 77 d.p.
Then we took the boys to the beach for a morning of Skimboarding. They are getting pretty good, and asking me to teach them new tricks. I really didn't feel like running down, and hopping on that board this morning, but I did it anyway. Luckily, I came home without road rash, like the boys have.Time for a seafood lunch!
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| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back.7:00 am start. 1:01:32. 8:13 pace. 75 deg. 89% hum. 72 d.p.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 41:48. 8:02 pace. 90 deg. 50% hum. 69 d.p. Which is worse, running AGAINST a 9 mph Hot breeze, or running WITH a 9 mph Hot breeze? Song stuck in my head for the run: http://youtu.be/HfZTViLZbX0
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.10 | 1.00 | 10.10 |
| Hood Route Repeat Miles - 5:45 am start. 1.75 up, 1 mile @ 6:19, I didn't like how things were going, 2.75 down. 77 Deg., 83% hum., 72 d.p.
Maybe I should have kept after it, but I didn't come out here to run at slower than 5k pace.
4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:40. 7:58 pace. 5:40 pm start. 84 deg. 60% hum. 69 d.p. Big Rainbows! Woo-Hoo!
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:27. 7:55 pace. 5:40 pm start. 73 deg. 87% hum. 69 d.p. Raining. It was nice.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:23. 7:55 pace. 5:40 pm start. 85 deg. 69% hum. 74 d.p.
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| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and Back. 5 am start. 79 deg. 79% hum. 3 straight weeks of Saturday Runfails. Less than a month to the next marathon, and I haven't been able to go more than 10 miles without stopping. This is not good. Yeah, the heat, yeah the humidity, yeah the life stuff, but I have no injuries, so I shouldn't be tanking it this bad.
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| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 6 am start. 1:02:43. 8:22 pace. 81 deg. 79% hum. 73 d.p. I wanted to go longer. but I sat on the couch for an hour before starting. I think this is SlowJoe's heat-induced apathy at work here. I just didn't feel like running the 12.9 scheduled miles. The clock is ticking, and I have to get going for the next race.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 39:36. 7:37 pace. 87 deg. 60% hum. 71 d.p.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:24. 7:55 pace. 5:45 pm start. 88 deg. 65% hum. 74 d.p. "Feels Like" 97. And that's not the worst part! It was super low tide. That smell of seaweed / dead fish / pelican waste cooking in the sun is pretty rough. SBVD was taking it easy today. Even he wasn't going to push it in this mess. Proud to beat the 8 minute man today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 6:15 am start. 1:03:45. 8:30 pace. 82 deg. 74% hum. 75 d.p.
4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:41. 7:58 pace. 5:40 pm start. 91 deg. 61% hum. 75 d.p. "Feels Like" 100.
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| 20.75 miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach and back. 5:45 am Start. 3:02:42. 8:48 pace. 7:30 last mile. 81 deg. 79% hum. 73 d.p. Not as fast as I wanted, but I FINISHED! After several weeks of falling apart on my long runs, it was good to finish, and I ran the whole thing. Hopefully, this means I have finally acclimated to the summer.
Then we took the boys to the beach. Clear and flat. No waves of any kind. Not so great for skimming or boogieboarding, but great therapy for my legs, I think. I even rode the skimboard one time. No tricks, just riding. It's weird. You run 20 miles and think "I ain't that old." Then you run 10 feet after a skimboard on a beach and think "Geez, I'm old." I'm sure it looked great.
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| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 6:15 am start. 1:33:49. 9:12 pace. 75 deg. 94% hum. 73 d.p.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:44. 8:12 pace. 5:45 pm start. 93 deg. 54% hum. 74 d.p. This run was the worst. Headwind on the way out. changed directions mid-run. cross wind on the way back. Started pouring for 2 minutes at run finish. Steamy roads. Wow.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:59. 8:02 pace. 5:45 pm start. 88 deg. 61% hum. 73 d.p. Bonus Gravity.
p.s. I mapped out a 17.3 mile run in this area for Saturday. http://vimeo.com/89449814
Another town, another bridge. Should be cool.
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| 5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:40 pm start. 40:06. 7:43 pace. 89 deg. 65% hum. 75 d.p.
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| 17.3 Miles in Palm Coast / Beverly Beach / Flagler Beach. 5:40 am start. 84 deg. 75% hum. 75 d.p. Fantastic run through linear park, over intracoastal waterway, up A1A to Flagler Beach Pier and Back to Grandma's house. I saw Bambi on this run. very cool. I did get turned around a couple of times, but I know I ran at least 17.3. Then a whole bunch of swimming with kids, and lots of boogie board time. These kids must be tired. I know I am.
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| Another cool 9.5 Miles in Palm Coast / Beverly Beach / Flagler Beach. 6:00 am start. 1:25:08. 8:58 pace. 77 deg. 89% hum. 74 d.p. No Bambi sightings today, but I did get to see some Manatees and Dolphins.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:05. 8:04 pace. 5:45 pm start. 89 deg. 60% hum. 72 d.p. "Feels like" 95. "Tastes Like" I ate a bug in the first mile. Yum. SBVD waved as I was hacking up the bug. Timing is everything.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 3.00 | 5.50 |
| Hood route repeat miles. 1.75 up. 4 min. Rest. 6:10 mile. 4 min. Rest. 6:14 mile. 4 min. Rest. 6:14 mile. 4 min. Rest. 0.75 down. 5:45 am start. 82 deg. 74% hum. 75 d.p. Would have gone for the 4th mile, but I ran out of time.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:12. 7:52 pace. 5:45 pm start. 89 deg. 60% hum. 73 d.p. "Feels like" 97. This must be the day everyone signed up to take a class on the water- little sailboats, paddleboards, etc. everywhere.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:19. 8:20 pace. 5:45 pm start. 91 deg. 55% hum. 72 d.p. No way that humidity reading is right.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
| 16.25 miles. Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge and back. 6:30 am start. 2:25:58. 8:59 pace. 82 deg., 84% hum. 75 d.p.
Nice and easy. Lots of runners and cyclists out today, and all of them waving, or saying good morning.
Due to all of the rain yesterday, there was steam coming up from the earth at the start of the run. Also, I had to duck a lot of low hanging, rain-saturated branches.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 2:15 pm start. 1:22:03. 8:03 pace. 86 deg. 66% hum. 73 d.p. 40:11 at halfway. Last mile in 7:43.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:33. 7:45 pace. 5:45 pm start. 89 deg. 61% hum. 74 d.p.
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| I planned to run Tuesday morning, but I was rained out. I usually don't mind running in the rain, but Tuesday morning was especially rainy. Anyhow, I found a cool video of this area from Tuesday night (when the skies had become much clearer). Most Saturdays, after the long run, I take my boys to this beach for skim boarding: http://youtu.be/twLHAqCg3to
Check out the manatees and dolphins next to the jetty!
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:38. 7:45 pace. 5:45 pm start. 81 deg. 77% hum. 73 d.p.
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| Flying to Des Moines
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles easy in Des Moines. Temps are perfect. Then we drove through 3.5 hours of CORN to get to Lake Okoboji. We drove the course, and it is quite hilly. fast hills. up and down like whoop-de-doos on a BMX track. ths is going to be interesting. 6 am start.
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University of Okoboji Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:19:41, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.22 | 26.22 |
| I had 2 goals for this race:
1. Prove that I can run the second half of a marathon faster than the first. Came closer than I have before, but I didn't do it.
2. Beat all of the half marathoners that started 2 hours after the marathoners. I don’t remember being passed, but the math works out that one of the half-ers beat me.
The course is 3 miles out, then you come back by the start, and then continue around the lake back to the start. The hilliest parts are in the first 3 miles, which you go through 3 times.
Up at 4:30. The folks at The Three Sons told me about a place I could park that I could leave as soon as my race was over. We were in the lakefront parking spot at 5. There may have been 10 people total there when we got there. Then a group of "early starters" arrived. I asked what that was. Apparently, if you are a 5+ hour marathoner, they give you a bit of a break from the mid-summer heat, by letting you go out a half hour early. So John and I, and maybe 5 other people cheered as they went off. We walked around for a bit as I stretched. Then I went to the POP one last time. It was like I walked out of the bathroom, and they started my race, like they were waiting for me. It was really kind of funny. They made an announcement that there was a guy who had run all 37 years of the U. of O. marathon, and that this was his 100th marathon. I didn't know it, but the guy was standing right next to me. He said a few words and fired the gun.
There were 4 guys that went straight out, then a small gap, then me, then a big gap, then everybody else. I know I had about a half mile on everybody else at the 3 mile turn around. At @ mile 6 really tall short shorts guy came flying by me, like he started late or something. I don't feel like I changed my pace at any point, but a few miles later, he came back into sight. So I thought I should try to catch him - Slowly. I finally passed him @ mile 17-ish. Then I was really alone. @ mile 20, I saw one of the 4 fast starters, and then I reeled him in within a couple of miles. It is really strange for me to not be falling apart at the end of a race, and to have my wits about me, and be enjoying views, and thinking of catching people, but here I was. I had gone from 6th to 4th late in a race. Crazy. I saw 3rd place guy up ahead walking with his hands on his hips @ mile 23. He saw me coming, and was really pushing to not let me pass, but he didn't have it. At the exact moment I passed him, we both passed 2nd place guy, who was sitting on the ground, getting medical attention. People that live around the lake kept telling me I was in second, but I didn't believe it, even though I had done the math to figure it out. 3:19 is a decent marathon time, and all, but for 2nd place, not so much. I forgot to stop my watch at the finish, but I knew at that point the neg. split goal was shot.
Then, I had to go swim in the lake. I had to. You can't run a race like this and not do that. It was flipping cold! and rocky! We went back to the hotel, cheering for all of the runners still out on the course as we went by. I soaked in the hotel hot tub for @ 15 minutes. Then we got in the car, and drove through 3.5 hours of CORN to get to Des Moines. We stopped in the "town" of Mallard, so I could get a picture of John in front of a Gimungous Duck. I got home at midnight, and started typing this.
This race gets a lot of bad reviews on the interwebs, and frankly, I don't get it. Maybe I just caught this race on a good weather year. The people that put on the race, were overly helpful and kind. If you need big crowds cheering for you, this ain't your race. You had to look for spray painted markings on the ground, but they were there. Plenty of powerade at the finish. I had a great time, and would rate this experience very favorably. I think that starting the half-ers late is brilliant, and all races that combine the distances should do this. The hills were a bit tough, but I handled them better than I thought I would. 50 yards of climb, 50 yards of drop, 50 yards of climb, 50 yards of drop, and so on. It was way better than the solid mile of climb you see in some races. I liked it. The only real negative thing I can come up with is that this race is not very convenient to get to.
Iowa is done. Next.
3 mile split: 20:36. Half split: 1:38:39
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:46. 8:26 pace. 5:45 pm start. 89 deg. 60% hum. 73 d.p. "Feels like" 97. 1st run back at it, and it was pretty rough. Yeah, I was going to hold out until Friday, but I felt fine, and waiting for the sake of waiting was driving me nuts.
I'm going to do @ 5.5 miles with Brian on Friday, and hopefully, we'll beat the 8 minute man. If Friday afternoon weather is similar to Thursday, we might be in trouble.
I'm kind of in limbo, training-wise for a couple of weeks. I don't get rolling on the Savannah training until August 8. So, I'll be running what I feel like running until then.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 miles on legacy trail with Brian. 42:47. 7:47 pace. 5:30 pm start. We beat the 8 minute man! 86 deg.70% hum 75 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 1:45 start. 90 deg. 66% hum. 77 d.p. "Feels like" 102! After a Huge Brunch of French Toast! Syrup Burps! Excellent!
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:30. 8:09 pace. 5:45 pm start. 90 deg. 57% hum. 73 d.p.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:01. 8:03 pace. 5:45 pm start. 89 deg. 53% hum. 70 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Something is wrong with my right hip. Cut the usual ringling bridge run short. we'll see how this goes saturday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| Ringling. Untimed. 5:45 start. Talked to Jury Duty Buddy for a while.
Hip is still a nagging concern. But, on the upside, it is only a problem while my right foot touches the ground. So if I can avoid that, I should be cool.
The other ailments that came around this weekend are clearing up.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:41. 7:58 pace. 5:45 pm start. 91 deg. 57% hum. 74 d.p. "Feels like" 100. That was tough. Hip is still tight. It took @ 3 miles to loosen up.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:01. 8:16 pace. 5:45 pm start. 91 deg. 55% hum. 73 d.p. "Feels like" 99. Hip loosened up a bit faster than yesterday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.56 | 0.00 | 7.56 |
| 7.56 miles with my sister in law in Plantation on her birthday. 6:30 am start. 83 deg. 74% hum. 73 d.p.
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| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 4:20 pm start. 1:00:59. 8:08 pace. Last mile 7:41. 88 deg. 66% hum 75 d.p. Despite the less than ideal conditions, and the hip still feeling a bit off, there were moments of this run that were surprisingly enjoyable. Go figure.
No MOJO yet, but it may be within sight.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 1:28:05. 8:38 pace.6:30 pm start. 87deg. 70% hum. 75 d.p.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:05. 8:17 pace. 5:40 pm start. 92 deg. 59% hum. 75 d.p. "Feels like" 102.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:22. 8:07 pace. 5:45 pm start. 87 deg. 74% hum. 78 d.p. "Feels like" 100. No direct sun today, which was nice. I saw SBVD after the hairpin turn. I figured he was going to try to catch me on the uphill, so I kicked it up a bit. He never passed me, and honestly, I don't know if he was trying to. Not today, SBVD, Not today!
Also interesting - A HOMELESS LADY BLEW ME A KISS AND SAID "HEY!"
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 3:00 pm start. 1:02:36. 8:21 pace. Rain started on last half mile. 84 degrees. Sleep running.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. 8:30 am start. 84 deg. 72% hum. 74 d.p. It went bad. intermittent rain. bathroom stop.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 Miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 7 am start. Untimed. 78 deg. 89% hum 75 d.p. my Legs feel fine. I got a bit out of shape in 6 days, though. My dad was finishing his walk at the same time I was finishing my run. So I got to hang out with him for a bit this morning, which was cool.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 Miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 6:45 am start. Untimed. 78 deg. 88% hum 74 d.p. Everything is running smoothly.
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| Ringling. Untimed. 5:45 start. 92 deg. 45% hum. 68 d.p. 15-20 mph winds? Wait, What?
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| Ringling. Untimed. 5:45 start. 92 deg. 41% hum. 66 d.p.
Everything is not enough
nothing is too much to bear
where you been is good and gone
all you keep's the getting there
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 35:55. 7:48 pace. 5:45 pm start. 91 deg. 64% hum. 77 d.p. Good pace on the way out, slowed up on the way back. On the way out, I passed a guy I have seen at some local races. As I went by, he said to the person running with him in a really loud voice "Sometimes, I just like to take it easy, and jog." Maybe that was for my benefit, maybe not. It still made me laugh. Big rain with wind on the 2nd half of the run. I had to keep my sunglasses on to keep the rain from hitting my eyes. I'm sure I looked like a doofus, running in the pouing rain with sunglasses.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 1:56:01. 9:00 pace! 78 deg. 98% hum. 77 d.p. It feels like starting over. Neato!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail. 1:04:32. 8:36 pace. 77 deg. 100% hum. 77 d.p. They had the Venice Sprint Triathlon yesterday. The boys would like to do this as a relay next year, and they seem fairly serious about training. I'm all for it, but my biggest concern is the bike. They have bmx bikes made for kids. And people in the race are going way faster than my son, which also could be dangerous. Anyhow, this kind of thinking was going through my head this morning on the run, and I barely noticed I was running.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 1:20:58*. 7:56* pace. 75 deg. 97% hum. 75 d.p. 7:30 am start. Johnny paced me on his bike. He lost his chain @ 6 times. As you could guess, he lost his chain at the worst possible times (crossing streets, etc.) That's why the time and pace have asterisks, because I had to stop a bunch of times. So this experiment went both good and bad. I've got to get that chain fixed. He did well holding pace and responding to my instructions. I needed to beat the 8 minute man, as I have been running way too slowly lately. After you have chain-oiled fingers, brushing sweat out of your eyes is joy! The kid was so proud of himself this morning! He gave mom the sweaty hug when he got home.
I plan on taking Tommy to the track later to see where he is at with some 400s. I may do a couple too. I've got to work on Webbed Feet's parents to let him race next year.
This tri-race relay idea might turn out really well.
4 pm: Okay the trip to the track didn't go as well as expected. There was a very high heat index, so Tommy was burned out quickly. he did 2 laps warm up, 3 minutes rest, then 1 lap @ 1:56. then that was it. It was just too stinking hot, and it was not wise for me to take him at that time. We still have 51 weeks to get our act together.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 36:44. 7:59 pace. 90 deg. 40% hum. 68 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. 1:05:16. 8:42 pace. 75 deg. 99% hum. 75 d.p. I saw Pop finishing his walk, and got to hang out with him for a spell after the run, which was nice.
4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 35:56. 7:49 pace. 87 deg. 74% hum. 75 d.p. Intermittent rain. All sun showers. I never got out of that inferno. I had "baby did a bad bad thing" stuck in my head for the whole run. Splain Dat!
The Cool Kids from Sarasota invited me to go run with them this weekend. 16 miles. I think I'll do it. It might force me to pick up my pace on the long runs. I'm still hovering @ 30-45 sec/mile below where I was last year.
We shall see.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.16 | 0.00 | 16.16 |
| 16.16 miles (I mapped out the distance when I got home) with the Sarasota cool kids. 5:30 am start. 2:06:53. 7:51 pace. I kept my watch rolling through most water stops. I was the only Camelpak runner, again. Then we went out to breakfast. It was a good crowd, 12 of us, although only 3 of us did the full 16 mile loop. It's funny. The "what's your next race" conversations reminded me about "what's your major" conversations from years ago. Anyhow, they want to run trails next weekend. They want me to go, but I don't know. That's not my bag, baby.
When I got home, spouse had done some research and found cheap flights to the Houston Marathon in January, and suggested that maybe we go there, instead of Birmingham in February. But it looks like Houston is sold out.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. laughable slowness. Legs still a little beat up from yesterday.
Then church.
Then, as an experiment, we had a family triathlon. Next month, the Rev3 folks are having a kids' tri the day before their event. So, I mapped out a 75 yard swim, set up a transition area, then a 2 mile bike, transition at our house, and finish wth a .7 mile run (These distances were listed on the website as race distances.). Before I invest $60 each for signing my kids up for this event, I want to know, and I want THEM to know, that they can finish the distance. So, this afternoon was Tri Practice #1. Spouse even went! I think this went GREAT. Tommy and I finished with 24:23. Johnny had 28:00. and Spouse finished with 29:20. Tommy took off like a rocket, after he got off the bike. Johnny had some cramps (we ate lunch right before this little drill, duh!) It took me a longer time than expected to catch Tommy after dealing with Johnny. He was moving! We learned some things that will make things go smoother next time. We have 4 weeks to get ready. Of course, I won't be pacing the boys on race day, but by then they should be comfortable with the routine.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 36:54. 8:01 pace. 88 deg. 66% hum. 75 d.p.
Weezer. The Good Life.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
| 5:30 am start. 0.75 up. 2 mins. rest. 1@6:35. 4 mins. rest. 1@6:45. Then, I was ticked off at the slow times, so I ran 3 miles. 2 mins. rest. 1@7:15. 0.75 down. 75 deg. 98% hum. 75 d.p. This does not look good for my 5k this Saturday. But, this is what happens when you "jog" every run. The legs forget the speed.
4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 36:54. 8:01 pace. 89 deg. 53% hum. 70 d.p.
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Remember the Fallen 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:20:24, Place overall: 11, Place in age division: 4 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.11 | 5.11 |
| "Life" kept me from running Thursday and Friday. This race is a fund raiser for the North Port Fire Department. My buddy Brian said he was going to run it, so I decided to join him. He got 2nd in his age group! I went into this race expecting to get under 21 min. So, in that respect, it went well. 2 miles up. Race started at 7:30. They had one of those videotaping drones flying overhead at the start. I hope to find that video some day. I traded places with a guy in a neon green shirt for @ 2.5 miles, then he faded behind me. I then focused on dude with american flag shirt. I got right on his heel at the 3 mile mark, and then he found another gear and left me. I was @6:15 at mile 1, @13:00 at mile 2. It was a well put on event, and Spouse has already told me that I am doing this one again next year. Great food, and a good awards ceremony after. You've got to be impressed with the fire fighters that run in these conditions in their full get-up. It was pretty humid at the start. Great day.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Vence Avenue and back. Right after a rain. Steaming roads, again! 86 deg. 67% hum. 73 d.p. The run started smooth, but ended a bit rough.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start.79 deg. 84% hum. 74 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 37:43. 8:12 pace. 86 deg. 67% hum. 74 d.p. I got invited to run with the cool kids from Sarasota on Saturday. I haven't gone 18+ miles since Okoboji. This should be humbling interesting.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 18 miles in Sarasota with the "cool kids." Adam remembered that I said I've lost my Mojo the last time we were running, and actually brought a Mojo bar. My Mojo was at Publix. Who knew? Anyhow, I started early (5:00 am) from Urfer Park with Paul and Adam for 3 miles around the neighborhoods there. 78 deg. 81% hum. 72 d.p. We had several different kinds of rain for the run(s), but none of them were intolerable. It rained, in one form or the other, the whole time. I wore my camelbak, thinking that we were going to do 18 miles, straight away. But I was not aware of the plan for the morning. The rest of the group got there, and said that they staged water out at Benderson Park, so I left my Camelbak in the car for that run. So, shorthand: 3 miles-Camelbak, 15 miles-No Camelbak. I ate the Mojo bar and we headed out for the 15 miler. There was 7 of us now. It is @ 6 miles from Urfer to Benderson Park, 3 miles around Benderson, and then the 6 miles back. Benderson is a new park, with a long, rectangular lake, where they hope to have rowing championships someday. It was pretty nice, but it was also dark and rainy, so I didn't see as much of it as I'd have liked to. Before we left Benderson on the way back, I had to stop at a POP. My running was never really smooth after that. I struggled on the way back, and finished last. Not a race, but still. Then we went out for Banana pancakes. Longest run(s) in a long time. I'll take it. They want to run a 50k in the woods up north of here in a couple of months, in honor of one of the guys' 50th birthday. I don't know, man. I don't know.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 36:47. 8:00 pace. 75 deg. 90% hum. 72 d.p. In the rain. There was one other guy out running. When we saw each other, he raised his fist in the air. I shouted "Where is everybody else, huh?" and kind of looked around. I guess you had to be there. When I got back to the office, they said that the news just reported there was a waterspout in the bay, and that I was nuts for running in that stuff. How in the world did I not see a waterspout? It must have been when I was trying to remember the lyrics to "Can you stand the rain?"
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 37:07. 8:04 pace. 75 deg. 94% hum. 73 d.p. Just finished raining when I started. I was introduced to SBVD by way of one of the cool kids on this run. My buddy from Monday, the other waterspout runner was out today, as well.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
| 5.8 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 45:11. 7:47 pace. 84 deg. 74% hum. 75 d.p. Love that fresh autumn air! Pretty smooth going today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and Back. 1:30 pm start. 1:05:07. 8:41 pace. 89 deg. 61% hum. 74 d.p. There was not much nice about this run.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 35:23. 7:42 pace. 77 deg. 90% hum. 74 d.p. In the rain.
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| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. 5:45 pm start. 37:01. 8:03 pace. 85 deg. 67% hum. 73 d.p. Too much of my boss's birthday cake before running.
Folks around here are excited about this weekend's "cold snap" forecast. On Sunday, it could get down to 78 / 62!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.24 | 0.00 | 12.24 |
| 5 am - Bananas-level downpour. Postponed run to YMCA treadmill at 9. My 3rd -ever treadmill run. 3 separate runs, totaling 12.24 miles, average pace - 8:05. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. I may put some miles on my new YMCA membership, we shall see.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 7:00 am start. 1:00:38. 8:05 pace. 64 deg. 57% hum. 49 d.p. Solid weather. Almost regret mocking the locals who were excited about the cooler temps. Almost.
Started the day by chasing a possum off the lanai at 6:00, you know, like you do.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:45 am start. 1:04:36. 8:37 pace. 74 deg. 83% hum. 68 d.p. ....and we're back to feeling like Florida again.....
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 3.00 | 13.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:45 am start. 1:05:45. 8:46 pace. 72 deg. 94% hum. 70 d.p. Emergency stop at halfway. I'm glad there is more home building going on around here lately.
I just signed up for Birmingham Marathon. The kid's marathon program they have is really interesting: https://bcbsal.acms.com/mercedes2015/ The kids keep a running log for 25.2 miles, then run the last mile on race day. Sounds really cool, I think.
6:15 pm - At track. 2 up, 6x800 @ 3:00 each, 1 down.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. SLOW and un-timed. 71 deg. 94% hum. 70 d.p. My legs hurt so bad in the first mile, I had to laugh. I didn't start feeling right until @ mile 4. I have GOT to get to the track more often.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 6:00 am start. 1:53:02. 8:47 pace. 71 deg. 91% hum. 66 d,p. very slow start.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 13.30 | 0.00 | 13.30 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 6:00 am start. 1:01:35. 8:13 pace. 76 deg. 86% hum. 72 d.p.
5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 43:27. 7:29 pace. 84 deg. 73% hum. 74 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:45 am start. 1:05:17. 8:42 pace. 75 deg. 95% hum. 74 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 3.00 | 13.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and Back. 1:04:55. 8:39 pace. 75 deg., 94 % hum., 73 d.p. 5:30 am start. I kept it slow, because I'm going to the track later. Oh Yeah, That's right, 2 weeks in a row.
I passed a guy running on the road, in the dark. I said "I wouldn't trust those drivers out there. You should run over here, on the sidewalk." He said "Yeah, but my knees can't take the sidewalk." This raises some questions. A) Is there that much of a difference in the impact on your knees, between asphalt and concrete, and B) Is that difference worth the risk?
I run on the road sometimes, when the sidewalk has a lot of curb cuts, and the cross slope changes frequently. I would just rather run on a flat surface. But still, I am REALLY cautious when I get in the street. This guy wasn't even wearing reflective stuff. I don't get it.
6:20 pm. At track. 75 deg., 74 % hum., 76 d.p. 2 up. 4 min. rest. 1600 @< 6:05. 3 min. rest. (2) x 800 @< 3:00, with 3 min. rest. (4) x 400 @< 1:30, with 3 min. rest. 1 down.
My sister in law is doing a 10k in Sarasota this Saturday. I may be racing, or pacing her, or cheering for her. I haven't made up my mind yet. We'll see how I feel after tomorrow morning's run.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 miles. Hood Route. 5:30 am start. 76 deg., 57% hum. 59 d.p. Slowwwww. Legs are pretty beat up today. Oil can! Oil can!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.20 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| 1 up. Then, I was a pacer for my sister in law for a 10k. She got a 2+ minute PR! So she's pretty psyched. It was a 10k, then you could run a 5k. Most of the people were running the 5k only. Meanwhile, boy #2 scored a goal at soccer. Then we went to the beach, and my brother stepped on a tiny stingray. That jump of his was pretty funny. All in all, a good day.
But my Gators stink out loud.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Test run Tri with the boys: (75 yard swim, 2 mile bike, 0.7 mile run.) Boy #2 got 24:35. Boy #1 got 23:25. I had each of them go separately, because ... well.... having both of them go at the same time really stinks for many reasons. Here's where we stand with this; it's @ 3 weeks until race day for them. I know they will finish the race. Boy #1 is a good swimmer, and a good runner. When he's on his bike, he's humming and daydreaming. I have to keep after him to keep him on task. Boy #2, as it turns out, is also a decent swimmer. He FLIES on the bike. But then, has a lot of difficulty continuously running the whole distance, especially if he thinks his brother is beating him. This is going to be pretty exciting. Also the water temp right now is 78 degrees. Should be @ 5 degrees less on race day.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:45 am start. 1:04:04. 8:33 pace. 67 deg. 82% hum. 65 d.p. More work than I thought it would be.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. 1:02:48. 8:22 pace. 72 deg. 89% hum. 68 d.p. Song stuck in my head:
http://youtu.be/d0TZZZcC9l4
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 1.00 | 11.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and Back. 1:03:26. 8:27 pace. 70 deg., 93 % hum., 68 d.p. 5:45 am start. Track later.
6:20 pm. At Track. 2 up. 1600 in 5:51. 1 down. To my knowledge, this is the fastest mile I have run. I am now faster than the 17 year old version of me. So that's cool. But,... 1. I thought I was faster than this. 2. First lap was 1:18. There is much work to be done.
I'll give the fast mile another go in @ 6 weeks.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 miles. Hood Route. 5:30 am start. 66 deg., 74% hum. 57 d.p. Slow.
PM: Signed up for the "Boo Run 5k" this Saturday. Fit2Run was pandemonium, as they were registering people for 2 races (@ 750 runners in each race) + having their Thursday group run, etc. Yeesh! Get me out of here! Take my money and give me a stinking Bib! The employees were frozen in fear.
Anyhow, I guess I should update the "Short Term Running Goals." This is the first of a three 5k series. I think I'm going to throw in one, maybe two, 10ks between now and Birmingham, in February.
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Boo Run 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:19:49, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.11 | 3.11 | 6.22 |
| 3.11 up (Since there was no course map on-line, I ran the course as a warmup), then some strides. 8:30am start. I saw some familiar runners from other 5ks, 10ks around here, so I knew that getting any kind of age group award would be tough. I tailed a guy that in other races, some he beats me, some I get him, but we are usually within @ 30 seconds of each other, or so. Lots of kids up front. It WAS a halloween race, after all. @ 1/2 mile into it, this guy wearing a bicycle helmet with a mohawk on it comes flying by me. And he gets really close, to where I think we would get tangled up. Then I see him do the same to the guy that I was following, and it was worse! My pace guy had to slow up, not to trip over bike helmet mohawk guy. Mile 1 @ 6:00, and I'm still with pace guy, although it's obvious that pace guy is not working as hard as me. And I passed bike helmet guy at this point. At the turn around, Pace guy has me by @ 20 yards. Through mile 2 marker at 12:20, and pace guy's lead has grown to @ 50 yards. After mile 2 marker, I got the feeling there was a large gap between me and whoever was behind me, because the police were letting cars cross the course, after I passed them. I figured, if there's enough room for them to wave cars through, there must be nobody back there. I saw pace guy finish @ 30 seconds ahead of me, then I kicked it up a bit into the finish. Apparently, I just barely held off bike helmet mohawk guy! Crazy! Should make for an interesting finish line picture someday! I won a cup, for the age group thing. I met some nice folks, and ate some good grub, waiting for my cup. Then I hightailed it out of there, and back to Venice, and saw Johnny score 2 goals in his soccer game! A Good day. A good race. I'm slowly coming back around again. When that happens, you can just feel it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 8:30 am start. 1:19:43. 7:49 pace. 70 deg. 61% hum. 56 d.p.
It's coming back around again.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 miles. Hood Route. 5:30 am start. 48:00. 8:44 pace. 60 deg., 86% hum. 56 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 2.00 | 13.00 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:30 am start. foggy. 66 deg. 93% hum. 64 d.p.
6:15 pm. At track. 2 up. 8x400 w/ 2 min. rest. All less than 1:25. 1.5 down.
I still haven't figured out how to make this work next week when daylight savings is here.
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| No running. I was at a conference all day, where one of the the speakers was Dr. Gilman. Among many other things, he performs experiments to find the breaking point of trees / branches. Experiments like this: http://youtu.be/NFqF5RHXNCw
He has made a career out of destroying trees. Fascinating.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. legacy trail to vnice avenue and back. 5:30 am start. I had police escort for @ 1 mile. 67 deg. 66% hum. 65 d.p. slow running, except with the cop!
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| 10.2 miles Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 7:30 am start. 1:20:26. 7:53 pace. 52 deg. 58% hum. 57 d.p. I wore a shirt.
After church, I tok the boys for their last test tri before the race next weekend. To Floridians, the water was cold. But we roughed it out anyway. Since I didn't want to do this whole thing twice today, I let Tommy set the pace on the bike, as long as Johnny could set the pace on the run. (Johnny is pretty fast on the bike, and Tommy is pretty fast on the run) This worked very well for keeping us together as a group.. Both boys were equally frustrated with each other.
Next Friday is packet pickup for the kids, plus a Glow Run. Then we watch a movie outside, with the sunset over the beach. It was very cool last year. These REV3 folks have this figured out. Then Saturday morning is the kid's tri. So I'm going to get junk for miles next weekend. We'll see how this plays.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge (I have missed you, old friend.) 5:45 pm start. Fantastic Sunset! 34:43. 7:33 pace. 69 deg. 53% hum. 51 d.p. I'm going to try to do this on Mondays.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:20 am start. 1:01:06. 8:09 pace. 61 deg. 82% hum. 55 d.p. Then went to my local polling station with the kids, blasting this out of the car: http://youtu.be/LfBswNkmtfo
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 2.00 | 8.50 |
| 3.5 miles. Hood Route. 5:45 am start. 26:30. 7:34 pace. 68 deg. 83% hum. 63 d.p.
6:15 pm. At track. 1 up. 8x400 w/ 2 min. rest. All less than 1:22. 2 down. I picked up 3 seconds on last week! The ones that dipped below 1:20 were rough.
Big moon + light coming off of next door's baseball fields = not running the track in the dark. That was nice.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail. Untimed, ouch miles. 5:30 am start. 72 deg., 82% hum., 66 d.p. Seriously, ouch.
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| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 1:00 pm Start. 57:30. 7:40 pace. Hot. 75 deg. 69% hum. 65 d.p.
PM: The boys got a complimentary "glow run" entry with their kids' tri admission. Since I would have to leave early, we went in separate cars. I went with boy #2. Spouse went with boy #1. We got there first. We got out of the car, and they were counting down to start the race! Boy #2 jumped in right after the start, and was right in the thick of it. I yelled for him to save his energy for Saturday, but I doubt he heard me. Then Boy #1 lined up at the starting line with a bunch of other people for the 1 mile "Fun run". What the...? Oh no! Boy #2 was in the 5k! He went by us at half way, and I told him what was going on. He said he was going to finish the race. I ran the 2nd half of the 5k with boy #2. He finished just fine. Running on the beach was rough, again. But the sunset made it worthwhile. Boy #1 finsihed his race, and then they put "Frozen" on the movie screen. Spouse watched the movie with the kids and I left.
So, boy #2 ran his first 5k Friday, by accident! Everyone had a good time.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and Back. 1:25:23. 8:22 pace. 8:00 am-ish start. 64 deg., 79% hum., 57 d.p. misty rain. I spent the last 3 miles of this run, and @ 20 minutes after the run, cheering and clapping for all of the REV3 cyclists. Part of my run overlapped the race course. That was kind of cool, although I found it difficult to run and yell and clap at the same time. Multi-tasking is not a strong suit today!
The kids did great in their first mini-tri yesterday. They had better weather to race in than the adults have today. I'm very proud of my boys.We learned that swimming in the Gulf is a lot different than swimming in the pool, and that there is a lot of contact betwen the swimmers in a race. Maybe we'll try this again next year.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.10 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
| 3.5 miles. Hood Route 6 am Start 63 deg., 88% hum. 59 d.p.
5:45 pm - 4.6 miles. Ringling Bridge. Pretty nice sunset.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 3.00 | 13.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:20 am start. 1:01:52. 8:15 pace. 59 deg. 82% hum. 54 d.p. Kind of Foggy.
6:15 pm. At Track.
2 up + Strides. (1) 1600 @ 6:06. 4 min. rest. (2) 800s @ < 3:00 w/ 3 min. rest. (4) 400s @ < 1:25 w/ 2 min. rest. 1 down.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail. Untimed miles. 5:30 am start. 55 deg., 100% hum., 55 d.p. More Fog. Song of the run: http://youtu.be/mP07Oyr7enQ
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 miles. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 5:45 am start. 1:51:07. 8:37 pace. 52 deg. 57% hum. 64 d.p. My buddy, Brian, ran his first half this morning - The Chosen Half in Tampa. 1:45:xx! Solid debut!
The Gators are now hurting my feelings.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| 10.2 Miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 6:00 am start. 1:25:50. 8:25 pace.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| Interesting –
http://tomkutt.fastrunningblog.com/blog-As-of-Today-on-Mileage-Board-Rat/05-09-2014.html
As of Today on the Mileage Board:
RattleTrap - 1515, SlowJoe - 2661, Tom K - 1899, Derunzo – 1769, Matt S. – 1899, IJR -1765.
I may have ticked off SlowJoe with that old post, because he jumped @ 75 miles/month after that!
5:40 pm. Ringling Bridge. 4.6 miles. 36:57. 8:02 pace. 68 deg. 94% hum. 66 d.p. Rain. Dark. Lightning, Good times.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:20 am start. 1:04:10. 8:33 pace. 59 deg. 79% hum. 50 d.p. Great running weather. I should have gone faster.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 1.00 | 11.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail and back. 5:20 am start. 1:04:04. 8:33 pace. 42 deg. 65% hum. 33 d.p. I was thinking that this will be similar to race day conditions in Birmingham. They might have more wind in February, though.
6:20 pm: At track. 53 deg. 72% hum. 43 d.p. 2 up + strides. (4) x 400 w/ 2 min. rest. 1:20, 1:19, 1:20, and 1:20. 1 down. Simple stuff tonight.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 3.5 Miles. Hood Route. 57 Deg. 50% hum. 72 d.p. Included 2 x 1 minute @ 5k pace. 5k training complete.
oh yeah, song of the run: http://youtu.be/MvoOWfAC7e0
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Harvest Hustle 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:19:32, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.11 | 5.11 |
| Okay, moving in the right direction here, but still not where I'd like to be. I lost to helmet guy! I didn't eat after 2 pm Friday - not smart. When i turned into the wind @ 2 mile, my ooomph left me. Next month, maybe I'll have this figured out.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.90 | 0.00 | 12.90 |
| 12.9 LETSJUSTFORGETABOUTYESTERDAY miles. 8:00 am start. Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 1:44:55. 8:08 pace. 81 Deg., 74% hum. 72 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 3.5 miles. Hood route. 5:45 am start. 74 Deg., 93% hum., 71 d.p. Foggy.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 75 deg. 100% hum. 75 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 3.5 miles. Hood route. 5:45 am start. 60 deg., 88% hum., 55 d.p. rainy, windy.
Venice in the national news today. Not in a good way.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.35 | 0.00 | 11.35 |
| Fruit Cove. 8-ish am start. 40-ish degrees. 7.85 miles. 1:02:10. 7:55 pace. Then ran 3.5 miles of cool down right away.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 15.25 | 0.00 | 15.25 |
| Fruit Cove. 8 am start. 39 deg., 55% hum., 36 d.p. 2:11:30. 8:37 pace.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 15.70 | 0.00 | 15.70 |
| Fruit Cove. 7.85 miles. 8 am start. 40 deg., 55% hum., 45 d.p. Perfect. 59:53. 7:38 pace.
Then, I ran the whole thing again with Sister in Law. She says we were @ 9:15 pace.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.85 | 0.00 | 7.85 |
| Fruit Cove. 7.85 miles. 8 am start. 46 deg., 68% hum., 47 d.p. 1:12:08. 9:11 pace. One last run at mother in law's house, before we drive back to Venice. Glorious morning. Sunbeams breaking through the pines and magnolias! It has been a great visit. Every time we come up here, I want to stay.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
| 7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and back. 1:02:18. 8:18 pace. 5:30 am start. 62 deg., 85% hum., 65 d.p.
6:15 pm. At track. 2 up. Left Achilles felt not good. Went home and iced it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| Dona Bay was great this morning.
http://youtu.be/4KDnzvGWYCA
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles easy. Hood route to Legacy Trail. I'm still testing out the Achilles. On Sunday, there was some swelling, so I took a couple of days off, and did some icing, stretching, etc.. Things felt smooth this morning. There was a really cool halo effect around the moon this morning. It was good to be back out there! 54 deg.
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| 1.5 miles. Hood route achilles test run. 5:45 am start. 43 degrees.
Ankle is still not fixed. I still plan on finishing the 5k Friday. I just doubt I'll be "racing" for 3rd place overall in the 3 race series. I have contacted a Dr. to see if this is anything more serious than an inflammation. I need this fixed, like, a week ago.
In happier news, we took the kids to Disney this weekend for Boy #2's 8th birthday. It went great. Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain...He couldn't get enough. We staged a picture on Splash Mountain to make it look like he was punching me in the face. The people standing around at the end of the ride, reviewing the pictures were cracking up. The lady at the counter could/would not sell me the picture because it "depicted violence." My argument was that it "depicted comedy." I do not have the picture, but it was pretty funny. Boy #1 had the best time on Tom Sawyer's Island, running through the caves. That was always one of my favorite places to go, too. Great weekend, but not great for rehab-ing a bum ankle.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 3.5 miles. Hood route. 6:30 pm start. 67 deg., 94% hum., 57 d.p. Test run with achilles brace, heel pads, and race shoes. Then I did another .5 with a different set-up, and no brace. Achilles felt tight after 2.5 miles. I was fully aware of the brace while running. Stride and breathing felt great. I might have pushed the pace a little bit, but, 1. I can't really tell if that is true at this point (as in 9 minute miles may have felt like 7:30's), and 2. I needed to really test the brace and set up, and get some quicker turnover, if I plan on racing Friday. I feel good enough to race, not good enough to PR, and hopefully wise enough to not allow this 5k to sabotage my Birmingham goals.
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Jingle 5k at Lakewood Ranch (3.11 Miles) 00:19:40, Place in age division: 2 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 3.11 | 7.11 |
| So much wacky stuff about this race! The official results are not posted yet. I am pleased that I could get this time on a bum ankle and very limited training.
Spouse and the kids came with me to the race. I took them to eat in lakewood ranch. Then, we met Robyn and her kids there. They had 2 bounce house slides to keep the kids busy while we warmed up. Also, there were "snow" machines everywhere. Not like Disney snow, that puts out ice shavings. It was suds. Kids everywhere were soaking wet with suds. I'm pretty sure the back seat of my car is destroyed. It was upper 60's/ low 70's at the race start. I did a longer warm up, to make sure my achilles was good and loose. 2,000 runners and walkers. They had to release us in waves. At the start, there were a lot of kids. I thought I was going to be tripping over them. But they went out and held their pace, and, well, BEAT me! I was pretty impressed! I did a lot of looking around before the race. I did not see the guy that was second place in the 3 race series. Sweet! I also did not see Helmet Guy. So, I felt good enough to go out quick. I felt smooth, and I could hold it until @2 miles in. The lack of training caught up with me though. At half way, the tunraround, the course was so dark, I could not see the road for about a quarter mile. Coming down to the finish, I was trading places with a younger-ish woman. We turned the last corner and she outkicked me. I went to use the POP, then I saw Robyn finish with a 1.5 minute PR from just last month! By the time we got to the results board, it was a mob scene. It was directly in front of the stage, where the band was playing really loud. It was really uncomfortable. I fought my way to the front, and did not see my name. I had to go to 3 tents to get this straightened out. Apparently, They had me as a 30 year old woman! I said, well, how did SHE do? Not good. So I got a tile/coaster for 2nd place in my age group.
I don't know how I finished in the 3 race series. The 2nd place guy, it turns out, WAS there, and beat me again. Helmet Guy did not run. But there was a guy who was within 10 seconds behind me that, I think, beat me by more than 10 seconds. This is going to come up really close.
So, as far as my pre-race goals: I do not think I sabotaged my Birmingham goals with this race. I gave it my best shot, and I am glad I saw this race series through.
Time to build it back up, and log some miles.
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| 7.5 miles. Hood route. 8 am start. 57:23. 7:39 pace. Really warm out. Achilles pain has migrated north to my calf, for the most part, so I'll be foam rolling later.
Oh yeah, Christmas song stuck in my head: http://youtu.be/Gu6fkjjAKog
nice.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 7.5 miles. hood route to legacy trail and back. untimed. 5:30 pm start. super hot! super fog! first run back without the ankle brace or heel lift gels. I hope I don't need those things any more. This last month has got me pretty out of shape, and I've been slow to post because I am trying to not be a debbie downer. On the upside, I had this stuck in my head while running: http://youtu.be/rACM0Sw2Fl4
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5. 5 miles. Hood Route. 7 am start. Fog has not left. I came home soaked. 67 degrees. 93% hum.
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| 7.5 miles. hood route to legacy trail and back. untimed. 6:30 am start. 65 deg. 89% hum. 62 d.p. Shirtless new year's eve run. Go figure.
I went back to the heel lifts gels, but no brace. Yesterday left me a bit sore. I can already feel a difference in the achilles. So, the takeaway is that all of my running shoes are shot and I need new shoes with an elevated heel. Or, I can keep going with the heel inserts in the old shoes.
2014 was pretty good to me, running wise. I didn't PR in everything. But PRs in the marathon, and total miles are pretty satisfying.
Best wishes to y'all in 2015.
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