I don't run a ton of races just because I don't want to spend a ton of money each year, but over the past 30 years I've run my fairshare of them. This is the first time I've run a race where I've had more than three picture taken. I don't think I've ever taken so many bad pictures of myself in one 'sitting'. I really need to work on paying attention to where the cameras are.
For your viewing/laughing pleasure.....
brightroom event photography
Nothing to write home about - and there's nothing there that I want to buy - but I though I'd share them with you.
Yesterday's run I had to cut back to a 2.23 mile run because of time restrictions. (I had to pick Abby up from school.) After dropping Cade off at the in-laws I had about 30 mins of free time that I decided to use to sneek in a brief afternoon run. So I grabbed my iPod and had Bogey join me and headed out the door.
I thought I'd be more sore than I was due to my effort on Sunday - but that has seemed to have worn off now and I felt pretty good starting off. Four mins into the run I was just cruising and I was almost pulling Bogey along to keep pace. I've been flirting with a sub 9:00 min pace for about a month now (on a mulitple mile(s) run) and I could tell today was the day that I was going to breakthough this barrier - first mile in and I was at an 8:30 mile. The final 1.2 miles are all uphill but I thought I could hold on and gut one out so I could get my sub 20 mins on this run. Suprisingly the pain really didn't come on the hill and I finished the run pulling Bogey across the line in 19:12 or a 8:37 pace. (This marks the first time I've run this course at a sub 20 mins.)
I'm pleased and suprised to see such a big jump in pace improvement in such a short amount of time. I think I could have held this pace for another mile if the course had been flat. Could I really be getting close to a sub 27 min 5k? Shoot my PB is 28:04 right now - but my current pacing would suggest that I'm getting close. I think I might have to change my easy run pace down to 9:30-9:35 per mile down from 9:45-9:50, I'll see how I react to that pace later on in the week.
Final thought/gripe. I've mentioned above that I really don't do too many races (1-4 per year) but I have been racig for a while. Chip timing has to be the best improvement in racing for the back-of-the-packer since the invention of the wheel and I've run about 20 races using these chips but single-use chips? That's what I had for my last race. I'd like to think that us runners are a little more in-tune with waste and our enviroment to really condone this type of waste. What's wrong with the old reusuable chips? I have no problem waiting for a race helper to cut my chip off after a race. Wasting the zipties are bad enough but the whole chip? Has anyone else see this one-and-done chip before? Mine was made by ChampionChip and I'm not too sure if this is a trend or still uncommon. I asked the Race Director at the site if they were going to collect the chips and she said the company was supposed to have a truck - but it never showed (at least up to an hour after I had finished the race)
Keep Steppin'
Bob
Showing posts with label 10k race. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Newport Beach, Ca. Spirit Run 10k 2010 Race Report
Well I've been missing in action for a while now - mostly because I'm lazy sometimes when it comes to my writing. My last post indicated I was going to do my shoe review - I didn't get it done and felt bad so I haven't written. I still plan to get this shoe review done, but in the meantime I did run my 10k race and wanted to report on it.
Sunday March 21st.
Newport Beach, California is about 30 mins from my house using backroads. Registration opened at 6:00am and my race started at 7:00 so I planned to get to the course around 6:15 just so I'd have enough time to get my packet, and get ready to run. Once again my plan was to run a sub 58:04 that I'd revised down from the sub 60 min goal that I'd set earlier this year.
I felt confident in my breaking my set goal even though over the past two weeks I've taken it pretty easy concerning my running (19 and 10 weekly miles respectively). I knew my legs were fresh and that's what I really wanted going in. I knew the distance was going to be fairly easy and a 9:30 pace was easily in my grasp. All I had to do is go out and grab it.
I woke up around 5:30 am and pulled out my black Nike shorts and my black sleeveless nike shirt (my favorite). Lateley here it's been 80 degrees during the day so I figured it was going to be hot again, yeah I didn't check the weather report and it would hurt me before the race began. As I drove towards the coast I hit a pretty dense fog bank hugging the coast. Keeping the temperatures in the low 50's. Luckily I had a sweatshirt in my car so I threw it on until right before the race started so I wouldn't freeze to death.
After sheeding my sweatshirt, I lined up in the very back of the crowd and chatted with a nice guy (I think his name was Jeff or Greg, I'm horrible with names.) Anyway I gather he signed up for the race that morning and was planning to run a sub 60 min race. I told him I was shooting for the same as I eyeballed his half marathon shirt from San Fransico. Too bad I didn't get a longer chance to talk to the guy - very nice and seemed to enjoy running as much as I do. After a great rendition of the Star Spangled Banner we were set to go. No gun, just a verbal "Ready, Set, Go" got us off the line. Jeff (or Greg) took off much faster than I and slowly pulled away from me and melted into the crowd. I settled into my pace and realized right away that this run was going to be pretty easy. I felt really good and the past two weeks of taking it easy left my legs feeling strong. The first mile was mostly a slight uphill climbing about 100 feet in a half mile, much easier than any of my training courses.
The group around me was very quiet as we headed out onto the course so I turned on my ipod and put myself into cruise control. Starting as the very last person enabled me to start passing people right away, and that felt really good as I logged a 9:04 first mile. Still feeling good I put in a 9:10 second mile on a flat plateau. My third mile was a 9:05 on a slight downhill and I was still feeling really good still at this point. My breathing was steady and I was running at the back of a small pack - just dangling off the back end like a rubberband. Still I wasn't paniced because I knew these people were running a 9:00 pace which was ahead of my race goal pace. My three mile time was a 27:22 and I'm sure I would have destroyed a 5k PR if I was running a 5k race on this day.
Mile 4 was a little more difficult. Running uphill again on the second loop of the course, I clocked a 9:27 still without too muc difficulty. At this point I was really enjoying myself and started picking off more runners who had started to fade. As I hit the 4 mile marker I look to my left and realized that I was passing Jeff (or Greg). He was chatting with a 50+ old lady and were slowing down dramically after reaching the top of the hill. I passed them pretty easily and put him in my back pocket. I was still bouncing off the backend of the 9:00 group pretty much all by myself once I passed these two, and on the plateau mile 5 I really kind of blew it. A small kink in my armor and a mental lapse left me with a 9:29 mile. I should have realized that half of the group about 100 yards in front of me was slowing down. (The group of runners that were 'hoping' to run a sub 9 min pace.) I failed to notice this slowing until I checked my mile split and most likely lost 10-20 seconds at this point. Physically I could have run this mile around 9:10 without too much difficulty, but I failed to notice my slowed pace and it cost me.
The final 1.2 miles are basically downhill and after seeing my split at mile 5, I wanted to pick up my pace a little. Pretty quickly I closed the gap on about 10 runners who were in front of me and passed the gassed runners - I still was hanging off the remainder of the 9:00 min pace group that had started to thin out. Some falling back others surging forward. Even though my pace had quickened I wasn't passing very many people at this point. The road was wide with very few runners. Right before I hit mile 6 with a split of 8:54 I was passed by Jeff (or Greg) - where did he come from? Up to this point only 3-4 people had passed me without coming back to me. And once I had passed them the second time they didn't come up to me again. Greg (or Jeff) passed me flying, and once I'd taken a breath and gathered myself he had extened a 50 yard lead on me and had passed another three people. The rubberband was about to snap between us if I didn't try to follow. Gritting my teeth slowly I picked up my pace and was suprised to see my body respond. It wasn't like in the old days where I could go from 1st to 5th in .5 seconds, but I was able to 'crank' up the pace. Faster and faster I picked it up, just like an old heavy thunderbird on straight road. Jeff (or Greg) was slowly coming back towards me as I closed the gap. I cleared out the runners between us and he was only 20-30 yards in front of me with about 400 yard to go. With the small crowd cheering us on I kept increasing my pace gaining momentum as the distance closed. By the time we hit the line I was on his back shoulder and I looked at the clock 57:xx! I didn't know the exact time, but I'd broken the 58 min barrier and set a new PR!
Crossing the finish, Greg turned around and was surprised to see me grinning ear-to-ear. "Nice run" he gasped. Patting him on the back I responded with, "Thanks for bringing me home. You helped me set a new personal best." Without saying anything else we drifted apart and I didn't see him again.
I had to wait until they posted the official results later that night, and my watch was right on with a 57:25! A PR by :39 seconds and I could have done more if I hadn't messed up on mile 5. Still I as very happy with my results.
Official Stats:
Overall: 172nd out of 295
Age: 17th out of 21
Sex: 100th out of 132
Actually I'm suprised with these stats - It sure felt like I passed more males and people in my age group. But it's my time that I'm happy with.
Keep Steppin'
Bob
Sunday March 21st.
Newport Beach, California is about 30 mins from my house using backroads. Registration opened at 6:00am and my race started at 7:00 so I planned to get to the course around 6:15 just so I'd have enough time to get my packet, and get ready to run. Once again my plan was to run a sub 58:04 that I'd revised down from the sub 60 min goal that I'd set earlier this year.
I felt confident in my breaking my set goal even though over the past two weeks I've taken it pretty easy concerning my running (19 and 10 weekly miles respectively). I knew my legs were fresh and that's what I really wanted going in. I knew the distance was going to be fairly easy and a 9:30 pace was easily in my grasp. All I had to do is go out and grab it.
I woke up around 5:30 am and pulled out my black Nike shorts and my black sleeveless nike shirt (my favorite). Lateley here it's been 80 degrees during the day so I figured it was going to be hot again, yeah I didn't check the weather report and it would hurt me before the race began. As I drove towards the coast I hit a pretty dense fog bank hugging the coast. Keeping the temperatures in the low 50's. Luckily I had a sweatshirt in my car so I threw it on until right before the race started so I wouldn't freeze to death.
After sheeding my sweatshirt, I lined up in the very back of the crowd and chatted with a nice guy (I think his name was Jeff or Greg, I'm horrible with names.) Anyway I gather he signed up for the race that morning and was planning to run a sub 60 min race. I told him I was shooting for the same as I eyeballed his half marathon shirt from San Fransico. Too bad I didn't get a longer chance to talk to the guy - very nice and seemed to enjoy running as much as I do. After a great rendition of the Star Spangled Banner we were set to go. No gun, just a verbal "Ready, Set, Go" got us off the line. Jeff (or Greg) took off much faster than I and slowly pulled away from me and melted into the crowd. I settled into my pace and realized right away that this run was going to be pretty easy. I felt really good and the past two weeks of taking it easy left my legs feeling strong. The first mile was mostly a slight uphill climbing about 100 feet in a half mile, much easier than any of my training courses.
The group around me was very quiet as we headed out onto the course so I turned on my ipod and put myself into cruise control. Starting as the very last person enabled me to start passing people right away, and that felt really good as I logged a 9:04 first mile. Still feeling good I put in a 9:10 second mile on a flat plateau. My third mile was a 9:05 on a slight downhill and I was still feeling really good still at this point. My breathing was steady and I was running at the back of a small pack - just dangling off the back end like a rubberband. Still I wasn't paniced because I knew these people were running a 9:00 pace which was ahead of my race goal pace. My three mile time was a 27:22 and I'm sure I would have destroyed a 5k PR if I was running a 5k race on this day.
Mile 4 was a little more difficult. Running uphill again on the second loop of the course, I clocked a 9:27 still without too muc difficulty. At this point I was really enjoying myself and started picking off more runners who had started to fade. As I hit the 4 mile marker I look to my left and realized that I was passing Jeff (or Greg). He was chatting with a 50+ old lady and were slowing down dramically after reaching the top of the hill. I passed them pretty easily and put him in my back pocket. I was still bouncing off the backend of the 9:00 group pretty much all by myself once I passed these two, and on the plateau mile 5 I really kind of blew it. A small kink in my armor and a mental lapse left me with a 9:29 mile. I should have realized that half of the group about 100 yards in front of me was slowing down. (The group of runners that were 'hoping' to run a sub 9 min pace.) I failed to notice this slowing until I checked my mile split and most likely lost 10-20 seconds at this point. Physically I could have run this mile around 9:10 without too much difficulty, but I failed to notice my slowed pace and it cost me.
The final 1.2 miles are basically downhill and after seeing my split at mile 5, I wanted to pick up my pace a little. Pretty quickly I closed the gap on about 10 runners who were in front of me and passed the gassed runners - I still was hanging off the remainder of the 9:00 min pace group that had started to thin out. Some falling back others surging forward. Even though my pace had quickened I wasn't passing very many people at this point. The road was wide with very few runners. Right before I hit mile 6 with a split of 8:54 I was passed by Jeff (or Greg) - where did he come from? Up to this point only 3-4 people had passed me without coming back to me. And once I had passed them the second time they didn't come up to me again. Greg (or Jeff) passed me flying, and once I'd taken a breath and gathered myself he had extened a 50 yard lead on me and had passed another three people. The rubberband was about to snap between us if I didn't try to follow. Gritting my teeth slowly I picked up my pace and was suprised to see my body respond. It wasn't like in the old days where I could go from 1st to 5th in .5 seconds, but I was able to 'crank' up the pace. Faster and faster I picked it up, just like an old heavy thunderbird on straight road. Jeff (or Greg) was slowly coming back towards me as I closed the gap. I cleared out the runners between us and he was only 20-30 yards in front of me with about 400 yard to go. With the small crowd cheering us on I kept increasing my pace gaining momentum as the distance closed. By the time we hit the line I was on his back shoulder and I looked at the clock 57:xx! I didn't know the exact time, but I'd broken the 58 min barrier and set a new PR!
Crossing the finish, Greg turned around and was surprised to see me grinning ear-to-ear. "Nice run" he gasped. Patting him on the back I responded with, "Thanks for bringing me home. You helped me set a new personal best." Without saying anything else we drifted apart and I didn't see him again.
I had to wait until they posted the official results later that night, and my watch was right on with a 57:25! A PR by :39 seconds and I could have done more if I hadn't messed up on mile 5. Still I as very happy with my results.
Official Stats:
Overall: 172nd out of 295
Age: 17th out of 21
Sex: 100th out of 132
Actually I'm suprised with these stats - It sure felt like I passed more males and people in my age group. But it's my time that I'm happy with.
Keep Steppin'
Bob
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Another Day Closer
I'm kind of flying up to my 10k Race date now, it's suprising how fast it's approaching now only 18 days until the event. The question I now have to face is; "Am I going to change my race goal since I've already run a sub 60 min 19k now." After thinking about it yesterday and today I think I am going to revise this goal.
So here it is: 58:00 is now my goal. I'll be happy with anything under 60 mins though, but I think I can do this. Everything from here on out is going to be longer slower miles, no tempo runs period. I just want to keep running up to my race date and take it easy on my legs in the meantime.
Speaking of taking it easy, I'm currently on a 14-day running streak again and my legs are a little tired right now with the P90x workouts included. Still I want to continue on my current streak and see if I can beat my PB of 19 days here. Conditioning wise I'm ok, it's my shins that are tired, no shin splints, just tired legs. So I'm watching how they feel here over the next few days - if they don't recover like I think they will I'll dial down my effort this weekend.
P90x is still going well - last night Kempo felt good even if Beth was kidding me that I was getting to into it. I eally like that workout - it seems to work everyting for me, and I feel so good after doing it. Right now almost every muscle in my body is sore to some extent - from my arches in my feet to my shoulders. Very slowly I'm noticing a new 'cut' somewhere on my body, today it was a new muscle in my shins that are more defined (I'm guessing that's why my shins are so sore). My weight loss has basically stopped this week (196 lbs) but I'm getting stronger in my core and that's all I'm really looking for right now.
Last night's run was really easy 2.23 miles with Bogey just to get out and get my legs loose. We ran it at a 10:19 pace so I kept itreally slow, maybe a little too slow since I was shooting for a 10:00 pace. Tonight my goal is the same run, just nice and easy.
Total workout time yesterday:
Walking: 60 min
Running: 30 min
P90x: 60 min
Total: 150 mins <-- I'll take this anyday since I consder this was an 'easy' day now.
Total Miles: 5.5 miles (approx)
Keep Steppin'
Bob
So here it is: 58:00 is now my goal. I'll be happy with anything under 60 mins though, but I think I can do this. Everything from here on out is going to be longer slower miles, no tempo runs period. I just want to keep running up to my race date and take it easy on my legs in the meantime.
Speaking of taking it easy, I'm currently on a 14-day running streak again and my legs are a little tired right now with the P90x workouts included. Still I want to continue on my current streak and see if I can beat my PB of 19 days here. Conditioning wise I'm ok, it's my shins that are tired, no shin splints, just tired legs. So I'm watching how they feel here over the next few days - if they don't recover like I think they will I'll dial down my effort this weekend.
P90x is still going well - last night Kempo felt good even if Beth was kidding me that I was getting to into it. I eally like that workout - it seems to work everyting for me, and I feel so good after doing it. Right now almost every muscle in my body is sore to some extent - from my arches in my feet to my shoulders. Very slowly I'm noticing a new 'cut' somewhere on my body, today it was a new muscle in my shins that are more defined (I'm guessing that's why my shins are so sore). My weight loss has basically stopped this week (196 lbs) but I'm getting stronger in my core and that's all I'm really looking for right now.
Last night's run was really easy 2.23 miles with Bogey just to get out and get my legs loose. We ran it at a 10:19 pace so I kept itreally slow, maybe a little too slow since I was shooting for a 10:00 pace. Tonight my goal is the same run, just nice and easy.
Total workout time yesterday:
Walking: 60 min
Running: 30 min
P90x: 60 min
Total: 150 mins <-- I'll take this anyday since I consder this was an 'easy' day now.
Total Miles: 5.5 miles (approx)
Keep Steppin'
Bob
Monday, March 1, 2010
Month End / Another New PB
Wednesday and Thursday of last week were uneventful, I got my workouts in: nice and slow. Other than that not much happened. Thursday night is my softball night and I played ok, not great, but I was pleased with my effort. My range at second base is getting a little better and I feel lighter on my feet. I got to a couple balls that last year I wouldn't even had a chance at.
Friday was mellow also. I picked up Alex at his mother's and he spent the weekend. Late Friday night Beth and I went out and met up with some of Beth's friends for a night out on the town (It ws Beth's friend's birthday party.) We spent the evening having ddrinks in Laguna Beach and didn't makeit home until after 1 am. Needless to say the next day we were dragging. I was by far the oldest in the group and Beth and I were the only ones to have kids - let alone a 15 year old son. It made me feel a little worn down :)
Saturday the weather was ADD. First it was pouring, then sunny, then rain, then windy, etc..... Alex and I snuck out of the house around 3:00 pm to get in a easy run (10:00 min pace). Alex has been battling an intestinal 'issue' over the past few days so I left him around the 2.5 mile mark to let him walk the short way home as I added more distance to cover a 10k. I finished the 10k in 1:02:04 that included a long traffic light and some walking with Alex before we split up. During the run the sun was out, I got drenched, and then I had water misting off of me when I finished. Directly after the 10k I went out again with Bogey for a easy 1 mile run just to keep loose.
P90x is coming along well Beth and I are now on week 4 day 2 (today). This it the week we mix workouts up. So we're learing new moves and last night's workout really did a number on me. I'm sore from my lower chest to my toes, and I didn't even get a really good workout in because I was watching a lot to learn the different moves. Next time I'm sure I'll be dead. Tonight is Kempo which we've already done so I'm going to use tonight's workout as a recovery workout.
Yesterday's run was epic. I did the exact same course as Saturday (10k) at a tempo pace just to see what I could do since I'm within 30 days of my race. At this point I hadn't done my P90x workout, and I was feeling pretty good. Mile 1 went by in 9:40 which is basically all uphill so I was suprised since effort wise it felt pretty easy. Mile 2 included a min stop at a major intersection and I still clocked a 10:15 mile so I knew I was doing well. After that I didn't look at my watch until I was about 1.3 miles from the finish. Surprisingly my watch read 45:00 even when I glanced at it. Right then I knew I was going to destroy my PB at this distance - and I really have to give props to the P90x program again. All the core work and lateral movements are really helping me to keep my form during my 'longer' runs. Since I'm keeping my form, I'm faster and able to recover quicker. Therefore I'm logging longer more frequent runs that are beginning to come at quicker paces as I get even stronger. I have a long way to go, but I'mreally seeing the progress so far this year. Anyway I finished the 10k with a 3 min PB; 58:12. And I did this without really trying.
My montly number were pretty good. 105.9 miles, and I'm currently on a 13 day running streak. If this was a 'normal month' in regards to the number of days I most likely would have 114 miles logged (30 day moving average)
PB-wise I did set three this month. My 3-mile PB on the first of the month: 27:11 (9:04 pace), my 10k PB: 58:12 (9:22 pace), and my new distance PB of 11.45 miles. I'm very pleased with my effort and results and I can't wait to see my progress at the end of March.
Keep Steppin'
Bob
Thursday, February 11, 2010
I Love Having Free Time!
Well today I had an early AM interview. This is the second with this company so I'm hopeful I'll get an offer from them early next week. They pulled in the Big Guns this morning and I was in front of 9 person panel. Shoot it's a small manufacturing company, I think that was their whole staff. I'm not sure of this but it had to have been close.
Anyway, I was done within the hour and since Maas was watching the little tyke, and Abby was still in school I had the morning/early afternoon to myself. The rain left on Tuesday so the weather was back to our normal Feburary weather; sunny, windy, and just a little chilly. I came home, changed, grabbed Bogey and we headed down to our local harbor area. The plan was to get some longer slow miles in just because I had the time. 7.5 miles later I dragged Bogey back to he car - he was spent. If fact he's laying at my feet outside in the sun right now a I type this - dead alseep. In all fairness I think that was the furthest he's gone at one time so far. He held his own, but I'm thinking he'll sleep pretty good this afternoon.
I thought about bringing the camera for this run, but I really didn't want to hassle with it today - so I enjoyed the ocean air, sun and other people. Very easily I clicked off 10 min miles without any effort. My overall pace was 10:04 per mile and I'm a little suprised how easily that came. Shoot I stopped for a potty brake around mile 3 and at mile 4 I was stopped for about a min waiting for a light. So I could have easily dropped this into the 9:40 pace range if I really wanted to - but I'm fine with the effort today. The water was a nice light green, and there were some small white caps from the breeze, just beautiful. At one point I was running along Capo Beach (just south of the harbor) and some guy was feeding the seaguls from his upstretched hand. There must have been over a thousand birds hovering about an arms length from this guy. I wished I had the camera at that point, just so I could have shared the picture with my readers - maybe I'll try to recreate some day.
Once I finished I was famished - and locally here is a great lunch shop for sandwiches - Cultured Kitchen in San Clemente. I've been going here since High School and I had the craving - after a quick jump in the car I arrive and find out they don't take Amex. - damm, that's all I carry these days. So I setteled for Baja Surf Taco's instead. I scarfed down my meal within seconds - I don't know if I even chewed.
P90x is stll going - and Beth and I are doing well with it. We're on week 2 day 3 now and I'm completing more and more reps (correctly I might add). We're having a little problem getting the time we need to do the whole hour to hour and a half workouts. So sometimes we have to split up the workouts between the kids baths, nighttime, and early mornings. Still we're getting the workouts in and it's not affecting my running workouts too much. I still think I'm benefitting more doing the program than just running more. Today was Arms and Back with Ab's, and even with this workout this morning I was able to do the 10:04 pace just a few hours later. I have dropped my normal lifting routine for the time being - maybe Ill be able to pick this back up in a few weeks once my body gets a little stronger.
I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I also play softball - I've taken about 6 months off recently, but tonight is our first game of the Spring schedule. I play second base and its fun just getting out and playing with the guys. We have a good group of guys and we've been playing together for about 10 years now so it's always nice seeing them after an extended period. We should have fn tonight - hopefully we're back down in the "D" league.......
The rest of my running schedule is week is looking fairly easy. 3-4 miles tomorrow, and then 2 easy miles on Saturdy before I take on Becca's Virtual 10k Challange. Right now my PB stands at 1:01:33 that I did back on Jan 23rd, I think I'm going to shoot for something right around that time. I'm not looking to break the 60 min barrier on this run, but I just might happen if I'm feeling good. It mostly likely will be decided while Im out on the course. These miles should put me right around 35 miles for the week, a nice solid week of running and workouts. Only 38 dys left before my 10k Newport Beach race - I think I'll be ready.
Keep Steppin'
Bob
Anyway, I was done within the hour and since Maas was watching the little tyke, and Abby was still in school I had the morning/early afternoon to myself. The rain left on Tuesday so the weather was back to our normal Feburary weather; sunny, windy, and just a little chilly. I came home, changed, grabbed Bogey and we headed down to our local harbor area. The plan was to get some longer slow miles in just because I had the time. 7.5 miles later I dragged Bogey back to he car - he was spent. If fact he's laying at my feet outside in the sun right now a I type this - dead alseep. In all fairness I think that was the furthest he's gone at one time so far. He held his own, but I'm thinking he'll sleep pretty good this afternoon.
I thought about bringing the camera for this run, but I really didn't want to hassle with it today - so I enjoyed the ocean air, sun and other people. Very easily I clicked off 10 min miles without any effort. My overall pace was 10:04 per mile and I'm a little suprised how easily that came. Shoot I stopped for a potty brake around mile 3 and at mile 4 I was stopped for about a min waiting for a light. So I could have easily dropped this into the 9:40 pace range if I really wanted to - but I'm fine with the effort today. The water was a nice light green, and there were some small white caps from the breeze, just beautiful. At one point I was running along Capo Beach (just south of the harbor) and some guy was feeding the seaguls from his upstretched hand. There must have been over a thousand birds hovering about an arms length from this guy. I wished I had the camera at that point, just so I could have shared the picture with my readers - maybe I'll try to recreate some day.
Once I finished I was famished - and locally here is a great lunch shop for sandwiches - Cultured Kitchen in San Clemente. I've been going here since High School and I had the craving - after a quick jump in the car I arrive and find out they don't take Amex. - damm, that's all I carry these days. So I setteled for Baja Surf Taco's instead. I scarfed down my meal within seconds - I don't know if I even chewed.
P90x is stll going - and Beth and I are doing well with it. We're on week 2 day 3 now and I'm completing more and more reps (correctly I might add). We're having a little problem getting the time we need to do the whole hour to hour and a half workouts. So sometimes we have to split up the workouts between the kids baths, nighttime, and early mornings. Still we're getting the workouts in and it's not affecting my running workouts too much. I still think I'm benefitting more doing the program than just running more. Today was Arms and Back with Ab's, and even with this workout this morning I was able to do the 10:04 pace just a few hours later. I have dropped my normal lifting routine for the time being - maybe Ill be able to pick this back up in a few weeks once my body gets a little stronger.
I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I also play softball - I've taken about 6 months off recently, but tonight is our first game of the Spring schedule. I play second base and its fun just getting out and playing with the guys. We have a good group of guys and we've been playing together for about 10 years now so it's always nice seeing them after an extended period. We should have fn tonight - hopefully we're back down in the "D" league.......
The rest of my running schedule is week is looking fairly easy. 3-4 miles tomorrow, and then 2 easy miles on Saturdy before I take on Becca's Virtual 10k Challange. Right now my PB stands at 1:01:33 that I did back on Jan 23rd, I think I'm going to shoot for something right around that time. I'm not looking to break the 60 min barrier on this run, but I just might happen if I'm feeling good. It mostly likely will be decided while Im out on the course. These miles should put me right around 35 miles for the week, a nice solid week of running and workouts. Only 38 dys left before my 10k Newport Beach race - I think I'll be ready.
Keep Steppin'
Bob
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