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Saturday’s Run
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This morning, Teri did not get out of bed, so I ran by myself. We all stayed up late with Hannah rewatching the movie Napoleon Dynamite.
I set out to give my best time, it is a goal to ran faster. Since I ran three miles on Thursday, I felt that I had not completely recovered. My knees were sore, but I still ran. Overall, I have to say it was my best time to date. It was a 9.26 pace for the two miles, running at 6.3 mph. My last runs were, 9:40, 9:53, 10:27 and 10:10.
This mornings podrunner pick was at 168 PBM.
Again, my reward is going to Starbucks and getting an iced coffee.
My heart rate seems seemed to climb early but leveled out, the graph looks better then last weeks.
2008 A.V. Summer Cross-Country Series
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What does the 2008 A.V. Summer Cross-Country Series and me have in common? Hum. As you can guess, I want to be a runner, so I decided tonight to run with the big dogs. I went to Pelona Park in Palmdale and met up with the 150 or so runners.
The High Desert Runners club is again sponsoring its annual summer series of all-comers cross-country meets for Antelope Valley area runners. This year’s series will run for seven weeks on Thursday evenings beginning June 26 through July 31, with the final meet either on Thursday Aug. 7 or the morning of Saturday, Aug. 9. Meets feature a 3-mile race and a 1-mile non-competitive fun run.
I just returned to running on July 3rd after about two months off, due to my stupid calf being torn. Since this time, I have run about five times and each two miles or less. I was going run the three miler!
So, with all this youth before me, I ran. I felt a little scared and but I was ready. The pack took off and I turned on my GPS and put in my headphones and listened to Podrunner at 164 beats per minute. The course is all hills, you start on the soccer field and head on to the dirt path. The first mile, a gent shouted out a time of 9:42, hey I like that. The half way point was up this great big hill. This hill was a walk, it hurt. This entire run was designed to hurt this middle-aged man. The second mile I heard 21:09 after coming off that hill, that was ok. I finished at 31:45 and came in at 111 place.
It was great to see so many friends that were there. First was the Water’s. Thomas was to run and his mom Sandra watched. I love these folks. I saw the Mullins, all of them. April, Dan, John and James. Dan and the boys run the one miler. John and James also ran the 3 miler. I spent the entire time running behind James. I wanted so badly, to finish before him, but youth prevailed. I saw the Parsons, those girls can run.
I finished with only walking the big hill. I felt accomplished and overall felt pretty good. Next week, I plan to do it again, but I plan to beat my time!
Here is a map of the pain.
New Goals
01588 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
With the completion of hiking Mt. Whitney, I have been looking at some new fitness goals. My friend Clay (who is of many things is a runner and Physical Therapist) asked me if I wanted to particiate in the Los Angeles Marathon? I could today walk it under eight or nine hours. I am not yet a runner (want to be), so I said yes. I will be starting to learn to run. I do not know at this time how much of the LAM I will run, but currently, I am aiming at 1/4 of the distance. I have five months to prepare.
I also want to bike a century (100 miles), and I will continue to ride during the winter months. I want to learn how to accomplish this distance, so I am reading all I can. The distance on my legs is not my main concern. I am more concerned about sitting in the saddle that long.
