I am behind. At least in the blogging department. I last posted about the birth of my second son and promised a quick report on a 4th of July fun run I did. But I have decided that race report might be a bit out of date now, and would rather just catch up on the runs or lack of runs in the last two weeks.
Oh, alright, I will give you cheapie report on the 4th. I had seen the Camp Patriot Fun Run on my local running calendar for a while and had written it off because it was on a Monday, and Mondays are rest days in the training plan (like I don't do nothin' rest days). Because I had not run at all the previous week (the whole taking care of mama, a new born, and a three year old thing) I decided I could break my 'Don't Run on Monday" rule.
Monday of the race, I get up and get ready to head over to the starting area. I needed to be out there before 7:45 AM in order to get registered and ready to go. That wasn't happening apparently, as I awoke at 7:15 and scrambled to get out the door in time to make it there at the absolute last second. I arrived out at the softball complex at 7:50, ran over to the registration area and asked if it was too late (I suppose when you are willing to write a $25 check to the Camp Patriot, it is never too late to sign up). I got signed up, pinned my bib on, and ran over to the start area. At the start area there was a quick announcement about the run, then the playing of the National Anthem. A little after 8 we were off.
I started at the back, mostly because I wasn't sure how I was going to react to being back out there. I quickly realized that I was going to have a great run, and started moving past person after person. Around half a mile in, a little kid decided that he wasn't going to let me go past him (he was maybe 7-8) and started sprinting to stay ahead. I just held pace and he eventually slowed down to run with his pop. I thought this was kind of cool anyway.
At the first Mile marker I grabbed my phone to check my progress. I saw 0.95 miles and a time of 6:55, sweet, just a little off between the two. Let's get rolling. The course at this point had wrapped around the softball fields and was on a long straight stretch heading past the soccer field and down past the tumbleweeds, out along the interstate. A quick calculation told me that the turn-around down here would be right around mile 2 to get us back in at 3.1.
I cruised along, passing up water at the turn-around, as I normally do during 5ks, and headed back up a slight hill towards the finish. Near the bottom of the largest hill, I checked the phone again to see distance, 2.2 miles. We can finish this thing out strong. I picked a few more people to start trying to pass and just pushed past them. As I got to the top of the hill approaching the turn to the finish line I passed a guy who was visibly struggling. I know he finished but I kind of wondered if he needed help (of course I thought this after I had finished). I didn't really push the final 0.1 miles like I normally do on a 5k. I just ran through the finish and picked up my ribbon. I stopped the RunKeeper app with a time of 23:00. That is my fastest 5k yet, and a nice even number too. I really need timed events around here to set an actual PR, but for the time being I am claiming victory.
Columbia River - The path travels the river through all three cities.
I managed to run every other day that week. I went out for an 'easy' 30 minute run Wednesday the 6th, ran 3.1 miles in the 95* heat, under beating sun, not the smartest run I have had recently. Met my friend for an easy 6 on Friday the 8th, a really enjoyable 6 as we ran along the Columbia River. I went back out on Sunday for a long run worked 9.1 miles into that long run, as I was trying to make it to the 300 mile mark for the year. It was easily one of the worst long runs I have had in a while, I wanted to stop after 3 miles (of course the car was 3 miles away at that point). But I persevered and pushed through the 9 reaching my milestone.
Briefly:
Oh, alright, I will give you cheapie report on the 4th. I had seen the Camp Patriot Fun Run on my local running calendar for a while and had written it off because it was on a Monday, and Mondays are rest days in the training plan (like I don't do nothin' rest days). Because I had not run at all the previous week (the whole taking care of mama, a new born, and a three year old thing) I decided I could break my 'Don't Run on Monday" rule.
Monday of the race, I get up and get ready to head over to the starting area. I needed to be out there before 7:45 AM in order to get registered and ready to go. That wasn't happening apparently, as I awoke at 7:15 and scrambled to get out the door in time to make it there at the absolute last second. I arrived out at the softball complex at 7:50, ran over to the registration area and asked if it was too late (I suppose when you are willing to write a $25 check to the Camp Patriot, it is never too late to sign up). I got signed up, pinned my bib on, and ran over to the start area. At the start area there was a quick announcement about the run, then the playing of the National Anthem. A little after 8 we were off.
I started at the back, mostly because I wasn't sure how I was going to react to being back out there. I quickly realized that I was going to have a great run, and started moving past person after person. Around half a mile in, a little kid decided that he wasn't going to let me go past him (he was maybe 7-8) and started sprinting to stay ahead. I just held pace and he eventually slowed down to run with his pop. I thought this was kind of cool anyway.
At the first Mile marker I grabbed my phone to check my progress. I saw 0.95 miles and a time of 6:55, sweet, just a little off between the two. Let's get rolling. The course at this point had wrapped around the softball fields and was on a long straight stretch heading past the soccer field and down past the tumbleweeds, out along the interstate. A quick calculation told me that the turn-around down here would be right around mile 2 to get us back in at 3.1.
I cruised along, passing up water at the turn-around, as I normally do during 5ks, and headed back up a slight hill towards the finish. Near the bottom of the largest hill, I checked the phone again to see distance, 2.2 miles. We can finish this thing out strong. I picked a few more people to start trying to pass and just pushed past them. As I got to the top of the hill approaching the turn to the finish line I passed a guy who was visibly struggling. I know he finished but I kind of wondered if he needed help (of course I thought this after I had finished). I didn't really push the final 0.1 miles like I normally do on a 5k. I just ran through the finish and picked up my ribbon. I stopped the RunKeeper app with a time of 23:00. That is my fastest 5k yet, and a nice even number too. I really need timed events around here to set an actual PR, but for the time being I am claiming victory.
Columbia River - The path travels the river through all three cities.
I managed to run every other day that week. I went out for an 'easy' 30 minute run Wednesday the 6th, ran 3.1 miles in the 95* heat, under beating sun, not the smartest run I have had recently. Met my friend for an easy 6 on Friday the 8th, a really enjoyable 6 as we ran along the Columbia River. I went back out on Sunday for a long run worked 9.1 miles into that long run, as I was trying to make it to the 300 mile mark for the year. It was easily one of the worst long runs I have had in a while, I wanted to stop after 3 miles (of course the car was 3 miles away at that point). But I persevered and pushed through the 9 reaching my milestone.
Briefly:
- 4th - 3.1 mi, 23:00
- 6th -3.1 mil, 30:00
- 8th - 5.9 mil, 58:30
- 10th - 9.1 mi, 1:28:35
- Total Week - 21.2 mi
- Total for the year (through the July 10th) - 301.1 mi
So proud of you and all that you have accomplished this past year -- l__l H
ReplyDeleteI am so, so, so proud of you. You can't even begin to imagine.
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