Archive for June, 2009
CHKD RunWalk For The Kids 8k
Finish time – 29:40 Overall position – 11th Age-group position – 3rd Definitely not quite the finish time I was hoping for, and a lapse in concentration during the third mile probably killed off any slim chance I had of setting a new PR today. In truth the weather was far from ideal for a [...]
Easy Morning Run
Groin still a bit sore this morning, but the easy 4 miler seems to have loosened things up a little. Wasn’t concerned with pace, just nice to enjoy the relative quietness of the pre-rush hour traffic and watch the sun slowly rise higher in the sky. Humidity was over 90% – might as well have [...]
Practicing The Warm Up
Didn’t want to do too much after yesterday’s “tremendous run“, so decided to just head to the local soccer fields and practice my race warm up routine and do a few strength/core exercises. I’ll spare you the full details of the warm up (or maybe I just don’t want to tell you in case it [...]
Runner’s World Launches Marathon Challenge In Partnership With The SunTrust Richmond Marathon
Runner’s World will kick off its first-ever Marathon Challenge in partnership with the SunTrust Richmond Marathon. Official word from Sportsbackers.org is as follows: The Marathon Challenge, which is billed as a premium community-oriented program built around an exclusive 16-week training plan created by Chief Running Officer Bart Yasso, will be highlighted in Runner’s World Magazine [...]
Tremendous Run!
Raced the Garmin Virtual Guy tonight over a 13 mile course….and beat him! The plan was simple – just run 7 minute mile pace for as long as possible. Here’s what happened: Splits: 6:55 6:52 6:45 6:52 6:51 6:40 6:45 6:38 6:32 6:29 6:23 6:12 6:09 for a total time of 1:26:10 and average 6:36 [...]
Another Random Update
Life is good, but life is also busy. Here’s another mixed bag of updates…. Friday June 5th: Very pleasant, very easy Friday morning run. It was raining. I got drenched. It was fun! Saturday June 6th: Ran the Equi-Kids 5k which turned out to be a lot of fun on a challenging, rain-soaked cross country [...]
