cross country
Ed Lowery 5k Cross Country Bash
Saturday’s race will be a 5k cross country run at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake in honor of Ed Lowery, a local coach who lost his battle with cancer last year. I’m not expecting a fast time and will just treat it as an intense tempo effort. The XC 5k will be my 28th race [...]
Never Say Never
With a week of sickness behind me, I decided late Friday afternoon to attempt the third race in the Mud in Your Eye XC Series which was taking place the following morning. I hadn’t missed one of these cross country races since the series began back in 2005, and really wanted to keep the streak [...]
Kale Running Mud In Your Eye 5k
My third race in ten days was another good one. The 5k cross country course at Mount Trashmore isn’t the fastest, but I managed to run a course record and finish fourth overall in 18:21. At one stage I’d forced myself into third place, but I was out-sprinted (again) in the final tenth of a [...]
Cross Training: Exercise Bikes
One thing I haven’t been doing during my training for the Richmond Marathon on November 15th is cross training. Despite several years dabbling in the triathlon world I’m not really into swimming, but I must admit, I do enjoy a good indoor bike workout. Typically I ride my triathlon bike on an indoor resistance trainer, [...]
Nine On The Ninth Including Mud In Your Eye 6k
February 9th is already the 40th day of 2008 and also the day for another race – my sixth in six weeks! This time it’s a 6k cross country race, which is the 2nd in the three-race Mud In Your Eye Series directed by KaleRunning and held at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake, Virginia. Bells [...]
Mud In Your Eye 5k
Just thought I’d post the MotionBased Viewport from this morning’s Mud In Your Eye 5k XC race. My finish time was around 19 minutes 10 seconds, which means I beat my pre-race prediction by about 30 seconds. Despite fading slightly in the last mile, I’m very happy with my performance and looking forward to another [...]
