Sunday, June 04, 2006
Was it really a Fun Run?
Well, I ran it - I guess I should be happy, I did manage to set a new PR for the course (20:17) smashed my old PR by a whopping 8 seconds. I should be happy all things considered - but it left a funny taste in my mouth. I purposely took it easy on Saturday, only running 7 miles up at Huddart (ok, maybe not that easy) so I thought I'd run a bit faster.
I just knew in the first mile that it wasn't going to be my day. The race has a nice gradual downhill start, and my first mile split was only a 6:01, typically, I should have been right at 5:45 - 5:50 pace, but I didn't feel like pushing it. The weather was nice and the band was great too. Coach Frank was there, as well as Sean from Tuesday Night Track, Coach won his division - I think he was the only one in it :) and Sean finished 3rd overall in the 10k.
Next year, I think I will NOT run at Huddart the day before the race.
Ok, enough bitching. I am getting amped up for the Lake Tahoe Marathon coming up in the end of September. I wanted to pick a really challenging course, and this one sure fit the bill. I do have the Reno - Lake Tahoe Relay coming up in July and that promises to be tons of fun. I will be hanging out with my loco friends and you'll never know what might happen. True story from last year's event. We were just finishing up our legs and we were all parked in the lot. Since it was close to dinner time, we saw another van come back with several large pizzas. I inquired, where did you get those as we were in BFE (Bum fuck Egypt). They told me about some hole in the wall place near Homewood just down the road. I called 411, got the number and ordered up some pies. We make it down the road to the pizza parlor, and when we walk into the restaurant, who do I run into? My entire family. My wife, and both daughters spent the day on the lake with friends on their ski boat, and they randomly decided to stop at this pizza parlor for dinner. What are the odds of that happening? Several of my running mates thought it was all planned, but it wasn't. Luck would have it.
I just knew in the first mile that it wasn't going to be my day. The race has a nice gradual downhill start, and my first mile split was only a 6:01, typically, I should have been right at 5:45 - 5:50 pace, but I didn't feel like pushing it. The weather was nice and the band was great too. Coach Frank was there, as well as Sean from Tuesday Night Track, Coach won his division - I think he was the only one in it :) and Sean finished 3rd overall in the 10k.
Next year, I think I will NOT run at Huddart the day before the race.
Ok, enough bitching. I am getting amped up for the Lake Tahoe Marathon coming up in the end of September. I wanted to pick a really challenging course, and this one sure fit the bill. I do have the Reno - Lake Tahoe Relay coming up in July and that promises to be tons of fun. I will be hanging out with my loco friends and you'll never know what might happen. True story from last year's event. We were just finishing up our legs and we were all parked in the lot. Since it was close to dinner time, we saw another van come back with several large pizzas. I inquired, where did you get those as we were in BFE (Bum fuck Egypt). They told me about some hole in the wall place near Homewood just down the road. I called 411, got the number and ordered up some pies. We make it down the road to the pizza parlor, and when we walk into the restaurant, who do I run into? My entire family. My wife, and both daughters spent the day on the lake with friends on their ski boat, and they randomly decided to stop at this pizza parlor for dinner. What are the odds of that happening? Several of my running mates thought it was all planned, but it wasn't. Luck would have it.
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