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― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
delicious autumn
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
George Eliot
Thursday, October 24, 2013
racing, racing
Oh my. I have severely neglected this blog space. So sorry.
In the last 3.5 weeks, hubby and I have run TWO 10k races! Yes, that's 6.2 miles. Each race.
The first one was nearby, just outside of DC. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I took at that race, and it's a pre-race photo.
In this race I managed to totally exceed what I thought I could do time-wise, but had to stop and walk many times. The steady inclines kicked my behind.
The second race was up in Pennsylvania. We went up to the Runner's World Half Marathon and Festival, and ran the 10k on Saturday morning. We drove up on Friday evening and immediately crashed in bed to try and get some sleep. Saturday morning came bright and early, but we managed to be enthusiastic and reasonably ready to race.
Sadly, I committed two race-day errors. The first: lay out all your pre-race stuff ahead of time. I was packing so quickly on Friday that I actually packed the wrong shoes. I packed old running shoes that had a few too many miles on them. My hip wasn't too happy with me, but it ended up being fine.
Which leads me to the second: Don't change anything in your usual routine for race day. Not only did I bring the wrong shoes, but I couldn't find my warm running fleece and I completely forgot about the slightly-less-useful-but-still-good skiing fleece. And let me tell you, it was cold. I ended up buying a lightweight pullover which worked out just fine, but, again, I wore new stuff.
After the race, we cleaned ourselves up and went back to browse the expo and attend the seminar given by Mark Remy. He was awesome in person, and we won stuff at the Crap Giveaway! Bet you can guess what we won:
Overall, at this race I didn't beat the time from the race in Arlington (I was short about 2 minutes...bummer), but I did beat my more general goal. This race had many more and much more steep hills, so I still had to pause and walk a few times, but I beat my overall time goal and walked far fewer times.
Feeling pretty awesome!
In the last 3.5 weeks, hubby and I have run TWO 10k races! Yes, that's 6.2 miles. Each race.
The first one was nearby, just outside of DC. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I took at that race, and it's a pre-race photo.
In this race I managed to totally exceed what I thought I could do time-wise, but had to stop and walk many times. The steady inclines kicked my behind.
The second race was up in Pennsylvania. We went up to the Runner's World Half Marathon and Festival, and ran the 10k on Saturday morning. We drove up on Friday evening and immediately crashed in bed to try and get some sleep. Saturday morning came bright and early, but we managed to be enthusiastic and reasonably ready to race.
Sadly, I committed two race-day errors. The first: lay out all your pre-race stuff ahead of time. I was packing so quickly on Friday that I actually packed the wrong shoes. I packed old running shoes that had a few too many miles on them. My hip wasn't too happy with me, but it ended up being fine.
Which leads me to the second: Don't change anything in your usual routine for race day. Not only did I bring the wrong shoes, but I couldn't find my warm running fleece and I completely forgot about the slightly-less-useful-but-still-good skiing fleece. And let me tell you, it was cold. I ended up buying a lightweight pullover which worked out just fine, but, again, I wore new stuff.
After the race, we cleaned ourselves up and went back to browse the expo and attend the seminar given by Mark Remy. He was awesome in person, and we won stuff at the Crap Giveaway! Bet you can guess what we won:
Overall, at this race I didn't beat the time from the race in Arlington (I was short about 2 minutes...bummer), but I did beat my more general goal. This race had many more and much more steep hills, so I still had to pause and walk a few times, but I beat my overall time goal and walked far fewer times.
Feeling pretty awesome!
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