I was looking at my food log yesterday and noticed that during the week, I pretty much eat & drink the same things pre- and post-run.
I give you, GuBrewYoGlop*:
…the later two are always chased with a grande Americano, of course!
*Glop being the name my wife has given to my oatmeal/cranberry/Kashi concoction
Training Journal – 1/18/12:
For those needed to augment their personal “excuse” or “reason” listing, the follow is offered:
The Complete List of Convincing, Unique, and Legitimate Excuses
[via the Blog Of Impossible Things]
Training Journal – 1/17/12:
Sometimes
Sometimes every one of us feels
Like we’ll never be healed
Sometimes
Sometimes every one of us aches
Like we’ll never be saved
Sometimes
When you’ve given up
Let your healing come
Till you’re rising up
Let your healing come
It’s your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in you, we’re lost in you
It’s your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in you, we’re lost in you
Sometimes
Sometimes
It’s like we’ll never atone
For all the love we’ve known
Sometimes
Like in a smile or a song
When you feel love come
And that feeling’s gone
It flies
This morning, I ran in the Bay Area Track Club’s Test Your Resolution Road 5k, which was part of their second-annual Bay Area Cross Challenge (BAXC). It was a nice, low-key event at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park. The BAXC had four events: 5K Road Race, Women’s 6K, Men’s 8K, Open 4K – with a field of 106 runners total. They also had a Kid’s Race.
I wasn’t sure what to expect – given the fact that this was hosted by a “track club” and also after viewing the recap video from the 2011 event – but I decided to go for it and sign up anyway (my goal being to run at least one event a month.) The Men’s 8K looked pretty competitive on the website’s description, so I went for the 5K, of course, which was added this year.
The weather was cool, but not as cold as my normal morning run temps have been lately (no gloves this AM.) Overall, a nice morning for a run.
My Race
(i’m just behind the guy in blue at the far left – sporting my orange shoes!)
Great run! I’ll call this my PB, since my previous PB was less than an 5K in official distance. It was a PB by overall time (25:40) and pace (8:16 [8:13 on my Garmin]).
The course started out just near the entrance to the Polo Field and looped through the roads in that part of Golden Gate Park. It was a nice combination of easy up and down hills with the final .1 mile finishing on the dirt course of the Polo Field. Pacing was good overall for me, with improvements over past races – split 2 benefited from some good downhill sections.
We even ran by the buffaloes (K asked why I didn’t take a picture…)
I stayed and watched the Women’s 6k and Men’s 8k. Pretty cool to watch.
Results:
Garmin time: 25:40 at an 8:13/mile pace. (?)
Official time: 25:40 at an 8:16/mile pace.
Wrap-Up
A personal best – not gonna complain about that! I really liked the size of the event and the vibe in the field and crowd. Even with elite runners – including some Olympians and World Class participants – it was a novice-friendly event…geared for people who just enjoy running.
I will definitely watch the calendar for the 2013 event…
Next up:
Brazen Racing’s Bay Breeze 10K on February 18th.
Giddy-Up!
Training Journal – 1/15/12:
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10
Thankful there isn’t a period after strong…
Training Journal – 1/14/12:
These either hit my Inbox, were read, or were seen while fortuitously hopping around the Internet this past week:
For He chose us in him before the creation of the world…
– Paul, Ephesians 1:4
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
– Japanese Proverb
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
– William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
Running is just you, the work you put in, and the clock. You can’t cheat yourself. If you don’t put in the miles, you can’t go to the starting line thinking you’re going to pull a miracle out of nowhere. You get out exactly as much as you put in.
– Desiree Davila
If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.
– Kristin Armstrong
“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves.”
– Sir Roger Bannister
…all worth of being chewed upon and actions being taken.
thus:
Training Journal – 1/13/12:
K (after opening her souvenir bag from my trip): “Didn’t you buy you a t-shirt or something?”
Me: “No – just two bags of chocolate Mickey Mouse pretzels!”
I love-ah da Chocolatears!
Training Journal – 1/12/12:
Having already listened to this final gift from The David Crowder Band no less than seven times (i was on a plane for about 6+ hours yesterday), I declare it:
BOOMSAUCE
Great lyrics and music…
Crowder fans, if you don’t have it yet, why not? Get it…NOW!
Training Journal – 1/11/12:
Apparently, in the future, I haven’t aged, am svelte, eat right, still run, and take up hand gliding. Cool!
[Youtube]
Training Journal – 1/10/12:
…not as fun as when I’m with my wonderful wife.
I ready to go home…
Training Journal – 1/9/12:
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