- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 5-mile run
- Comments: I did 5.4 miles @ 8:21 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 45:06. [Strava]
Archives For November 30, 1999
Or: Oh. My. Quads
On my trail run yesterday, I decided to kick it and do the main descent from Boccardo Peak as fast as I could without tripping, slipping, or otherwise making a fool out of myself…yeah, there were people around. Oh, and there were two guys at the Peak that were close to getting ready to run down just after I left too…read: they ain’t gonna pass me!
As you can see in my “how can I display this in a fun and interesting way & also kill some time during today’s lunch” graphic, for me at least, me & my Hokas were flyin’ down the hill:
My fastest time to date for the same two-mile, 1,027 foot downhill section was just under nineteen minutes. My slowest was close to 30 minutes back when my ITBS was just starting to flare up. [runnerd alert!]
I was fine yesterday; but, when I got up this morning to ride, I was a tad stiff. After riding 22 miles and then sitting in my office chair for most of the morning reading through some stuff, the OMQ set in…
Needless to say, tomorrow morning’s run WILL be an easy one.
Oh, and those two dudes didn’t pass me!
Giddy-up!
Training Journal – 11/18/13:
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 20-mile ride
- Comments: I rode for 1:16:26 for 22.3 miles @ 17.5 mph avg & avg cadence of 87 [Strava]
After a way-too-long break from trail running, I decided to do my long run up in Alum Rock Park this morning. It was a beautiful morning – peaceful and quiet run, with a few deer and a few fellow runners and mountain bikers too.
I’ve run variations of this route many times and, depending upon the route I take,
I see either a griffin or the Loch Ness Monster…
white space!
A few shots from my run:
View from South Rim Trail
North view from Eagle Rock
South view from Eagle Rock
Sunrise along the Boccardo Trail
Requisite selfie at the summit
Boccardo Peak Summit View
Training Journal – 11/17/13:
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 14 mile, long run
- Comments: I did 14.7 miles @ 10:36 avg pace, avg cadence 90 & a run time of 2:36:01. [Strava]
- Weekly mileage: Running: 43.7 / Bicycling: 27.5 – Total: 71.2
Happy 82nd to my Father-in-law. We are especially missing him today – his first birthday without him.
I love this picture of him. It captures his smile, his easy-going attitude, and so many other things that were uniquely him. I truly can just hear him laugh when I see this picture.
He and my dad were two of the biggest influences in my life – hard workers, good men, … so much more. They both taught me so much – some things that, unfortunately, I’m only coming to appreciate now that they are both gone.
I simply hate that I can’t laugh, talk, … do whatever with them any more.
Training Journal – 11/16/13:
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: Rest
- Comments: Rest
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 8-mile run
- Comments: I did 8.6 miles @ 8:36 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 1:13:39. [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 5-mile run
- Comments: I did 6.6 miles @ 8:14 avg pace, avg cadence 97 & a run time of 54:45. [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 5-mile run
- Comments: I did 5.4 miles @ 7:59 avg pace, avg cadence 97 & a run time of 43:11. [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 20-mile ride
- Comments: I rode for 1:15:19 for 21.7 miles @ 17.3 mph avg & avg cadence of 87 [Strava]
Last Sunday, I ran the US Half Marathon up in San Francisco – my 19th half marathon. It was the twelfth edition of this picturesque run that features a run over and back across the Golden Gate Bridge. For a big city event, they do limit the runners to 5,000 – for the 12th edition, there were 3,510 finishers: 1,809 women and 1,701 men.
The weather was perfect: about 46 degrees at the start with perfectly clear skies. There wasn’t too much wind to speak of at the start area, though I wondered what it would be like crossing the Golden Gate. Heading North on the Bridge, there wasn’t any wind to speak of at all. Coming back across, it was barely noticeable. It probably warned up to the low 60s as the run progressed.
In a word, the course was beautiful! The perfect weather made it even better. The course started and ended in the Aquatic Park area, making its way along the Bay front, up into The Presidio, across the Golden Gate and back, along the Bay front again, and then finishing back at Aquatic Park. Most of the course was paved, but it did include a short section of dirt trail (heading from Vista Point, under the Bridge to the South bound access road) and sections of crushed rock on parts of the San Francisco Bay Trail. It was a really great course that was well marked and managed by volunteers and SFPD – both of whom did a great job. Volunteers at the aid stations were also fantastic, shouting out which side the water and Gatorade were one. Incidentally, this event used the same course that the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Francisco did back in April – that event actually used to be called the US Half Marathon 2 (The Other Half) and was managed by the same RDs – I think RnR simply bought the rights to the event and re-branded.
The post-race expo was great: food, drink, SWAG, etc. They gave each runner a reusable bottle vs. handing out bottled water, which was great/green. Huge water containers were located just past the finish, so this didn’t impact recovery at all. They also gave each runner a Peasant Pie, which was excellent – going to have to try them again. I got my SWAG, looked around, rested for a bit, and left before the traffic got too heavy. I parked at Ghirardelli Square, though the noticeable difference between the RnR event and this one was the parking. In April, RnR offered $10 parking at Ghirardelli if you left before 1pm – I paid $32 for the exact same spot and probably the same amount of time (OUCH!)
My Race
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