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2013 Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon Race Report

September 30, 2013 — 2 Comments

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On September 15th, I ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon – my seventeenth 13.1.  No, I didn’t make a special trip – I actually had a business trip.  When I first found out that I would be traveling to Philadelphia, it happened to be when I was registering for the San Jose RnR…and noticed that the Philadelphia event was on the weekend I would be traveling East.  Why not?!?  So, I left a day early and had a great time.

The weather was great: clear and cool at the start (~50 degrees.)  It probably warmed up to the low sixties at the finish, but not too much warmer. Again, great weather for a run!

courseThe course started and finished near the Eakins Oval and was a quick 4.5-mile loop through parts of downtown Philly, with the balance of the 13.1 a loop along the East and West sides of the Schuylkill River.  The finish was in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a la Rocky…though access to the “steps” was not easily gained after crossing the finish.  The course was pancake flat and paved the whole way, though there was an ever so slight incline at the finish, for good measure.

As with all RnR races, on course entertainment was great, though this race didn’t have an many cheer squads as the San Jose and San Francisco races.  Water/Gatorade stations were well staffed, though stop one was almost out of water when I passed by…people were worried and miffed (I carry my own bottle so I was OK.)

The finish area was great.  They took over the whole Eakins Oval area and had things set up in a great flow from finish line to SWAG areas to the main stage/post-race area.

My Race

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I Du’d

September 27, 2013 — 3 Comments

This multisport thing is starting to grow on me.  The aqua part of triathlon is still looming ominous though; so I’ve been looking at duathlons of late.  I think know triathlon will come, just need to figure out how and when…and then make it happen.

Anyway, back to duathlon… Instead of doing my usual, Friday BRick this morning, I did a home version/distance of a sprint duathlon that I’m looking at for early 2014: run 2 miles, bike 10 miles, run 2 miles. I’m actually leaning toward the international distance (10k run, 40k bike, 5k run); but, with only about 1:20 max in the morning for my workout, the shorter distance worked better.

It was fun and, for my first “Du”, went great:

  • RUN 1: 2.0 miles @ 7:48 avg pace, avg cadence 96. TIME: 15:45 [Strava]
  • TRANSITION: 2:35 min
  • BIKE: 10.6 miles @ 18.6 mph avg, avg cadence 88. TIME: 34:09 [Strava]
  • TRANSITION: 1:40 min
  • RUN 2: 2.0 miles @ 7:31 avg pace, avg cadence 99. TIME: 15:12 [Strava]
  • TOTALS: Distance: 14.6 miles, Time: 1:09:24

I’ve programmed Friday’s as BRick workouts on my training plans, but I think I may weave SprintDus in the schedule…just to break things up.

Have a great weekend – I know I plan to!

Training Journal – 9/27/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 10/4 BRick  2/10/2 Short Du
  • Comments: See above…
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9/25/2013 Training Journal

September 25, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 8-mile easy run
  • Comments: I did 8.6 miles @ 8:28 avg pace, avg cadence 94 & a run time of 1:12:52. [Strava]

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9/20/2013 Training Journal

September 20, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 10/4 BRick
  • Comments:
    • BIKE: 10.54 miles @ 17.9 mph avg, avg cadence 88. TIME: 33:23
    • TRANSITION: 3:32 min
    • RUN: 4.08 miles @ 7:42 avg pace, avg cadence 98. TIME: 31:28
    • TOTALS: Distance: 14.62 miles, Time: 1:08:23
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9/18/2013

September 18, 2013 — Leave a comment

Great one…

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Training Journal – 9/18/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: Rest day…traveling home!
  • Comments: Rest
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COD: Orange

September 17, 2013 — Leave a comment

Color Of the Day:

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I even wore black shorts and black slacks…

(OK, maybe orange for guys. Ladies will probably say one’s orange and the other is salmon or something.)

Training Journal – 9/17/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 20-mile stationary ride
  • Comments: Final day of my biz trip, so I used the hotel fitness center again. Yep, getting my time in the saddle… I rode for 1:00:00 for 17.45 miles @ 17.5 mph avg on the sit-down bike machine. (I couldn’t get 20 miles in, since people were waiting for machines.)  Since I travel home tomorrow and probably wouldn’t get a workout in, I threw in an easy 5K run on the treadmill after the ride…for good measure. I did 3.25 miles @ 8:57 avg pace.
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Half Marathon Number Seventeen!

September 15, 2013 — Leave a comment

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This morning, I ran my seventeenth half marathon, extending my race-a-month streak to 23!

Today’s run was the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon. I’ll post a race report this coming week; but, ahead of that, my time was 1:51:24 @ a 8:31 avg pace. RnR Philly wasn’t up there with my faster half marathons (9th of 17), but it still was a respectable race and time.

GIDDY-UP!

Training Journal – 9/15/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon
  • Comments: See above, more to follow
  • Weekly mileage: Running: 25.65 / Bicycling: 77.19
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9/14/2013

September 14, 2013 — Leave a comment

So identify with this Tweet I saw today:

https://twitter.com/thetracknation/status/378928669911044096

Training Journal – 9/14/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: Rest and day two of carb loading for a half marathon on Sunday.
  • Comments: Rest
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9/13/2013 Training Journal

September 13, 2013 — Leave a comment
  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 10/4 BRick and day one of carb loading for a half marathon on Sunday.
  • Comments:
    • BIKE: 10.96 miles @ 18.0 mph avg, avg cadence 89. TIME: 36:32
    • TRANSITION: 3:22 min
    • RUN: 4.02 miles @ 7:42 avg pace, avg cadence 97. TIME: 31:00
    • TOTALS: Distance: 14.98 miles, Time: 1:10:54
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RUNNOVATION

September 9, 2013 — 1 Comment

Last Thursday, I posted about a cool email I got. Here are the details!

A few weeks ago, I posted a “before” picture I found while looking for a few pictures for my wife. On a lark, I entered the before and after pictures in a contest I happened to see on Competitor.com called “Share Your RUNNOVATION” [link]. It’s a contest, co-sponsored by New Balance, where people submit before and after photos and share about how running has changed their life. Winners receive a pair of New Balance shoes and apparel (valued at $500) – Woohoo!

It turns out, I was selected as the winner for this week! Pretty cool and humbling, especially when I look at the first two winners…

Anyway, click on the photo to check out my Runnovation page…

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Training Journal – 9/9/13:

  • Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
  • Today’s session: 20-mile ride
  • Comments: I rode for 1:18:13 for 21.79 miles @ 16.7 mph avg & avg cadence of 84.
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