Saturday, October 1, 2011
No Time to Blog/Seafood Festival 5k Report
Work has been SO busy these past few weeks, I haven't had the time to dedicate to this blog like I need to. I'd like to at least post something 2 or 3 times a week. Between working, working, out, church, class, and now the running club I am about to start, I don't know how I'll have any time to dedicate to this.
None the less, I'll try to at least post my race reports.
That said, my last race was last Saturday. It was the popular Seafood Festival 5K. Once again, this race was downtown Pensacola. There were about 800 runners and walkers. This year they gave out an awesome black technical shirt. Best one yet for this race. Unlike the Semper Fi race the weekend before, this race brought out the speedsters. The top runner in my AG ran it in a time of 19:11. That's a pace you'll never see me run. My time ended up being almost the same as the Semper Fi run, 25:14. Good enough for 6th of 34 and 136th overall. Not bad at all. My goal for today is to break 25.
The temperature was definitely an improvement! Fall is in the air!
None the less, I'll try to at least post my race reports.
The temperature was definitely an improvement! Fall is in the air!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Semper Fi Charity Run 5K
Sorry it took me so long to get this race recap posted. Work has been just plain nuts since the beginning of school.
Anyway, great race last Saturday. This is always a popular race around here. In fact, this year's race set a record for participants. Almost 1000 runners and walkers. You can tell fall is in the air. The weather Saturday was pretty nice. I mean, it wasn't perfect. It wasn't 50° or anything, but it was in the low 60s. Awesome considering how hot it has been this summer. I wasn't sure how it was going to go. If you remember, my last race was the Bushwacker and it about killed me! I had one goal in mind. I wanted to give it my best and push a consistent pace. And to my credit, I did just that! I pushed a consistent pace of around an 8 minute mile. I finished the race in 25:02. To my surprise, good enough for 2nd place in my AG! It seems all the runners in my age group decided not to run this race. In fact, my time is actually about 20 seconds slower then last year. No complaints, I like getting a bit of bling! I have to give props to the organizers this year. The shirt was great as usual and this year, they gave out awesome medals.
I have been getting a fair amount of miles in each week. Between walking, cycling, and running, I have been averaging between 55 and 80 miles a week. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been wearing a pedometer at work and like I have known for years, I put on some serious miles at work during the day.
Anyway, great race last Saturday. This is always a popular race around here. In fact, this year's race set a record for participants. Almost 1000 runners and walkers. You can tell fall is in the air. The weather Saturday was pretty nice. I mean, it wasn't perfect. It wasn't 50° or anything, but it was in the low 60s. Awesome considering how hot it has been this summer. I wasn't sure how it was going to go. If you remember, my last race was the Bushwacker and it about killed me! I had one goal in mind. I wanted to give it my best and push a consistent pace. And to my credit, I did just that! I pushed a consistent pace of around an 8 minute mile. I finished the race in 25:02. To my surprise, good enough for 2nd place in my AG! It seems all the runners in my age group decided not to run this race. In fact, my time is actually about 20 seconds slower then last year. No complaints, I like getting a bit of bling! I have to give props to the organizers this year. The shirt was great as usual and this year, they gave out awesome medals.
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| Great shirt and awesome medal! |
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