July 30-Aug 5 Racing Thread

Run To Win

Blaine Moore (MM#2867)

posted: 8/6/2012 at 1:00 PM

Result: 1:17:20, a personal worst...but still 2 and a half minutes better than my "A" goal. Only got about 6 and a half of the last 12 miles as part of the ultra challenge, though...got to pretty much the farthest point I could be in while remaining in the park borders from the parking lot, and decided I really didn't want to run anymore. Which ironically got me to pick up the pace, but I went off course to take shorter trails back for a few extra miles. Wound up with around 22 of the 28 miles I'd planned on, took me a bit over 4 hours.

Went home, had a college buddy stop by on his way through the state, and we sat around for 5 hours playing with my daughter and watching the DVRed Olympic Marathon. Couldn't talk about the 10k, though, since I'd already deleted it and he had been camping for 4 days and hadn't seen it yet.

Run to Win
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AmoresPerros

HobbyJogger & HobbyRacer

posted: 8/6/2012 at 1:57 PM

I'm DNS. I actually drove more than halfway there, but was really sleepy, so stopped to take a nap, and napped for 1.5hrs & missed the race. Don't care that much.

It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

PaulyGram

Fast is better than long

posted: 8/6/2012 at 2:21 PM

Quote from AmoresPerros on 8/6/2012 at 1:57 PM:

I'm DNS. I actually drove more than halfway there, but was really sleepy, so stopped to take a nap, and napped for 1.5hrs & missed the race. Don't care that much.

Oops

2013 Goals: 2500 miles / 2:45 marathon? / sub 2 800m / 4:30 mile / sub 16 5K / sub hour 10 miles

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;
Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

What in the Jehu?

PaulyGram

Fast is better than long

posted: 8/6/2012 at 2:30 PM

The Eight ball goes to drrbradford

There are no HMs this week, but I thought we had another great week of racing.

Let's try it again next week.

2013 Goals: 2500 miles / 2:45 marathon? / sub 2 800m / 4:30 mile / sub 16 5K / sub hour 10 miles

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;
Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

What in the Jehu?

drrbradford

posted: 8/6/2012 at 2:56 PM

Quote from AmoresPerros on 8/6/2012 at 1:57 PM:

I'm DNS. I actually drove more than halfway there, but was really sleepy, so stopped to take a nap, and napped for 1.5hrs & missed the race. Don't care that much.

LulZ.

Thanks PaulyGram. That 10000 was probably the best race of my life to date and a huge confidence boost. But still just a stepping stone to 29:XX!

Well done to everyone who met their goals this week. The rest of you are bums.

bhearn

posted: 8/6/2012 at 3:00 PM

Congrats, drrbradford! I can't comprehend running that fast. As I was reading your report I was thinking it was a 5K. Nope. I'd settle for running the mile at that pace.

"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasn't tired and kept running anyway" -- Ennay's 7-year-old daughter

I <3 <3

PaulyGram

Fast is better than long

posted: 8/6/2012 at 3:18 PM

Quote from drrbradford on 8/6/2012 at 2:56 PM:

LulZ.

Thanks PaulyGram. That 10000 was probably the best race of my life to date and a huge confidence boost. But still just a stepping stone to 29:XX!

Well done to everyone who met their goals this week. The rest of you are bums. /*That's the spirit!*/

Stellar performance and you know it. Now go post an 800m time so I can keep dreaming of what fast is.

2013 Goals: 2500 miles / 2:45 marathon? / sub 2 800m / 4:30 mile / sub 16 5K / sub hour 10 miles

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;
Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

What in the Jehu?

PaulyGram

Fast is better than long

posted: 8/6/2012 at 3:23 PM

Quote from drrbradford on 8/6/2012 at 2:56 PM:

But still just a stepping stone to 29:XX!

Top 35 in the UK, keep moving up the list. Mo Farah is only 33 places ahead of you Wink

2013 Goals: 2500 miles / 2:45 marathon? / sub 2 800m / 4:30 mile / sub 16 5K / sub hour 10 miles

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;
Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

What in the Jehu?

PaulyGram

Fast is better than long

posted: 9/13/2012 at 4:29 PM

Found a pic of me at Nationals

2013 Goals: 2500 miles / 2:45 marathon? / sub 2 800m / 4:30 mile / sub 16 5K / sub hour 10 miles

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;
Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

What in the Jehu?

NaderAlfie

posted: 9/13/2012 at 4:41 PM

Nice shot.

2000 miles of shots in the ass

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