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2013 races
Santa Anita Derby Day 5k - 6 Apr 20:21
La Jolla HM - 28 Apr 1:40:33
Laguna Hills Memorial Day 10k - 27 May 42:17
Camp Pendleton Mud Run 10k - 1 June 1:39:29
Missoula HM - 14 July
Hi Pens...
Today is a big, busy day for me. I am running in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship 5k. Actually, the "championship" part is for the hs runners. I am running in the "open division" at 7:30am PST. It is on the tough, hilly course at Mt. Sac. I was there earlier for the packet pick up and there were thousands of kids there from all over the west. They are even coming from AK and HA for this. Also, you might be able to watch some races here. I don't know if my race is on there, but I will be wearing a bright green shirt, black shorts, and blue hat (and fun socks for Steph!). I just hope it does not rain. After all that, I get to go out and play with my band for about 200 people tonight. Get the reference in the thread title? Running, rock music... Van Halen... ? Get it? That will be fun!! I will try to have pictures from both.
I hope I started this correctly... first time for me!
Good luck to the racers and have a great weekend.
Sloooow.
Good luck with tomorrow, Jack! Hope you have no issues with the IT band and the race goes smoothly.
Jack, thanks for starting.. Good luck on that 5K.. Whip those 20s ass.
AFM.. going on 3M recovery before tmr HM.. Last night DS had a fever and didn't sleep well.. He throw up on bed just after night time milk. Had to clean up and change the sheets.. Thankfully, his fever is gone now.. Shld be a nice end to this week.. Or, shld I say nice start to Dec..
U Run 10K - 24 Feb (47:21)
2XU HM - 31 Mar (1:48:44)
JP Morgan 5.6K - 18 Apr (30:14)
Sundown HM - 31 May (1:54:19)
Bali HM - 16 Jun
King of the Road 16.8K - 11 Aug
Newton 32K - 20 Oct
Tendon Tamer
Good luck to bin and Jack!
Started C25K Feb. 2012! First 5K 5/1/12 32:00
Current PRs: 5K: 26:03 12/15/12 10K: 58:32 9/23/12
10M: 1:26:15 3/16/13 HM:1:56:00 4/14/13
Danger makes me hungry
Good morning Jack, Coralie, Bin, and Zelanie!
Jack - good luck!
Bin - Good luck for tomorrow!
Yesterday for me was no running but did crosstraining with the knife and fork. Went downtown for Greek food and had a Cauliflower wrap with hummus. Next up was the gourmet cupcake shop that just opened. Finally, visited the wine store for some tasting and scored a nice bottle of red!
Today is full body workout at the gym and then we have to go to a funeral.
Have fun today Penguins!
Moving forward one step at a time :-)
Smaller By The Day
Jack - That sounds like a day filled with awesomeness. Make sure to run real fast, and rock real hard! Just don't get your outfits mixed up.
CoralieT - Didn't you have a race yesterday? If so, how did that go?
Bin - Just don't forget your headband. I'm betting that you have a great race.
Zelanie - I second that.
Gustav - That's my kind of cross training. I can't do that everyday though, or it would be over training. Sorry about the funeral.
2012 Races
Blueberry Stomp 5K (9/12) - 31:02
Feel The Learn 5K (10/12) - 26:58
Indianapolis Monumental HM (11/12) - 2:03:56
Run For The Heart 5K (12/12) - 25:48.48
2013 Races
Valpo Valentine's Day 5K (2/13) - 24:45.08
Chi Town HM (3/24/13) - 01:54:07.2
Dart For The Arts 10K (4/13/13) - 48:59
Delta Steel Run 5K (6/1/13) - 24:11
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (11/02/13) -
Just realized that it was December, and time to tally up November.
143.87 miles for the month! I believe that's a PR. I'm cool with that.
Of course, if I can keep my streak, December will be 180 miles.
Slow HM'ers
Good Morning Penguins !!! Great start Jack!!! Good luck with the 5K and you too Bin with the HM.
Congrats on the mileage AW.
Have a great weekend Coralie and Mel, and Gustav (love the Greek food)
Cheers
First HM: Covenant Health Knoxville HM 4/7/2013 2:24
Second HM: North Shore HM, Highland Park, IL 6/2 2:20
Next HM: Alexian Sunset HM, Hoffman Estates, IL 7/21
Boot camp plus a mile for the Holiday streak today.
I AM running!!!
Morning Penguins!
Good luck on your race Jack & have fun rockin’ it out tonight!
Hope your baby feels better Bin thankfully his fever is down. Have a great race!
Great November AW, December will be even better!
Good Morning Coralie, Zelanie Gustav & Jerryb!
AFM: 6.40 miles today.
Have a great Saturday everybody!
The mircle isn't that I finished. The mircle is that I had the courage to start.
~ John Bingham
Feets don't fail me now
Morning Pengs!
Jack - thanks for starting us off! Love the thread title. Good luck today and have fun tonight! Can't wait to hear how you and DW do!
Bin - sorry that the kiddo wasn't feeling well. Hopefully you get a better night sleep tonight and I can't WAIT to hear about your HM tomorrow!
Coralie - Have a happy Saturday!
Melanie - morning!
Gustav - have a good workout today, I'm sorry for your loss.
awood - nice miles, buddy!! That is so awesome!
Jerry - hope you guys have a nice Sat!
PADrunner - have a good bootcamp and good job keeping the streak!
Tweaky - Good luck with your 6.4! Or did you already do it? It's a funny number to plan to do
AFM: Got in 5 on the TM this morning, 2 at a slightly faster but not tempo pace. If call is quiet I'm going to pull a double and get back on the TM for a few tonight.
Have a great one , everybody!!
Liz
Good job Doc! My first HM of 2013 hasn't posted the date yet. It's going to either be the last weekend of March, or first weekend of April. I just thought you'd like to know, because it's kind of an important date. You might want to start looking for a race now :-)
I'm racing on April 7th so please try to make that work. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Morning Pengs! Jack - thanks for starting us off! Love the thread title. Good luck today and have fun tonight! Can't wait to hear how you and DW do! Bin - sorry that the kiddo wasn't feeling well. Hopefully you get a better night sleep tonight and I can't WAIT to hear about your HM tomorrow! Coralie - Have a happy Saturday! Melanie - morning! Gustav - have a good workout today, I'm sorry for your loss. awood - nice miles, buddy!! That is so awesome! Jerry - hope you guys have a nice Sat! PADrunner - have a good bootcamp and good job keeping the streak! Tweaky - Good luck with your 6.4! Or did you already do it? It's a funny number to plan to do AFM: Got in 5 on the TM this morning, 2 at a slightly faster but not tempo pace. If call is quiet I'm going to pull a double and get back on the TM for a few tonight. Have a great one , everybody!! Liz
Hehee my messy miles! I sure hope I get a nice shiny Garmin for Christmas!
During the week, I run inside on a track. Sometimes on the weekend I run on a trail that's a 3.6-mile loop. When I run through my neighborhood, I do an out and back. I walk to the main road and measure the distance to the next major street, using Google maps. My only even distance from is my 3-mile run. Then I do a 5.4, 6.4 or 13.4, : )
There’s probably a better system, but oh well…hopefully I get that watch, LOL
Brenda
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