Yesterday I ran in the Austin Half Marathon. I finished, but my time was better last year.
Great race; very well supported. I ran it with my sister, and it was her first race, which is always special.
Bottom line is I need to train more seriously and consistantly to get faster. Now that it's warming up outside, I don't think that will be a problem.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
well, it's been awhile
So....sorry for the neglect.
On the other hand, I'm running in the Austin half marathon on February 17th. Yay! Last year I completed the full at Austin, so I'm looking forward to doing a little different race this time around. And, I'll be in good shape to continue training for a full afterwards.
Looking forward to warmer training weather!
On the other hand, I'm running in the Austin half marathon on February 17th. Yay! Last year I completed the full at Austin, so I'm looking forward to doing a little different race this time around. And, I'll be in good shape to continue training for a full afterwards.
Looking forward to warmer training weather!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
8 miles
I just ran 8 miles and man am I tired but boy do I feel good. Thank goodness for little sis, who called this evening to go running- it's awesome to have people to run with.
Race for The Cure
Yesterday was the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. It's always inspiring to see women in pink shirts, the survivors, walking or running.
It was fun running streets in my hometown where I normally only drive- the feeling running by familiar places is so different from driving by them. Unfortunately, the loop was only 1.5 miles, and so we did the same loop twice, and because the 1 mile walkers started 15 minutes after we did, you can imagine the congestion that that poor planning created. Other than that, it was a great race, if a little hot. Whoever decided 8:45 was a good time to start a race in West Texas in September is either a) not a runner or b) just not from here.
I was surprised to see how many people came out to run or walk in Lubbock- and happy. Not so happy to see the mountains of food for people after their 1 to 3 mile bout of exercise. I'm betting that a lot of people ate 2-3 times the amount of calories they burned on the course by eating either the donuts, burritos, sausage on a stick, ubiquitous free candy, sugary drinks, yogurt, bagels, and cream cheese that were available after the race.
Seriously, after the Austin Marathon there wasn't any free food available, and that's after burning ~2600 calories! As one person I overheard put it, "This obviously isn't the Race for the Cure for Obesity." (as he was chowing down on a chocolate glazed donut).
I didn't get in the rest of my miles yesterday as I'd hoped, but I did bike 10 miles for the Tour de Tech Terrace, which our house was a stop on this year. We give cookies out every year and this year we ran out before I even got the chance to engage in counter-productive behavior, so that's good.
So I feel like that the biking somewhat compensates, though the pace of this particular pelaton didn't exactly get my heart rate up. More leisurely riding from house to house, have a beer, bike to the next house (I didn't drink though...someone's got to be the designated biker). Good Tour, though- the cops were actually cool this year, and we didn't have any problems, even with ~300 (or so I hear) crazy bicyclists roaming the streets of our neighborhood collectively for six hours.
Little Sister gets home today so I think this evening we'll go for a run. 8 miles, methinks.
It was fun running streets in my hometown where I normally only drive- the feeling running by familiar places is so different from driving by them. Unfortunately, the loop was only 1.5 miles, and so we did the same loop twice, and because the 1 mile walkers started 15 minutes after we did, you can imagine the congestion that that poor planning created. Other than that, it was a great race, if a little hot. Whoever decided 8:45 was a good time to start a race in West Texas in September is either a) not a runner or b) just not from here.
I was surprised to see how many people came out to run or walk in Lubbock- and happy. Not so happy to see the mountains of food for people after their 1 to 3 mile bout of exercise. I'm betting that a lot of people ate 2-3 times the amount of calories they burned on the course by eating either the donuts, burritos, sausage on a stick, ubiquitous free candy, sugary drinks, yogurt, bagels, and cream cheese that were available after the race.
Seriously, after the Austin Marathon there wasn't any free food available, and that's after burning ~2600 calories! As one person I overheard put it, "This obviously isn't the Race for the Cure for Obesity." (as he was chowing down on a chocolate glazed donut).
I didn't get in the rest of my miles yesterday as I'd hoped, but I did bike 10 miles for the Tour de Tech Terrace, which our house was a stop on this year. We give cookies out every year and this year we ran out before I even got the chance to engage in counter-productive behavior, so that's good.
So I feel like that the biking somewhat compensates, though the pace of this particular pelaton didn't exactly get my heart rate up. More leisurely riding from house to house, have a beer, bike to the next house (I didn't drink though...someone's got to be the designated biker). Good Tour, though- the cops were actually cool this year, and we didn't have any problems, even with ~300 (or so I hear) crazy bicyclists roaming the streets of our neighborhood collectively for six hours.
Little Sister gets home today so I think this evening we'll go for a run. 8 miles, methinks.
Friday, September 21, 2007
I'm so glad for my sister, who called me at 6:30 yesterday morning to go run after I had fallen back to sleep after my 5 AM wake up call. We got a solid 3.5 miles in and I love running with my sister. She's funny, down to earth, and as previously mentioned gets me out of bed in the morning when I thought I was too tired.
No running today because tomorrow is the Susan G. Komen race for the cure (5K). I'm actually going to go put in some miles before the race so I will have a total of 8 for the day, but I dont' want to put extra miles on my legs the day before a race and long run. I know people that run every day, but I'm not quite there yet. I'm still kind of paranoid about re-injuring my knee.
No running today because tomorrow is the Susan G. Komen race for the cure (5K). I'm actually going to go put in some miles before the race so I will have a total of 8 for the day, but I dont' want to put extra miles on my legs the day before a race and long run. I know people that run every day, but I'm not quite there yet. I'm still kind of paranoid about re-injuring my knee.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
September 19
4.3 miles- With a great girl who is actually a professor at our university. She's a little faster than I am, so it's a good challenge to keep up with her.
Coming off of a break from running due to my full participation in Austin City Limits. I don't think it's ever a good idea to take more than 2 days off of running. I took 3 days off and it made yesterday and today harder than it had to be; I should have gone to run before we went to the festival.
The reason I didn't is that I am very adverse to driving, and having driven to Austin at all was an ordeal for me. It's the whole growing up in a town where 40mph was booking it, there were no mountains or curves to impede the view (and therefore you always could actually SEE what was coming at you....curves and hills really freak me out). That coupled with my being hit by a car while riding my bicycle a few years ago makes driving a very traumatic experience for me. In the eight years I've had my car, I've put about 40,000 miles on it, most of which were put there from driving to Dallas to visit my sister, various road trips to national parks/backpacking trips, or music festivals in various locales.
Anyhow, I hate driving, but especially hate driving where there are lots of other cars. I.E. Austin. I therefore did not feel comfortable driving from our seedy interstate motel downtown and back. I suppose that is no excuse, as I could have taken advantage of Austin's excellent public bus system (which we used to get to the festival) ....but I didn't. I should have. I will move forward from here.
I am loving my research project. I love my life right now....I wake up and read about things I find fascinating...I feel like I'm in a different world. The folks at the coffee shop get my mug ready for me before I even get to the front of the line because they know what I'm going to order. I know I'm in the right place in my life, because even if I wasn't getting a degree, I would be doing the same thing. That's a good place to be, living as you would want to even if you weren't 'getting something' for your efforts. Of course, you are getting something for your efforts, but not something material.
Speaking of...I've got to get to work!
OH the TOUR, the race for the cure, and the lubbock music festival is all this weekend. So exciting!
Coming off of a break from running due to my full participation in Austin City Limits. I don't think it's ever a good idea to take more than 2 days off of running. I took 3 days off and it made yesterday and today harder than it had to be; I should have gone to run before we went to the festival.
The reason I didn't is that I am very adverse to driving, and having driven to Austin at all was an ordeal for me. It's the whole growing up in a town where 40mph was booking it, there were no mountains or curves to impede the view (and therefore you always could actually SEE what was coming at you....curves and hills really freak me out). That coupled with my being hit by a car while riding my bicycle a few years ago makes driving a very traumatic experience for me. In the eight years I've had my car, I've put about 40,000 miles on it, most of which were put there from driving to Dallas to visit my sister, various road trips to national parks/backpacking trips, or music festivals in various locales.
Anyhow, I hate driving, but especially hate driving where there are lots of other cars. I.E. Austin. I therefore did not feel comfortable driving from our seedy interstate motel downtown and back. I suppose that is no excuse, as I could have taken advantage of Austin's excellent public bus system (which we used to get to the festival) ....but I didn't. I should have. I will move forward from here.
I am loving my research project. I love my life right now....I wake up and read about things I find fascinating...I feel like I'm in a different world. The folks at the coffee shop get my mug ready for me before I even get to the front of the line because they know what I'm going to order. I know I'm in the right place in my life, because even if I wasn't getting a degree, I would be doing the same thing. That's a good place to be, living as you would want to even if you weren't 'getting something' for your efforts. Of course, you are getting something for your efforts, but not something material.
Speaking of...I've got to get to work!
OH the TOUR, the race for the cure, and the lubbock music festival is all this weekend. So exciting!
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