Bay City St. Pat's

If you have been checking here every day, wondering how the race went . . . wonder no more. I even have pictures!

For starters, I did not beat my best time. I was 5 seconds off. Will try again next time. J on the other hand, smoked his previous PR with a time of 25:21! I finished with a 32:32 and mom walked across the finish with a 52:29.

Here we are after the race. Thanks to our friend B for taking our picture!

Next is a picture of me, far left. The best part of this picture is the fact that J wasn't taking a picture of me, he was shooting the girl in front of me who is our friend B's niece.



J didn't even see me, nor know I had finished the race until I walked up to him after I finished. He pointed her out to me later and I told him she was either right in front of me or right behind me so I should be in the picture too - and I was! I did pass her in the end, and beat her by 11 seconds. That gives me great satisfaction, because she walk/ran the whole way. There are always people in a race that I am in that will run fast, then walk . . . then just as I catch up to them, run again . . . then walk. It is as if they hear me coming and think "OH NO, we can't let HER beat, me!"

Sorry the pictures are so dark, it was very sunny that day.

So now you ask what's next? What's next is the Flushing Tax Trot, which was the first 5K I ran (last year). It is a nice residential run that is pretty flat, and I'm pretty confidant that I'll beat last years time of 35:22. :-) At least I had better!

Besides the Tax Trot, my treadmill training from here on out will not only be rolling hills, but also inclines - since the Mackinaw Bridge Memorial Day Run is about 68 days away, and I need to start working on my 5% incline! You might think a 5% incline is not that much and you are right, but a 5% incline for around 2.5 miles which is also the Entire Beginning of the Race - then it turns into something!

Another thing I seriously want to start working on is my EATING! Yes, I know how to eat . . . too well actually! I need to forget how to eat a few hundred calories per day. So even though you've read it here before, I'm going back on the food journal. Wish me luck!

70 degrees!

I took the opportunity yesterday to run 5K outside, in the 70 degree weather. I did that yesterday because by the end of the day today we are suppose to have freezing rain. Welcome to Michigan. :-( It was great running outside again even if the wind was at least 15 to 20 mph in my face most of the way home. I still managed a decent time - 35:45.

I am definitely looking forward to the St. Pat's race on Sunday.

03.10.07

Nothing new going on, I've just been quietly updating my mileage - and not updating my weight. Next Sunday is the Bay City St. Pat's 5K, so right now that is what we are looking forward to. I've got one week to work on my "rolling hills" and see if I can beat the pants off my time from last weeks race. :-) Keep your fingers crossed.

We might also have the weather in our favor for once, it might be in the 40's next Sunday. Of course that might put a monkey wrench into my running, because it seems I do better in colder weather. We shall see, we shall see.

I definitely plan to have pictures for the St. Pat's race - so stay tuned.

03.03.07 - Reese Winter Road Race Series

Yesterday was the last race in the series for the Reese Winter Road Races. Although I didn't get a trophy (I only competed in 3 of the 4 races) I did set a Personal Record! I had my best time for a 5K, finishing in 32:38.22, which is a 10:30 minute mile. Maybe rolling hills ARE working! Whether rolling hills are working or not, I'm going to continue to do them.

On the other hand, J did run in all 4 races and he received a trophy for 1st in his age group! Pretty impressive, since our age groups were split up by decades.

The race was pretty hard though. I was certainly glad to have my MP3 player with me to distract me from the 25 mph wind gusts. At least the temps were in the mid-20's for this one. Last race it was 6 degrees. I got a really nice side cramp around the half way point, but with the wind out of my face I got it to go away finally. Also, I pasted a gal at the end so I didn't come in last in my age group. (Insert evil grin!)

Tonight we register online for the St. Pat's race - and use our new Champion Chip numbers! Too cool! Hopefully I'll have a new PR to report after that race. It's definitely a possibility, since I know the course.

Tracking the Bunny - "It's About Time"

J & I got our custom Champion Chips in the mail Friday. Now when we register for a chip-timed race we can use our own chips. They have Mickey Mouse on them for the 15th annual marathon & 1/2 marathon and the date - pretty cool. We just have to keep the two straight of which number belongs to me and which one is his.

Now when we do big events, (like the Disney 1/2 marathon) if someone knows our chip numbers they can sign up for email or text message (on your cellphone) updates of our splits. I'm not sure if the Crim has this service or not, but it's a neat feature.

I'll have to post a picture of what it looks like - coming soon!