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Tue, 02 Aug 2005
Well yesterday was the day. Mileage from last week ended up being:
Date: Jul 24 - 30, 2005
Weekly Mileage: 16
Total Number of runs: 4
Longest Run: 7.2 (1:00:00)
The race started at 5:20am and had somewhere around 15,000 registered runners (for all events) according to the newspaper. The temperature was in the upper 50's and foggy. Given the early start time, the first half hour or so would be in the dark.
Dad ran the 1st half and I ran the full. There's something about this run that is really attractive to me. The fog was still heavy over the bridge and you could see the towers rising up. Inspiring enough to take you mind off as I reached the first hour mark.
One the way back across the bridge I was scanning the people in the opposite direction trying to spot Dad in the crowd. I didn't see him soon enough but at 1:07:41 I heard him run by as he carried on a conversation with a couple of other runners. I knew his pace was pretty close to the 2 hour mark he was shooting for.
After the bridge came Golden Gate park. I hit the first half at 1:47:40. I made some time up coming through the park and hit the 20.2 time split at 2:48:23. The highlight though was to hit 22 at 2:58:00.
At 23 I started to hit my threshold and honestly just got tired of running. But unlike the Philadelphia marathon, I knew I would finish. So I hit 30 second walks with 1/4 to 1/2 runs. I still had enough for a spring the last 385 yards to finish up 3:35:06. That was good enough to rank 439 out of 3123 for the men's group and 502 out of 4869 overall.
Dad finished up extremely close to his goal at 2:00:56.
We are both hooked on this run now. It could become an annual event.
`whoami`$ jerry
posted at: 01:38 | path: /jerry/mileage |
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Waiting on a race drives me crazy. So far things have gone as expected this week. A couple of 30 minute runs the past few days. I'm looking for an hour today (7 - 7.5 miles).
In the meantime, I figured this would be a good time to transfer my race times over the past year from paper.
Date: May 29, 2004
Race: Jubilee Run (Mont, AL)
Distance: 8K
Time: 42:21
Date: Aug 1, 2004
Race: San Francisco 1/2 Marathon
Distance: 13.1 miles
Time: 1:52:33
Date: Aug 21, 2004
Race: Pike Road (AL)
Distance: 10K
Time: 48:04
Date: Nov 11, 2004
Race: Chewacla Start Park (AL)
Distance: 10k
Time: 46:55
Date: Nov 21, 2004
Race: Philadelphia Marathon
Distance: 26.2 miles
Time: 3:41:38 (chip time)
Date: Mar 5, 2005
Race: Auburn Classic Half Marathon
Distance: 13.1 miles
Time: 1:41:30
Date: Apr 2, 2005
Race: Marine Corp 1/2 Marathon (Albany, GA)
Distance: 13.1 miles
Time: 1:42:40
Date: May 22, 2005
Race: Jubilee Run (Mont, AL)
Distance: 8K
Time: 36:01
`whoami`$ jerry
posted at: 01:37 | path: /jerry/mileage |
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I stopped keeping a training log after my last marathon (Philadelphia, last November). Just ended up being a hassle. I thought maybe I would have better luck if I tracked my weekly mileage instead of daily totals. And since I spend so much time in front of a computer, a blog was pretty obvious.
Date: Jul 17 - 23, 2005
Weekly Mileage: 30
Total Number of runs: 5
Longest Run: 10 (1:25:00)
Two weeks out from the San Francisco Marathon and I'm trying to recuperate from the final 20 miler. Five days a week is still the normal but the mileage drop will help me recover some. I'm about sick of training at this stage. The final week is always a little nerve racking because I feel like I should be pushing towards the last minute. Of course, that's self-defeating. So instead I'll plan about 3 x 3 mile runs and one 5 miler to finish up before the flight to SF.
`whoami`$ jerry
posted at: 01:24 | path: /jerry/mileage |
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