May 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Hey all. I'm exhausted!
Got out at 9am and did 13k, which 8ncluded a lot of hills. Stopped at one point to help some tourists (took their pic for them). Got into a bit of a conversation and apparently they know someone who is wanting to buy a house this way. They asked our details and will pass them on. As he said, you never know what happens, sometimes things happen for a reason...
I really enjoyed my run this morning. Was nice being out and was the longest distance I've done in a few months.
Then I tidied the house. The agent is coming for a visit tomorrow and hubby wants the place show home ready for him. Is it bed time now?6 -
Oh adding @AlphaHowls I thought of you today as I chased a couple of calves up the road that managed to escape their paddock! 2 of them were sensible enough to jump back into their field, but one kept running up the road. I slowed down but he was freaking out. So I slowed down, and eventually he went back past me an back up the road towards his paddock. I didn't follow and just hoped he got there lol. But had to laugh I had just read your account of cows watching you go past just before going out.1
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juliet3455 wrote: »@Scott6255 Have they asked for any ideas/feedback from the front line staff ( you ) about the so called Development Team? I like my personal space at work , at home every where. Give me an outline of the work, give me the software and get out of my way.
@PastorVincent @rheddmobile
I don't do software development but I do a lot of equipment configuration and programming. I have 2 laptops for my work - the reason is operational efficiency. ( everyone in my unit has at least 2 Laptop's )
We all know that certain process's/upgrades require multiple steps requiring that the Programming Computer not be disconnected/interrupted. So while PC #1 is doing it's thing I can continue with other activities using the other computer. When the first computer Beeps ( volume to max ) I can then start the next step of the process's with out worrying about cross contamination error's. Strange how some CTO etc can move from Corporation to Corporation with ideas that haven't been Time Tested and Field proven.
An example of that is the No Zero's Educational Model that some school districts had adopted that are now coming back to hurt the students as standard entry test's don't lie. Imagine not handing in any work, not writing test's and still getting a passing mark. Once in University/College/tech schools you can quickly see who has done the work and who hasn't. Some Canadian Universities were even starting to place certain School Districts/Schools on a Admission review list because students coming out of them were getting Uni Exam marks significantly below the average and had higher drop out/failure rates.
On the programming discussion - when I was a programmer I had my own office and could close the door and work in peace without interruption. I could not have worked in a shared space like that. Cubicles were bad enough! The company I worked for before I retired (IT Sales support not programming) built a brand new building in Dallas with no offices, even for the executives, just big open spaces with shared tables. There were a few conference rooms of varying sizes but they were rarely available. We lived and breathed on conference calls so it was really a mess all the calls bleeding into one another and just so much noise. Also it had no ceiling, just open piping and the floors were mostly cement so the sound reverberated terribly.
@Juliet3455 - when I was in HS I had a calculus teacher who felt we didn't need to learn to derive things, that was what the CRC Math Tables were for. When I got to college one of the 1st things they wanted us to do was derive all parts of an equation...I spent an entire semester (and the summer) nearly failing the courses for my degree while I tried to learn what I had missed. Fortunately I met a great tutor who later became my husband and I was able to graduate with honors so it did work out but just as easily could have been the end of my degree program.
No run for me for a while because of the agility trial but got lots of course runs in with the pup and around 15k steps in each day.
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Had a wet and windy mid-50s 10 mile run today—luckily it didn’t start raining until I was nice and warmed up, so I didn’t mind at all.
We had an unexpected guest Thursday night (friend flying through got stuck here for a night), and an expected guest from yesterday through next week, so all is a bit hectic and I missed a plan run and some rides. I was especially glad about getting a good long run in.
I am very sympathetic to leaving a programming job where you need to collaborate at a table—yikes! We are in cubes and it’s a bit maddening. Luckily I like my colleagues, but it gets hard to focus.
May goal: 70 mi
5/1 2 mi
5/2 2 mi
5/5 13.3 mi
5/8 cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/9 3 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/10 2.7 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/11 cross (12.5 mi biking with kids)
5/12 3 mi and cross (4 mi biking with kids)
5/13 cross (9.7 mi bike commute)
5/14 4 mi
5/15 2.5 mi (10.3 mi bike commute)
5/17 7 mi (9 mi bike commute)
5/18 cross (9.5 mi biking with kids)
5/19 4 mi and cross (23.25 mi biking with kids)
5/21 5 mi and cross (8.5 mi bike commute)
5/22 4 mi with hill repeats and cross (5.7 mi bike commute)
5/23 cross (7.1 mi bike commute)
5/25 10 mi
May total: 62.5 mi
2019 Races:
3/16 Kirkland Shamrock Run 5K
4/13 Mud & Chocolate 4.5 mi trail run
5/5 Vancouver BMO Half Marathon
5/12 The Color Run 5K
5/18 Your Canyon for a Day 35 mi Bike Tour, Yakima
6/16 Monroe Bubble Run 5K
7/21 Seafair Triathlon?
8/11 Lake Union 10K?2 -
Totally off topic, but I’m headed to New Zealand next month for work (flying into Auckland, conference is in Hamilton), and will have a couple days free after that. For those of you living there, does exploring Rotorua sound like a good plan? Any national parks not too far (like a few hours’ drive) that would be reasonable that time of year? Should I bring a tent? Um, tying back to make it relevant—any good places not to miss for running? Grateful for any advice..NZ feels pretty far away from the US West Coast
Hey, that’s awesome! Rotorua has some beautiful running, but finding nature is not hard in New Zealand. You’ll get gorgeous off-road running less than half an hour from Hamilton. Rotorua is great, but touristy and smells like rotten eggs (true story). It has awesome trails nearby (namely, The Redwoods which is about 5-10 minutes from town). You haven’t given your dates, but if you’re here on the 22nd June and fancy an awesome trail event, do the Double Rainbow - lots of distance options from easy to mad
https://www.lacticturkey.co.nz/doublerainbow/
Also this is on: http://activeqt.co.nz/event/rotorua-multisport/
You could also head to the Coromandel for some beautiful trail running (you may remember photos my Pinnacles run from March - that’s probably around an hour from Hamilton). Pretty beaches there too.
If you’re here in Auckland over a weekend I can certainly hook you up with a scenic trail run or two. There are two Xterra trail runs in regional Auckland in June (9th and 30th) and I plan to run the one on the 30th in Waiuku Forest as it’s awesome. https://www.trailrun.co.nz/ and the one on the 9th is probably less than two hours drive from Hamilton.
And, yes, June is officially winter down here but a North Island winter is fairly mild. Could be wet though.
Happy to provide other pointers and answer questions!4 -
juliet3455 wrote: »@Scott6255 Have they asked for any ideas/feedback from the front line staff ( you ) about the so called Development Team? I like my personal space at work , at home every where. Give me an outline of the work, give me the software and get out of my way.
@PastorVincent @rheddmobile
I don't do software development but I do a lot of equipment configuration and programming. I have 2 laptops for my work - the reason is operational efficiency. ( everyone in my unit has at least 2 Laptop's )
We all know that certain process's/upgrades require multiple steps requiring that the Programming Computer not be disconnected/interrupted. So while PC #1 is doing it's thing I can continue with other activities using the other computer. When the first computer Beeps ( volume to max ) I can then start the next step of the process's with out worrying about cross contamination error's. Strange how some CTO etc can move from Corporation to Corporation with ideas that haven't been Time Tested and Field proven.
An example of that is the No Zero's Educational Model that some school districts had adopted that are now coming back to hurt the students as standard entry test's don't lie. Imagine not handing in any work, not writing test's and still getting a passing mark. Once in University/College/tech schools you can quickly see who has done the work and who hasn't. Some Canadian Universities were even starting to place certain School Districts/Schools on a Admission review list because students coming out of them were getting Uni Exam marks significantly below the average and had higher drop out/failure rates.
On the programming discussion - when I was a programmer I had my own office and could close the door and work in peace without interruption. I could not have worked in a shared space like that. Cubicles were bad enough! The company I worked for before I retired (IT Sales support not programming) built a brand new building in Dallas with no offices, even for the executives, just big open spaces with shared tables. There were a few conference rooms of varying sizes but they were rarely available. We lived and breathed on conference calls so it was really a mess all the calls bleeding into one another and just so much noise. Also it had no ceiling, just open piping and the floors were mostly cement so the sound reverberated terribly.
@Juliet3455 - when I was in HS I had a calculus teacher who felt we didn't need to learn to derive things, that was what the CRC Math Tables were for. When I got to college one of the 1st things they wanted us to do was derive all parts of an equation...I spent an entire semester (and the summer) nearly failing the courses for my degree while I tried to learn what I had missed. Fortunately I met a great tutor who later became my husband and I was able to graduate with honors so it did work out but just as easily could have been the end of my degree program.
No run for me for a while because of the agility trial but got lots of course runs in with the pup and around 15k steps in each day.
That is another thing... I work with two laptops and an iPad. The primary laptop has three screens. At that company where they now all sit around a table and share computers... no extra monitors. There is no space for them. No extra devices either.
It really is like Dante designed the office place.1 -
5-1 injury idle
5-2 rest
5-3 injury idle
5-4 injury idle
5-5 injury idle
5-6 rest
5-7 3.5k slow
5-8 7.5k slow
5-9 rest
5-10 7k easy
5-11 11k slow
5-12 7k recovery
5-13 rest
5-14 7k threshold
5-15 7k recovery
5-16 rest
5-17 7k easy
5-18 11k slow
5-19 7k easy
5-20 rest
5-21 7k easy
5-22 7k threshold
5-23 rest
5-24 7k easy
5-25 7k slow
5-26 rest
May Total: 103k
May Goal: 100k
January Total: 131k
February Total: 159.5k
March Total: 183k
April Total: 126k
Monthly average: 149.875k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen
Taking an unscheduled rest day today. Right hip decided it wanted to hurt some more again. Will do Monday and Tuesday runs instead of taking Monday as a rest day.
2019 Races:
4-13 Shine the Light 5K - 31:12 chip time; First Place male 65 and older
6-1 Freedom 5K (Will be off the schedule due to another commitment)
6-30 Strides for Starfish 5K4 -
Today I got to run 3.87 miles. I’d planned a longer run but found myself actually afraid that I wouldn’t be able to do it, so I decided on a shorter route I felt confident in. Turns out running can be a bit of a head trip sometimes. Once I was out there I felt pretty good. I’m still feeling a little creaky, and I ended up taking a short walking break about once per mile, but I finished the distance feeling good, and that’s what matters.
I won't be hitting even my revised goal for the month, but I'm really hoping to ease back into a regular routine. Next week I'll add one running day for ten miles, a big jump from the last few weeks but hopefully not too much. The following week I'll add a fourth running day and bump up the mileage to 13.5 miles, another somewhat large jump, but one that will put me on track for my 10-miler at the end of June with only 5-10% weekly increases.
5/1 Ran 2.31 miles, strength class
5/2 Rest
5/3 Ran 2.31 miles, strength class
5/4: Rest (hip and knee pain)
5/5: Rest
5/6: Strength class
5/7: Rest
5/8: Rest (hip and knee still hurting)
5/9: Rest
5/10: Strength class, PT appointment
5/11-5/15: Sick, occasional knee pain
5/16: Still a little sick, but no knee pain!
5/17: Ran 1.34 miles!!!
5/18: Rest
5/19: Ran 3.25 miles at Women Run the Cities 5K
5/20: Strength class
5/21: Rest
5/22: Ran 1.74 miles, strength class
5/23: Rest
5/24: Rest
5/25: Rest
5/26: Ran 3.87 miles
May Total: 14.82 miles
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juliet3455 wrote: »@Scott6255 Have they asked for any ideas/feedback from the front line staff ( you ) about the so called Development Team? I like my personal space at work , at home every where. Give me an outline of the work, give me the software and get out of my way.
I haven't met any of the others on the team yet. And I really don't have any idea what the working environment will be, other than having to work on-site and in cubes. I am sure it is only 1 person/laptop (they are issuing me the laptop).
It is a pretty unique situation...this is a company that has been a customer of ours for 17 years. But this is a different division entirely. I am still working my old job, but for 30 hours a week I have to go to the new place to work. In my 'spare' time I have to do my real job. My boss is kind of "pimping me out" (no offense) to this other company. So basically doing two jobs for the price of one 🙄
@AlphaHowls I'm sure you are the topic of discussion more times than you think, because you are such an inspiration to so many.4 -
@scott6255 - my company would do that too! Send our people in to help a client 'fix' their issues. Sometimes they weren't even a client yet and they would get our help for free (sometimes for months) with 'no strings attached'. I am sure our management hoped it would sway their decision to sign with us but often it made no difference and they went with another company.0
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3.4 miles today. Trying to get back in the swing but in it's hot in Bama!5
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runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »runnermom419 wrote: »I'm in for the same goals as last month:
Goal # 1 - 100 miles
Goal # 2 - 110 miles
I have the following races this month:
Wisconsin Half Marathon on May 4
Twilight 10K May 25
Run Madtown Half May 26
May 1 - 3 miles
May 2 - 3 miles
6 miles total for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 94 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 104 miles
May 4 - 13.1 miles
19.1 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 80.90 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 90.90 miles
Ran Wisconsin Half Marathon yesterday and PR'd by over 2 minutes. Two HUGE PR's for me in 2 weeks. Old time was 2:04:02 and time yesterday was 2:01:53. And considering before April 20, I hadn't PR'd anything in 4 years. THIS IS MY YEAR!!!
Thank you to everyone who passed along congrats! I really feel great off that PR.
May 6 - 5.13 miles
24.23 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 75.77 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 85.77 miles
May 8 - 3.22 miles
27.45 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 72.55 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 82.55 miles
Well, I did a thing this week. I signed up officially for Marathon #3 this fall (September 22 to be exact). Oops.
May 9 - 5 miles
32.45 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 67.55 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 77.55 miles
May 10 - 6 miles
38.45 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 61.55 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 71.55 miles
May 12 - 1 stupid mile
I did Tabata on Saturday and that just about killed me. I haven't taken a ton of time off since the half last week, so it finally caught up to me.
39.45 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 60.55 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 70.55 miles
Felt like myself today...
May 14- 6 miles
45.45 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 54.55 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 64.55 miles
At this rate, I'll barely get 100 miles this month. It's like I PR'd my half and lost a bunch of motivation. UGH.
May 15 - 3.34 miles of speedwork
48.79 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 51.21 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 61.21 miles
May 17 - 4.21 miles
May 18 - 10 miles
63 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 37 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 47 miles
May 19 - 5 miles - Oh boy, that one hurt in the beginning, but found a good stride and was happy overall.
68 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 32 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 42 miles
May 21 - 5 miles - Keeping the mileage a bit lower this week. Running a 10K Saturday and a Half on Sunday.
73 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 27 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 37 miles
May 23 - final run before this weekend's fun. 6 miles
79 miles for May
Miles until Goal # 1 - 21 miles
Miles until Goal # 2 - 31 miles
May 25 - Twilight 10K. This one is always for fun and me and hubby had a blast. 6.2 miles
May 26 - Run Madtown Half Marathon. Another one just for fun. Ran with hubby and the 2:30 pace group. 13.1 miles
98.3 miles for May
Miles until goal #1 - 1.7 miles
Miles until goal #2 - 11.7 miles8 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »A lady I sometimes run (part of) my Saturday run with: She stated she went to a retirement party for her husband's co-worker. She stated, "guess what the topic was that evening?" I said, "Trump." She laughed and stated, "no, it was you!" She explained that I was the topic, not by name, but by "that woman that runs all the time."
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So TRUE STORY:
The day before the Pittsburgh Marathon is a 5k. You might remember this one as being the one race I run a year with my wife the entire way. I run roughly 50% faster than her so most of the time I run the race, finish, come back, find her and finish again. But not this race. This race I run the whole thing with her.
Well anyways that has nothing to do with the story other than to place it on the calendar. Well, it was right after the 5k. Keep in mind there are 40,000 RUNNERS in town for the Pittsburg race weekend. Well, Kristi, a friend, and I are walking back to the parking garage after the 5k and someone calls out: "Check it out! That is VINCENT the most famous runner in Pittsburgh."
I look at the voice and some guy is pointing me out to his daughter (or at least a little girl that was with him).
I was like "Uh, hi," waved and moved on out of there.
I have never seen that person before or since. Not that I got a good look before I...
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PastorVincent wrote: »AlphaHowls wrote: »A lady I sometimes run (part of) my Saturday run with: She stated she went to a retirement party for her husband's co-worker. She stated, "guess what the topic was that evening?" I said, "Trump." She laughed and stated, "no, it was you!" She explained that I was the topic, not by name, but by "that woman that runs all the time."
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So TRUE STORY:
The day before the Pittsburgh Marathon is a 5k. You might remember this one as being the one race I run a year with my wife the entire way. I run roughly 50% faster than her so most of the time I run the race, finish, come back, find her and finish again. But not this race. This race I run the whole thing with her.
Well anyways that has nothing to do with the story other than to place it on the calendar. Well, it was right after the 5k. Keep in mind there are 40,000 RUNNERS in town for the Pittsburg race weekend. Well, Kristi, a friend, and I are walking back to the parking garage after the 5k and someone calls out: "Check it out! That is VINCENT the most famous runner in Pittsburgh."
I look at the voice and some guy is pointing me out to his daughter (or at least a little girl that was with him).
I was like "Uh, hi," waved and moved on out of there.
I have never seen that person before or since. Not that I got a good look before I...
You are a famous runner! Congratulations on "arriving."3 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »AlphaHowls wrote: »A lady I sometimes run (part of) my Saturday run with: She stated she went to a retirement party for her husband's co-worker. She stated, "guess what the topic was that evening?" I said, "Trump." She laughed and stated, "no, it was you!" She explained that I was the topic, not by name, but by "that woman that runs all the time."
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So TRUE STORY:
The day before the Pittsburgh Marathon is a 5k. You might remember this one as being the one race I run a year with my wife the entire way. I run roughly 50% faster than her so most of the time I run the race, finish, come back, find her and finish again. But not this race. This race I run the whole thing with her.
Well anyways that has nothing to do with the story other than to place it on the calendar. Well, it was right after the 5k. Keep in mind there are 40,000 RUNNERS in town for the Pittsburg race weekend. Well, Kristi, a friend, and I are walking back to the parking garage after the 5k and someone calls out: "Check it out! That is VINCENT the most famous runner in Pittsburgh."
I look at the voice and some guy is pointing me out to his daughter (or at least a little girl that was with him).
I was like "Uh, hi," waved and moved on out of there.
I have never seen that person before or since. Not that I got a good look before I...
You are a famous runner! Congratulations on "arriving."
Well now that I have "arrived"... where is the exit?2 -
PastorVincent wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »AlphaHowls wrote: »A lady I sometimes run (part of) my Saturday run with: She stated she went to a retirement party for her husband's co-worker. She stated, "guess what the topic was that evening?" I said, "Trump." She laughed and stated, "no, it was you!" She explained that I was the topic, not by name, but by "that woman that runs all the time."
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So TRUE STORY:
The day before the Pittsburgh Marathon is a 5k. You might remember this one as being the one race I run a year with my wife the entire way. I run roughly 50% faster than her so most of the time I run the race, finish, come back, find her and finish again. But not this race. This race I run the whole thing with her.
Well anyways that has nothing to do with the story other than to place it on the calendar. Well, it was right after the 5k. Keep in mind there are 40,000 RUNNERS in town for the Pittsburg race weekend. Well, Kristi, a friend, and I are walking back to the parking garage after the 5k and someone calls out: "Check it out! That is VINCENT the most famous runner in Pittsburgh."
I look at the voice and some guy is pointing me out to his daughter (or at least a little girl that was with him).
I was like "Uh, hi," waved and moved on out of there.
I have never seen that person before or since. Not that I got a good look before I...
You are a famous runner! Congratulations on "arriving."
Well now that I have "arrived"... where is the exit?
Haha! We have a few local runners that are "famous". Maybe it's just that, to a local group maybe kids CC groups, a few take notice.
We lived in a very small town, 3,000, when the kids were little. I remember one of them asking if we were famous. I said no, why? They cited that everyone waved at us. Haha! Ya I think they are being friendly. Kids. So ya know, someone took notice and was being friendly.2 -
Two programmers to a computer . . .
This is one of the things that would make me want to ask upper management, "If you're so rich, why aren't you smart?"
It's also an example of karma in action. The very people who are smart, motivated, organized, and productive will be the ones who are in a position to say, "good-bye." But they'll be able to keep the people who can't organized their lives well enough to stop living paycheck to paycheck, no matter how big the salary is.4 -
May Running Totals (miles)
5/1 – injury rehab
5/2 – injury rehab
5/3 – injury rehab
5/4 – injury rehab
5/5 – injury rehab
5/6 – injury rehab
5/7 – injury rehab
5/8 – injury rehab
5/9 – injury rehab
5/10 – injury rehab
5/11 – injury rehab
5/12 – injury rehab
5/13 – injury rehab
5/14 – injury rehab
5/15 – injury rehab
5/16 – injury rehab
5/17 – injury rehab
5/18 – injury rehab
5/19 – injury rehab
5/20 – injury rehab
5/21 – injury rehab
5/22 – injury rehab
5/23 – injury rehab
5/24 – 3.09 run/walk intervals
5/25 – 3.41 run/walk intervals
5/26 – 4.25 easy (by pace)
May running total to date – 10.75
Nominal May mileage goal: more than zero
Real Goals: Recover from stress fracture without making it worse.
Today's notes – The foot felt better today than yesterday. Went out for an easy 3, thought about how sedentary I'd been in the morning, and decided to try an easy 4 with 3 small hills. Actually had to pay more attention to my quads than my foot, which is good. Held a nice easy pace, averaging 7:49 per mile; but my HR was rather more elevated than I would expect at that pace.
Oh, well. Some loss of cardio conditioning is to be expected when I take two months off from running. And it was warm, at 80° F (27°C). A bit humid, but not like the humidity we'll see later this summer.
First time back that I've done my full set of post-run stretches. My quads informed me that stretching was a Really Good Idea. Okay, it's feeling like training again. Rest day tomorrow. Time to get back on a training schedule.
2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) finished in 50:55
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:48
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY) finished in 33:10
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) 4.9 miles, finished in 32:28
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL) finished in 32:53
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 55:55
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:34
March 16, 2019 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K) (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 32:02
March 17, 2019 Shamrock Half Marathon (Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 1:34:21
April 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA) DNS - injury
April 28, 2019 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble) (Dedham, MA) canceled registration - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 19, 2019 Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
May 25, 2019 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 7, 2019 Charlie McMullen Mile (Pittsford, NY)
June 16, 2019 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY)
June 29, 2019 A Country Mile at Ganondagan (5-ish mile trail) (Victor, NY)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)
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PastorVincent wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »AlphaHowls wrote: »A lady I sometimes run (part of) my Saturday run with: She stated she went to a retirement party for her husband's co-worker. She stated, "guess what the topic was that evening?" I said, "Trump." She laughed and stated, "no, it was you!" She explained that I was the topic, not by name, but by "that woman that runs all the time."
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So TRUE STORY:
The day before the Pittsburgh Marathon is a 5k. You might remember this one as being the one race I run a year with my wife the entire way. I run roughly 50% faster than her so most of the time I run the race, finish, come back, find her and finish again. But not this race. This race I run the whole thing with her.
Well anyways that has nothing to do with the story other than to place it on the calendar. Well, it was right after the 5k. Keep in mind there are 40,000 RUNNERS in town for the Pittsburg race weekend. Well, Kristi, a friend, and I are walking back to the parking garage after the 5k and someone calls out: "Check it out! That is VINCENT the most famous runner in Pittsburgh."
I look at the voice and some guy is pointing me out to his daughter (or at least a little girl that was with him).
I was like "Uh, hi," waved and moved on out of there.
I have never seen that person before or since. Not that I got a good look before I...
You are a famous runner! Congratulations on "arriving."
Well now that I have "arrived"... where is the exit?
Haha! We have a few local runners that are "famous". Maybe it's just that, to a local group maybe kids CC groups, a few take notice.
We lived in a very small town, 3,000, when the kids were little. I remember one of them asking if we were famous. I said no, why? They cited that everyone waved at us. Haha! Ya I think they are being friendly. Kids. So ya know, someone took notice and was being friendly.
There is no escape er... exit.
I live in a town of 5,500 and I get the "I see you running a lot" all the time too. Friday, it was the optometrist. Was talking about diabetes control since that is important for eye health. He asked if I exercise, I just said "yes." He paused a bit, then said, "Yea, I see you running a lot." I then listed the races I did last month and this month and he was quite surprised.5 -
That's our Jessica, tearing it up doing 50k in Calgary.
Ultra 61/134 5:07:45 1063 MCBRIDE, Jessica Edson, AB F2029 17/45 2/5 5:07:2111
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