October 19 2014

Toronto Waterfront Marathon, my second full... 3:44:32, 5 minutes PR!!
I ran the first half in 1:51:56 and the second half in 1:52:37. I felt strong the whole way. Pretty happy about it

Despite some advice to pass on this one, I finished my 3rd half marathon yesterday. I had done the same course last year undertrained because of an ankle sprain and it was miserable. As luck would have it, I sprained my ankle again this year and I lost 5 weeks of training, but with a much stronger base before the sprain this time, I felt I could handle it. The most important decision I made was pacing, I re-adjusted my time goal, re-adjusted my attitude to be ok if I couldn't hold the pace, and just went out there to have a good time and finish. And I had a BLAST! It was so much better than last year. I actually shaved 9 minutes off my time from last year. I didn't meet my new goal (I missed it by less than a minute) but I was only about 9 minutes off my original goal before my injury. The best part was how much fun I had--glad I didn't miss it!! AthHalf- 2:38:24 PR

Ran the Detroit Freep International Marathon on Sunday...5:07:16. Major PR for me Still super excited!

Ran the Myrtle Beach Mini-Marathon (HM) on 10/19 and the Coastal 5K on 10/18. Finished the 5K in 26:09 at a relatively easy pace
Finished the HM in 2:01:33.

Flat courses, but very crowded on the first 2 miles of the HM. I lost more than 2 minutes in the first mile because the roadway was so packed. Once I broke free, I was able to sustain about a 9:00/mile. Wanted to complete in 1:59:59, but it was also the last longish training run 2 weeks before my next marathon so I didn't want to burn-out my legs just to break the 2-hour mark. There will be another day for that.

Weather was cool. A little breezy for the HM but not excessively so.

I don't usually post my results if they aren't an "official" pr, but i ran my fastest 5k with the jogging stroller today 27:05, and for the first time ever (haven't done this without the stroller yet) i posted a sub-8 mile. 7:54. I do have a slight regret that I didn't run this race solo like originally planned, I think i would have gone sub-26. Still happy with my effort though.

Lake Hodges Trailfest 50K: 4:09:48. 6th Overall, 1st Age Group, new 50K PR by almost 10 minutes.

Saturday, 25-October-2014, Spinx RunFest, Greenville, SC, Run Town USA Half-Marathon

I set the goal of 1:40 for the race, which would have been a PR. I ran a 1:42 in Athens earlier in the year and had trained all summer. The RTUSA Half is a tough course, rolling down hill for the first half and climbing the second half, so I was a bit nervous.

During the race, every time I glanced at the Garmin, it was much slower than the pace I needed. Half way point was in the 49:30 range, knowing that the hills were coming I was again nervous. I decided at that point to just ignore the Garmin and run. Finish line approaching and I felt damn good. Finish line approaching and I see the official clock reading 1:37 and change...high gear (our at least what I could muster), and I crossed as the clock ticked over to 1:38.

Crushed my PR by 3+ minutes. Finished 58 overall, 52 of 515 men, 15th in my age group. I'll take it.

First half marathon.

1:29:13

Had to cancel a couple ultras so I ran this local race instead. I was pretty happy with the results considering I've never raced that distance.

Dublin city marathon- 4.46. Finish line not finish time..but already looking foward to next year hopefully do another one. Just one though

Richard Burton 10k. Was hoping for my first sub 55min (PB stood at 56:17) but wasn't sure if it was doable on an undulating course with a twinging calf & thigh. I have no idea where it came from but blasted it and finished in 52:03 (my watch, still waiting for the official results)