Jon | April 19, 2009
One of these is false:
1) I beat my 5K PR, taking 3rd in my age group
2) My running buddy beat her PR, taking 3rd in her age group
3) They had gooey chocolate cupcakes with thick fudge frosting at the end of the race
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Sadly, there were no cupcakes. :(
Fortunately, the running was very good. :)
We had [...]
Jon | April 18, 2009
Today is another 5K. I’m going to try and beat my old PR once again. I’ve done my speed work. I’ve lost some weight. I didn’t get the sleep I needed this week. :( We’ll see how it goes.
The weather forecast say 55 F by race time, which is bumming me out because all my [...]
Jon | March 13, 2009
See that gauntlet lying on the ground? Does that have my name on it? Should I be picking that up?
Not sure.
A friend of mine, whom I have run and raced with before, says he is planning on running a half marathon in May. Good for him, I say, because he has just started running recently [...]
Jon | March 8, 2009
I ran in the Celebrate Life Half Marathon this morning. Let me tell you, there are hills. Even though they give you the elevation profile (and it looks kinda flat), without comprehending the scale of the image and without actually being there, you really don’t grasp the amount of hills in this race.
That first big [...]
Jon | February 9, 2009
I ran the Polar Cap 4 Mile race in Lake George on Saturday with a couple running friends. Incredibly warm day. It was kinda windy too, but we had some sun and it was about 20F at the start of the race. And the start of the race itself, was a bit informal. I never [...]
Jon | January 18, 2009
I ran in my first snowshow race today. We had marvelously balmy temps (20F), which was such a welcome change from the single digits we’ve been seeing for weeks. We also got about 4 inches of fresh snow last night.
I used my Dad’s polycarbonate snowshoes, which are a bit heavier than most modern ones, but [...]
Jon | December 28, 2008
Tonight I ran in the Winterfest 5K here in Albany. I think this was my first evening race. In a way, it felt very natural since nearly every run I’ve done in the past two months has been in the dark, and at the end of the day.
I was shooting to beat my 5K PR, [...]
Jon | November 28, 2008
The race was so-so. I didn’t crash and burn and I beat my 10K PR by 14 seconds (chip time). Not too bad considering my training has been so light (and thank goodness for flat courses).
The 10K was as 10:30 am (awkard start time!) right after the 5K which was at 9:30. We actually had [...]
Jon | October 25, 2008
I ran in the Saratoga Bridges Great Pumpkin Challenge 10K today. Rainy and cold, and I kicked ass. No, really.
I met up with some running friends (yes, I now have some in real life!) for the 10K. My running partner and I have run the course a couple times in training runs, so we knew [...]
Jon | September 27, 2008
Egads, I’ve totally fallen apart about posting. Missing chocolate friday for eternity.
Ok, I went running today. I squeezed out 6.11 miles in 50:40 (8:18 pace), which would have been a 10K PR if I had run another .1 miles, even at a 10 minute pace. My one and only 10K was less than a minute [...]
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