Refreshed in Tennessee!
Good evening from the Volunteer State! I'm in Jackson, Tennessee for the NAIA Women's Division I national basketball tournament to see the No. 1-ranked Houston Baptist Huskies try to win its 1st national championship in six seasons of hoop action.
I left Houston early Tuesday evening at 7:45 p.m., drove straight through and arrived in Jackson at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday morning. HBU won its first game at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon with a 64-49 decision over the No. 8 seed, Indiana University-South Bend.
And up until this evening, Thursday, March 17th, I hadn't run except a little in and out of the hotel, gymnasium, restaurant or places like that. So I took four days off without running at all! It may have been what I needed!
I ran for just under 53 minutes (52:48.34), covering an unknown amount of distance; however, I can tell you that Jackson is a lot like Huntsville, Texas. Hilly! Which was good for me. There were a couple of long inclines and some hills to charge up. I ran until I saw a little over 26 minutes on the watch, found a convenient place to turn around and came back. So there might have been a chance that I did the return distance in a little less time than going out, which would be a rarity. However, my legs felt good. I ran strong up the hills this evening and the only time that I walked was to move from the street to the median (and that was less than 35 steps).
If I had been staying in Memphis tomorrow night like I had originally planned, I might have done a 5K there before driving back Saturday afternoon and evening after HBU's 2 p.m. contest. But I may just run another 5-6 miles tomorrow night and then be ready to do the Seabrook Lucky Trails Half Marathon on Sunday!
There is a slight chance that if HBU wins on Friday and Saturday, making the national semifinal game on Monday, that I will just stay here, find a place to run and blow off the first race ever that I had already paid for. We'll just see how things go! No pressure!
And, no, I didn't sing "Rocky Top" while making my run from 10:45 p.m. to 11:40 p.m.!
I left Houston early Tuesday evening at 7:45 p.m., drove straight through and arrived in Jackson at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday morning. HBU won its first game at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon with a 64-49 decision over the No. 8 seed, Indiana University-South Bend.
And up until this evening, Thursday, March 17th, I hadn't run except a little in and out of the hotel, gymnasium, restaurant or places like that. So I took four days off without running at all! It may have been what I needed!
I ran for just under 53 minutes (52:48.34), covering an unknown amount of distance; however, I can tell you that Jackson is a lot like Huntsville, Texas. Hilly! Which was good for me. There were a couple of long inclines and some hills to charge up. I ran until I saw a little over 26 minutes on the watch, found a convenient place to turn around and came back. So there might have been a chance that I did the return distance in a little less time than going out, which would be a rarity. However, my legs felt good. I ran strong up the hills this evening and the only time that I walked was to move from the street to the median (and that was less than 35 steps).
If I had been staying in Memphis tomorrow night like I had originally planned, I might have done a 5K there before driving back Saturday afternoon and evening after HBU's 2 p.m. contest. But I may just run another 5-6 miles tomorrow night and then be ready to do the Seabrook Lucky Trails Half Marathon on Sunday!
There is a slight chance that if HBU wins on Friday and Saturday, making the national semifinal game on Monday, that I will just stay here, find a place to run and blow off the first race ever that I had already paid for. We'll just see how things go! No pressure!
And, no, I didn't sing "Rocky Top" while making my run from 10:45 p.m. to 11:40 p.m.!
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:55 PM
5 Comments:
Glad to hear you're feeling better about running! Sometimes a break is all we need. :)
YAY JON!!! So happy that you took a few days off and got back out there. Sounds like you needed a break and perhaps blowing off a race will be a good thing too :) Keep truckin'
i see that HBU won again today and made it to the semifinals. why are you there to watch NAIA ball? I taught HBU's Dominique Thomas in high school. She went to Angleton.
I'm very good friends with HBU head coach Shane Brown. Dominique is a great kid! However, today, she struggled defensively (as a redshirt freshman) against a very good senior guard from Georgetown (Kentucky). And NAIA ball isn't bad basketball!
if you get the chance tell Dominique her high school journalism teacher is keeping up with her and good luck in the next two games. she's a great kid.
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