Jackson Hill and the Elliptical Trainer
It is great to be home for a week and to get in a run or two with the local troops (i.e. members of the Houston Striders.) I made the drive - a little hurried to get there at 7 p.m. - to Memorial Park to meet at the normal Wednesday night Power In Motion (PIM) meeting location.
One group headed out to do the Memorial Park Loop one time while another group of 10 or so did the Jackson Hill Route (which I measured with the pedometer on sueandpaul.com). It was 2.15 miles there and, with an adjustment or two on the way back (turned on Feagan - or the street in between it and Blossom - instead of Blossom), it was 2.19 miles coming back.
Out - 21:40.72 (2.15 miles) - 10:05/pace
Back - 25:37.46 (2.19 miles) - 11:42/pace (ugh!)
I ran the entire way with Tim Wesneski, who joined the Striders back in April (May 2005 Stridelines). Nice guy and somebody that runs on Wednesday evening that runs at my pace!
I am completely convinced that is a morning/night thing for me as well as being able to put it together on most race days. How else can you explain running a 29:22 5K two Saturdays ago and these times/paces? I certainly can't!
After shooting the breeze with Megan Clark-Dillingham, Steve Shepard, Carlos Camacho, Bryon Evenson, HoJin Lim, Lee Greb and Charlie Rodriguez (who showed up at about 8:35 pm to get in a run at Memorial Park), I headed north all the way to the Bally's in The Woodlands to get in 2.85 miles in 35 minutes on the elliptical trainer (random, level 16, no hands on the sticks).
Being home during the week, I also got to see Striders such as Pam Paling, Lisa Ruthven, Frank Halter, Loren and Judith Neufeld. (All 5 of which did the "Love The Half" Texas Half Marathon Challenge.)
One group headed out to do the Memorial Park Loop one time while another group of 10 or so did the Jackson Hill Route (which I measured with the pedometer on sueandpaul.com). It was 2.15 miles there and, with an adjustment or two on the way back (turned on Feagan - or the street in between it and Blossom - instead of Blossom), it was 2.19 miles coming back.
Out - 21:40.72 (2.15 miles) - 10:05/pace
Back - 25:37.46 (2.19 miles) - 11:42/pace (ugh!)
I ran the entire way with Tim Wesneski, who joined the Striders back in April (May 2005 Stridelines). Nice guy and somebody that runs on Wednesday evening that runs at my pace!
I am completely convinced that is a morning/night thing for me as well as being able to put it together on most race days. How else can you explain running a 29:22 5K two Saturdays ago and these times/paces? I certainly can't!
After shooting the breeze with Megan Clark-Dillingham, Steve Shepard, Carlos Camacho, Bryon Evenson, HoJin Lim, Lee Greb and Charlie Rodriguez (who showed up at about 8:35 pm to get in a run at Memorial Park), I headed north all the way to the Bally's in The Woodlands to get in 2.85 miles in 35 minutes on the elliptical trainer (random, level 16, no hands on the sticks).
Being home during the week, I also got to see Striders such as Pam Paling, Lisa Ruthven, Frank Halter, Loren and Judith Neufeld. (All 5 of which did the "Love The Half" Texas Half Marathon Challenge.)
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:59 PM
5 Comments:
Jon, if you can, please TinyURL those running routes and link to it in your blog. I'd love more to have some more routs to run this Spring. Thanks for the great report.
Jon,
Glad you could make it out, there's always something cooking in Strider Nation!
Geoff Guenther's tool on the HARRA web site (the best there is, IMHO) says 2.34 miles from the PIM table to the Jackson Hill water fountain. I've measured the route several times over the years and log it as 2 1/4 miles.
Steve
Steve,
The last time I ran that, I've heard you religiously say 4.5 round trip. If so, then my pace out was under 10 minutes/mile which is really how I felt (not quite at close-to-PR 5K pace, but almost).
Jon
dang!!
the one time i dont do PIM this summer-you show up! come out next wedsnesday, i'll be there for sure! (I needed a recovery day because of my knee).
-Jessica
Jennifer,
Unfortunately, I'll be in Atlanta next week and Bloomington, Indiana the following. Being at home now during the week is a rarity.
But I'm happy that I'm busy with the company that I joined in April as opposed to the consulting firm that I was with before.
Jon
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