Fired Up 5K Race Report
The races on back-to-back-to-back days experiment is over and the results proved one thing: That I was running on tired legs this morning. (However, I think it was more due to the fact that I had a hard 2-hour workout at the gym Friday night followed by a 10K on Saturday. Then followed it up with a lot of humidity this morning.)
When I get down to talking about particular individuals, I actually finished comparatively still about right where I should have.
The official results show a chip time in today's Fired Up 5K in Sugar Land of 30:42.3. (The gun time was 31:03.6.) My stopwatch though had: 30:47.84. Which means that I started my watch 5 seconds too soon. Not sure how I can do that.
Some days you have it. Others you don't. Today was a "don't" day BUT I had a lot of fun, as always. I had Waverly there with me and I got to see two of my better female friends for the first time in awhile: Whitney La Rocca, 28, of Katy and Becky Stevens, 43, of Houston. They both kicked my behind today. Whitney ran in 28:57.4 and Becky turned in a nice time of 27:46.7 (9th in her age group).
My splits with the 30:47.84 time are as follows:
Mile 1 - 9:15.88 (This was my first warning that it was going to be tough. I was hoping for a sub 9.)
Mile 2 - 10:12.23 (Slowest mile 2 since 6/25/05)
Last 1.1 - 11:20.73 (Slowest last 1.1 since 7/9/05. I'll take the 5.54 difference off here!)
Not really much to report on my running in this one. My legs felt heavy, particularly my thighs. Whereas I had run the last three (3) events completely without stopping other than for water, I had to stop twice other than to take on water.
The Striders' running coach Steve Shepard reported that 39 club members raced on Monday with 17 taking home hardware. Pretty impressive. (And looking through the race results on the Yahoo list there are lots of new names and people to meet!)
Long-time Masters runner, Joe Melanson of Orange, ran extremely strong in winning by defeating Strider Eric Glaves by 42 seconds. Melanson won with a time of 17:19.3. (Interestingly enough, the difference between Melanson's chip and gun time - and he was at the beginning - is 4.9 seconds. RunWild Timing was the timing company for this race.)
The women's division was won by Humble's Zoey Beckner in a time of 19:08.1 which is better than the four (4) races this spring/summer where she posted times of 20:08 (Heights 5K), 20:38 (Pilot Club of Columbus 5K), 20:28 (Chuy's Hot to Trot 5K) and 20:24.6 (Astros Race for the Pennant 5K).
The master's divisions were won by Bayou City Road Runners' Mike Crowley and Bonnie Jo Barron in 18:08.9 and 20:42.3, respectively.
The most notable performance of the day belonged to The Woodlands' (and Strider) Pam Paling who reeled in a PR! of 25:26.3. (Pam is a co-director with Lisa Ruthven of HARRA's Power in Motion program that begins this Wednesday night.)
The women's 50-54 female division was tough today as Eva Luckey (HMSA) edged Yong Collins (Strider) by less than 4 seconds. Houston Harriers' Billie-Kay Melanson of Orange and Striders Julie Rutledge and Patti Sears rounded out a very competitive top 5 in that age division.
Here are other times of people that I know or know of and some of my comments (unsolicited, of course):
Cantu, Ino - 22:58.1 (1st in 70+M. Sat near him at HARRA Summer Celebration. Incredible at 71.)
Chambers, Barry - 22:02.0 (1st in 60-64M. Strider and an all-around good guy.)
Connelly, Jackie - 20:52.3 (1st in 40-44F. Strider.)
Ekern, Anne - 20:21.6 (1st in 35-39F. Houston Harriers member who was a recent winner at RTW.)
Emerick, Shay - 19:43.9 (1st in 30-34F. Good young strong runner.)
Evenson, Bryon - 25:42.1 (Good guy, and Strider, who is getting himself back into running shape)
Greb, Lee - 23:34.7 (9th in 50-54M. PIM coach from Fall '04)
Guenther, Rachel - 20:29 (1st in 25-29F. Strider. Chip time equivalent to 11/12/04 Cancer Survivors 5K)
Haldorsen, Helge - 22:30.7 (5th in 50-54M. Houston Harriers member who has run a few times at RTW.)
Halter, Frank - 23:14.4 (8th in 50-54M. Nice time by Strider and The Woodlands resident.)
Lim, Hojin - 22:34.1 (3rd in 35-39M while pacing! Strider who coached our PIM group a little last fall.)
Moss, Avi - 18:47.2 (3rd in 40-44M. Bayou City Road Runner who regularly reads this blog)
Pulsipher, Dalton - 23:07.0 (5th in 25-29M. Consistently now under 24 minutes.)
Shepard, Steve - 22:43.2 (6th in 50-54M, but was pacing!)
Terc, Miriam - 22:47 (2nd in 45-49F. Strider who posted a PR!)
Wollangk, Sandy - 32:32.2 (4th in 55-59F. Strider president who in the past has been a little in front of me.)
Next up: Klein HS Bearkat Bash 10K. Goal? Closer to 1:00 than to 1:04 from Saturday.
When I get down to talking about particular individuals, I actually finished comparatively still about right where I should have.
The official results show a chip time in today's Fired Up 5K in Sugar Land of 30:42.3. (The gun time was 31:03.6.) My stopwatch though had: 30:47.84. Which means that I started my watch 5 seconds too soon. Not sure how I can do that.
Some days you have it. Others you don't. Today was a "don't" day BUT I had a lot of fun, as always. I had Waverly there with me and I got to see two of my better female friends for the first time in awhile: Whitney La Rocca, 28, of Katy and Becky Stevens, 43, of Houston. They both kicked my behind today. Whitney ran in 28:57.4 and Becky turned in a nice time of 27:46.7 (9th in her age group).
My splits with the 30:47.84 time are as follows:
Mile 1 - 9:15.88 (This was my first warning that it was going to be tough. I was hoping for a sub 9.)
Mile 2 - 10:12.23 (Slowest mile 2 since 6/25/05)
Last 1.1 - 11:20.73 (Slowest last 1.1 since 7/9/05. I'll take the 5.54 difference off here!)
Not really much to report on my running in this one. My legs felt heavy, particularly my thighs. Whereas I had run the last three (3) events completely without stopping other than for water, I had to stop twice other than to take on water.
The Striders' running coach Steve Shepard reported that 39 club members raced on Monday with 17 taking home hardware. Pretty impressive. (And looking through the race results on the Yahoo list there are lots of new names and people to meet!)
Long-time Masters runner, Joe Melanson of Orange, ran extremely strong in winning by defeating Strider Eric Glaves by 42 seconds. Melanson won with a time of 17:19.3. (Interestingly enough, the difference between Melanson's chip and gun time - and he was at the beginning - is 4.9 seconds. RunWild Timing was the timing company for this race.)
The women's division was won by Humble's Zoey Beckner in a time of 19:08.1 which is better than the four (4) races this spring/summer where she posted times of 20:08 (Heights 5K), 20:38 (Pilot Club of Columbus 5K), 20:28 (Chuy's Hot to Trot 5K) and 20:24.6 (Astros Race for the Pennant 5K).
The master's divisions were won by Bayou City Road Runners' Mike Crowley and Bonnie Jo Barron in 18:08.9 and 20:42.3, respectively.
The most notable performance of the day belonged to The Woodlands' (and Strider) Pam Paling who reeled in a PR! of 25:26.3. (Pam is a co-director with Lisa Ruthven of HARRA's Power in Motion program that begins this Wednesday night.)
The women's 50-54 female division was tough today as Eva Luckey (HMSA) edged Yong Collins (Strider) by less than 4 seconds. Houston Harriers' Billie-Kay Melanson of Orange and Striders Julie Rutledge and Patti Sears rounded out a very competitive top 5 in that age division.
Here are other times of people that I know or know of and some of my comments (unsolicited, of course):
Cantu, Ino - 22:58.1 (1st in 70+M. Sat near him at HARRA Summer Celebration. Incredible at 71.)
Chambers, Barry - 22:02.0 (1st in 60-64M. Strider and an all-around good guy.)
Connelly, Jackie - 20:52.3 (1st in 40-44F. Strider.)
Ekern, Anne - 20:21.6 (1st in 35-39F. Houston Harriers member who was a recent winner at RTW.)
Emerick, Shay - 19:43.9 (1st in 30-34F. Good young strong runner.)
Evenson, Bryon - 25:42.1 (Good guy, and Strider, who is getting himself back into running shape)
Greb, Lee - 23:34.7 (9th in 50-54M. PIM coach from Fall '04)
Guenther, Rachel - 20:29 (1st in 25-29F. Strider. Chip time equivalent to 11/12/04 Cancer Survivors 5K)
Haldorsen, Helge - 22:30.7 (5th in 50-54M. Houston Harriers member who has run a few times at RTW.)
Halter, Frank - 23:14.4 (8th in 50-54M. Nice time by Strider and The Woodlands resident.)
Lim, Hojin - 22:34.1 (3rd in 35-39M while pacing! Strider who coached our PIM group a little last fall.)
Moss, Avi - 18:47.2 (3rd in 40-44M. Bayou City Road Runner who regularly reads this blog)
Pulsipher, Dalton - 23:07.0 (5th in 25-29M. Consistently now under 24 minutes.)
Shepard, Steve - 22:43.2 (6th in 50-54M, but was pacing!)
Terc, Miriam - 22:47 (2nd in 45-49F. Strider who posted a PR!)
Wollangk, Sandy - 32:32.2 (4th in 55-59F. Strider president who in the past has been a little in front of me.)
Next up: Klein HS Bearkat Bash 10K. Goal? Closer to 1:00 than to 1:04 from Saturday.
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