Houstonian Lite 30K / Houston Running Bloggers Race Report
What a turnout today! 6 runners, 2 volunteers at the Striders water station (plus Waverly) and one on the CPR/AED team.
Striders/HRBers Jessica Alexander and Cassie Cowan, after impressive 5K's at Run The Woodlands 5K on Saturday, joined up with a number of talented runners (John Yoder, Helen Grant and Ryan Stepler to name a few) as well as a number of dedicated Strider volunteers in Lisa Ruthven, Jack Rubalcalva, Frank Halter, Paulette Salanon and Charles and Tina Deeds. (I know I'm missing a few plus volunteer Beverly Arnold, who took Waverly to the finish line before I got there so we were able to cross the finish line together!)
It was really, really good to see and get great encouragement from Strider/HRBer Vic Kaiser as he patrolled the course on his bike as part of Dr. Bob Hoekman's CPR/AED Team.
As far as the running went, the Houston Running Bloggers went this way:
Steve Bezner, 2:45:06.7, 8:53/min
David Smart, 3:19:52.8, 10:45/min
Jon Walk, 3:22:50.6, 10:54/min
Holden Choi, 3:41:21.0, 11:54/min
Joe Breda, 3:48:12.4, 12:16/min
Jennifer Kim, 4:09:28.5, 13:25/min
Steve's pace was better than all three of his previous distance races (10-Miler, 9:25; 20K, 8:55 and 25K, 9:23); however, it might just simply suggest that Steve is a better cold weather runner (even though he comments on his blog about not enjoying running in weather that is too cold!)
I PR'd over last year's time by 7:29 (3:30:19 in 2004). (Three straight races, three PR's!) My mile splits were like this:
Mile 1 -- 10:21.38
Mile 2 -- 10:21.68 (20:43.06)
Mile 3 -- 10:20.03 (31:03.09)
Mile 4 -- 9:55.00 (40:58.09)
Mile 5 -- 9:52.29 (50:50.38)
Mile 6 -- 10:08.56 (1:00:58.94)
Mile 7 -- 10:06.22 (1:11:05.16)
Mile 8 -- 10:02.18 (1:21:07.34)
Mile 9 -- 10:19.87 (1:31:27.21)
Mile 10 -- 10:28.10 (1:41:55.31) -- 13 seconds off race PR!
Mile 11 -- 10:23.84 (1:53:19.15)
Mile 12 -- 10:58.41 (2:04:17.56)
Mile 13 -- 11:06.88 (2:15:24.44) -- add the .1 at the mile 14 pace and set a half marathon PR by 8 seconds.
Mile 14 -- 11:00.76 (2:26:25.20)
Mile 15 -- 12:03.68 (2:38:28.88) -- only 15-mile race was 2:52:07.88
Mile 16 -- 11:47.83 (2:50:16.71)
Mile 17 -- 12:50.23 (3:03:06.94)
Last 1.6 -- 19:58.85 (3:23:05.79) -- official chip time was 3:22:50.6!
Since I had to get back to get showered and then ready for the Jingle Bell Run with Waverly this afternoon, I stayed until Jennifer made it down the stretch where the rest of waited on her! One of our Houston Running Bloggers mottos will be: "No Blogger Left Behind!"
I ran with Holden the first two miles and he got out ahead in mile 3 (and I was thinking that it was going to be a long day although I kind of expected for it to go Steve and then Holden - not knowing how Dave performed at the distance) before having to take a break to stretch and deal with some of the pain issues that he has commented about in his blog.
Dave ran nice and steady and caught up to me somewhere after we made the last turn on the far water spot (between mile 14 and mile 15). I had him in sight for awhile until the last mile.
Some other Houston-area bloggers performed like this on Sunday morning:
Scott Effner, 2:04:35.9, 6:42/min (Houston Striders) - 24th overall
Greg Boncimino, 2:35:37.2, 8:22/min (Houston Striders)
Tim Mitchell, 2:43:33.1, 8:48/min
Cathy Clancy, 3:09:08.6, 10:10/min
Also lurking at mile 14-15 were Striders Whitney LaRocca and Stacy Stepler. Like Cassie yesterday, I was their motivation in this big orange target - today, it was the NYC race jacket! And they finally caught me once we got quite a ways on to the parking lot of the First Colony Mall. As they went by, they really left something in the tank because I started to sprint before the last series of turns (right, left and right to the finish) and couldn't catch them. (I'm telling you ... it is this desire to not be beat by the guy who is a little bit bigger than the rest of them!)
That's OK, I consider both Whitney and Stacy very good friends although I don't see them much. Stacy was in our Fitness group (with Clarence Silva, Becky Stevens, Sophie Rydin, Stephanie Salyer, Amy Parker, John Ainsworth and Lynn Stengel) in the Fall '04 session of Power In Motion. I really didn't get to know Whitney until last year's Longest Long Run when we pretty much ran together from mile 4 on in.
Great job ladies - and bloggers alike!
Striders/HRBers Jessica Alexander and Cassie Cowan, after impressive 5K's at Run The Woodlands 5K on Saturday, joined up with a number of talented runners (John Yoder, Helen Grant and Ryan Stepler to name a few) as well as a number of dedicated Strider volunteers in Lisa Ruthven, Jack Rubalcalva, Frank Halter, Paulette Salanon and Charles and Tina Deeds. (I know I'm missing a few plus volunteer Beverly Arnold, who took Waverly to the finish line before I got there so we were able to cross the finish line together!)
It was really, really good to see and get great encouragement from Strider/HRBer Vic Kaiser as he patrolled the course on his bike as part of Dr. Bob Hoekman's CPR/AED Team.
As far as the running went, the Houston Running Bloggers went this way:
Steve Bezner, 2:45:06.7, 8:53/min
David Smart, 3:19:52.8, 10:45/min
Jon Walk, 3:22:50.6, 10:54/min
Holden Choi, 3:41:21.0, 11:54/min
Joe Breda, 3:48:12.4, 12:16/min
Jennifer Kim, 4:09:28.5, 13:25/min
Steve's pace was better than all three of his previous distance races (10-Miler, 9:25; 20K, 8:55 and 25K, 9:23); however, it might just simply suggest that Steve is a better cold weather runner (even though he comments on his blog about not enjoying running in weather that is too cold!)
I PR'd over last year's time by 7:29 (3:30:19 in 2004). (Three straight races, three PR's!) My mile splits were like this:
Mile 1 -- 10:21.38
Mile 2 -- 10:21.68 (20:43.06)
Mile 3 -- 10:20.03 (31:03.09)
Mile 4 -- 9:55.00 (40:58.09)
Mile 5 -- 9:52.29 (50:50.38)
Mile 6 -- 10:08.56 (1:00:58.94)
Mile 7 -- 10:06.22 (1:11:05.16)
Mile 8 -- 10:02.18 (1:21:07.34)
Mile 9 -- 10:19.87 (1:31:27.21)
Mile 10 -- 10:28.10 (1:41:55.31) -- 13 seconds off race PR!
Mile 11 -- 10:23.84 (1:53:19.15)
Mile 12 -- 10:58.41 (2:04:17.56)
Mile 13 -- 11:06.88 (2:15:24.44) -- add the .1 at the mile 14 pace and set a half marathon PR by 8 seconds.
Mile 14 -- 11:00.76 (2:26:25.20)
Mile 15 -- 12:03.68 (2:38:28.88) -- only 15-mile race was 2:52:07.88
Mile 16 -- 11:47.83 (2:50:16.71)
Mile 17 -- 12:50.23 (3:03:06.94)
Last 1.6 -- 19:58.85 (3:23:05.79) -- official chip time was 3:22:50.6!
Since I had to get back to get showered and then ready for the Jingle Bell Run with Waverly this afternoon, I stayed until Jennifer made it down the stretch where the rest of waited on her! One of our Houston Running Bloggers mottos will be: "No Blogger Left Behind!"
I ran with Holden the first two miles and he got out ahead in mile 3 (and I was thinking that it was going to be a long day although I kind of expected for it to go Steve and then Holden - not knowing how Dave performed at the distance) before having to take a break to stretch and deal with some of the pain issues that he has commented about in his blog.
Dave ran nice and steady and caught up to me somewhere after we made the last turn on the far water spot (between mile 14 and mile 15). I had him in sight for awhile until the last mile.
Some other Houston-area bloggers performed like this on Sunday morning:
Scott Effner, 2:04:35.9, 6:42/min (Houston Striders) - 24th overall
Greg Boncimino, 2:35:37.2, 8:22/min (Houston Striders)
Tim Mitchell, 2:43:33.1, 8:48/min
Cathy Clancy, 3:09:08.6, 10:10/min
Also lurking at mile 14-15 were Striders Whitney LaRocca and Stacy Stepler. Like Cassie yesterday, I was their motivation in this big orange target - today, it was the NYC race jacket! And they finally caught me once we got quite a ways on to the parking lot of the First Colony Mall. As they went by, they really left something in the tank because I started to sprint before the last series of turns (right, left and right to the finish) and couldn't catch them. (I'm telling you ... it is this desire to not be beat by the guy who is a little bit bigger than the rest of them!)
That's OK, I consider both Whitney and Stacy very good friends although I don't see them much. Stacy was in our Fitness group (with Clarence Silva, Becky Stevens, Sophie Rydin, Stephanie Salyer, Amy Parker, John Ainsworth and Lynn Stengel) in the Fall '04 session of Power In Motion. I really didn't get to know Whitney until last year's Longest Long Run when we pretty much ran together from mile 4 on in.
Great job ladies - and bloggers alike!
posted by WalkSports.com | 5:37 PM
2 Comments:
Again, great racing this weekend, Jon. You completely rock for running 23 miles in one day! just short of a marathon, and you didn't blink twice in doing so!
-jessica
I'll second Jessica!
Including RTW, you ran 26.7 miles this weekend! I hope you took today off!
WTG!!
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