Seven Hills Running Club Group Run/Walk
Well, our president, Ken Johnson, officially labels the "Run In The Woods 3.5-Miler" non-competitive; however, I don't think anybody really took it as such (even though I didn't run as well as I had wished.) Ken told us our times as we finished but he didn't write them all down.
I could still feel that my quads were a little tender from the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K the day before in Brenham; however, it was more the fact that I had a late (and full) breakfast at about 11:45 a.m. before hitting the trails at 2 p.m. in Huntsville State Park.
I covered the 3.5 miles in a disappointing 37:28 or 10:42 per mile (especially when I did a 9:59/mile pace later that evening at Memorial Park - and did the tough Blue Bell course in under 10 minutes a mile -- just barely.)
I started off really fast and about 8 minutes into the run (with a little bit of a slight incline going out to the first turn), I fell behind Melissa Broussard and Jan Parks. For awhile Sara Seale and Marissa Padilla were in front of the two of them, but they soon opened up a gap on them. At some point Len Hill passed me and then they all opened up a margin that I could never close.
When I finally made it back in, I told Len, who Ken has asked to write something on me for the club newsletter, that his first question of our interview would be, "What distances do you like best, Jon?" and my answer would be, "half and full marathons!" I hate the short stuff! (Let me rephrase it: I tolerate it!)
To no one's surprise, Robert Duncan led the group of 10 runners followed by J.C. Guzman, Lindsey Tlustos and Rick Cook. Randy Welch, Sara, Marisa, Jan, Len and Melissa finished in order in front of me. John, Kathy and Colleen Cook all walked the course to make sure that all of the trail markings were picked up.
(Hans Jaegar and Christopher Wilson were in New Mexico running the Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon outside of Las Cruces at the White Sands Missile Range. Hans completed the race in 5:22:26. Chris completed it in 4:41:07 (80th of 1,792 finishers). The day before, I also saw club members Ray Alexander and Skipper Nethery at the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K.)
I've been a member of Seven Hills Running Club since the beginning of last year and I really enjoy spending time with members of the club (and will look forward to running Stu's Country Mile with the group on the 4th of July in Centerville.)
I could still feel that my quads were a little tender from the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K the day before in Brenham; however, it was more the fact that I had a late (and full) breakfast at about 11:45 a.m. before hitting the trails at 2 p.m. in Huntsville State Park.
I covered the 3.5 miles in a disappointing 37:28 or 10:42 per mile (especially when I did a 9:59/mile pace later that evening at Memorial Park - and did the tough Blue Bell course in under 10 minutes a mile -- just barely.)
I started off really fast and about 8 minutes into the run (with a little bit of a slight incline going out to the first turn), I fell behind Melissa Broussard and Jan Parks. For awhile Sara Seale and Marissa Padilla were in front of the two of them, but they soon opened up a gap on them. At some point Len Hill passed me and then they all opened up a margin that I could never close.
When I finally made it back in, I told Len, who Ken has asked to write something on me for the club newsletter, that his first question of our interview would be, "What distances do you like best, Jon?" and my answer would be, "half and full marathons!" I hate the short stuff! (Let me rephrase it: I tolerate it!)
To no one's surprise, Robert Duncan led the group of 10 runners followed by J.C. Guzman, Lindsey Tlustos and Rick Cook. Randy Welch, Sara, Marisa, Jan, Len and Melissa finished in order in front of me. John, Kathy and Colleen Cook all walked the course to make sure that all of the trail markings were picked up.
(Hans Jaegar and Christopher Wilson were in New Mexico running the Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon outside of Las Cruces at the White Sands Missile Range. Hans completed the race in 5:22:26. Chris completed it in 4:41:07 (80th of 1,792 finishers). The day before, I also saw club members Ray Alexander and Skipper Nethery at the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K.)
I've been a member of Seven Hills Running Club since the beginning of last year and I really enjoy spending time with members of the club (and will look forward to running Stu's Country Mile with the group on the 4th of July in Centerville.)
posted by WalkSports.com | 7:52 PM
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Jon,
Small world, Mrs. DirtRunner is from Centerville but would never admit it. Owns cows and everything country.
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