11.2 HRB Miles!
What do you do when you haven't run all week? Just go out and do 11.2 miles - in the Texas humidity no less. (I never said anything about being the brighest bulb in the box.)
The damage was 11.2 miles in 1:53:01 - we walked some - with a very unflattering 40:07.39 for the loop around Memorial Park at the very end. Edwin Quarles, Joe Carey, Dave Smart and myself opted for the full 11.2 while Cassie Cowan and James David Dykas got in about 6 miles. But it was good to get everyone together and it was Joe's longest run since the marathon in January!
(Afternoon update: Oops! As I was getting a shower, I realized that there was somewhere I had the watch turned off. That mileage and time combination would have meant 10 minute miles. Not on this Saturday. No way!)
We started near the Swimming/Aquatic Center in Memorial Park, ran out Blossom to Jackson Hill and crossed over the bridge to loop that runs along Memorial Drive. We ran all the way down to Sabine, over to Allen Parkway and back to Shepherd before we went a bit on Memorial, turning right on Sandman and going back to Blossom. Once we got back to the Aquatic Center, we added a loop around the Park for 11.2 miles.
Bill Cox and Steve Bezner were out on the west side of town with the Striders, Erica Smith and June Vidrine were out on their own this morning and we caught up with Erin Nies on Crestwood and in front of the Swimming/Aquatic Center. Barbara Boone was back out running this morning as she continues her recuperation from pneumonia and somewhere in Florida, Keith Kelleher is knocking out another 6 miles today. (And Erin Foley in Indiana!)
Anytime you run near or around Memorial Park, one is bound to see tons of people in the running community - as well as Kenyan Way fliers on car windows. The scorecard today was as follows:
+ Luis Armenteros (where I always see him ... running along Allen Parkway)
+ HARRA VP/Clubs Roger Boak (on the Memorial Park loop)
+ BCRR's Becky Spaulding (down near Sabine and Allen Parkway, causing Dave Smart to comment that I had my own fan club. Not!)
+ HMSA's Gerardo Mora (on the Memorial Park loop)
+ Houston Striders' Carlos Camacho (running on the loop) as well as Noah Matthews and Teresa Drago, who I had a chance to visit with after my run.
+ Terlingua Track Club's Christie Lammers (just one of the best female masters runners in town)
There were a few other folks that I know that I recognize, but I just can't put a name to them.
Dave had to head straight back to The Woodlands for a family outing while Joe, Edwin and I had breakfast at the Pig Stand on Washington Drive.
The damage was 11.2 miles in 1:53:01 - we walked some - with a very unflattering 40:07.39 for the loop around Memorial Park at the very end. Edwin Quarles, Joe Carey, Dave Smart and myself opted for the full 11.2 while Cassie Cowan and James David Dykas got in about 6 miles. But it was good to get everyone together and it was Joe's longest run since the marathon in January!
(Afternoon update: Oops! As I was getting a shower, I realized that there was somewhere I had the watch turned off. That mileage and time combination would have meant 10 minute miles. Not on this Saturday. No way!)
We started near the Swimming/Aquatic Center in Memorial Park, ran out Blossom to Jackson Hill and crossed over the bridge to loop that runs along Memorial Drive. We ran all the way down to Sabine, over to Allen Parkway and back to Shepherd before we went a bit on Memorial, turning right on Sandman and going back to Blossom. Once we got back to the Aquatic Center, we added a loop around the Park for 11.2 miles.
Bill Cox and Steve Bezner were out on the west side of town with the Striders, Erica Smith and June Vidrine were out on their own this morning and we caught up with Erin Nies on Crestwood and in front of the Swimming/Aquatic Center. Barbara Boone was back out running this morning as she continues her recuperation from pneumonia and somewhere in Florida, Keith Kelleher is knocking out another 6 miles today. (And Erin Foley in Indiana!)
Anytime you run near or around Memorial Park, one is bound to see tons of people in the running community - as well as Kenyan Way fliers on car windows. The scorecard today was as follows:
+ Luis Armenteros (where I always see him ... running along Allen Parkway)
+ HARRA VP/Clubs Roger Boak (on the Memorial Park loop)
+ BCRR's Becky Spaulding (down near Sabine and Allen Parkway, causing Dave Smart to comment that I had my own fan club. Not!)
+ HMSA's Gerardo Mora (on the Memorial Park loop)
+ Houston Striders' Carlos Camacho (running on the loop) as well as Noah Matthews and Teresa Drago, who I had a chance to visit with after my run.
+ Terlingua Track Club's Christie Lammers (just one of the best female masters runners in town)
There were a few other folks that I know that I recognize, but I just can't put a name to them.
Dave had to head straight back to The Woodlands for a family outing while Joe, Edwin and I had breakfast at the Pig Stand on Washington Drive.
posted by WalkSports.com | 2:38 PM
3 Comments:
Well, sorry my plans fell through at the last minute. Wish I could have made it out to see all of you. There will definitely be another time.
Glad you guys had a good run! I ended up taking yesterday off and running for an hour here in Atlanta along the Chattahoochee this morning.
i SO wish i would have ran into you guys...it was a bitch of 7 miles for me all alone!! :O)
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