Wednesday Morning 10 Miles in Vancouver
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Its been since the City of Trees Marathon in Boise, Idaho that I've done a distance run of any sorts and life has had a way of kicking me in the pants here in the last couple of weeks.
Working two late nights Sunday and Monday on January's Footprints (actually into the early mornings) and a late after-work dinner last night, I took an almost two-hour tour of Vancouver east of the city this morning -- out towards Simon Fraser University.
The route had some hills in it going east out of the city, but the kicker is when I got to Boundary Road and went south. There was a pretty impressive uphill that was a quarter of a mile long.
I just measured it and calculated the pace - as I was just trying to run comfortably. (I could have carried on a conversation much of the way.) I am pretty pleased with it since I haven't really run a lick since last Tuesday when I did a track workout and added four slow miles.
Out -- 5.26 miles -- 1:00:20.15 -- 11:28/pace
Back -- 4.76 miles -- 54:24.97 -- 11:25/pace
Total -- 10.02 miles -- 1:54:45.18 -- 11:27/pace
Take out the quarter mile hill and the pace was probably close to 11 minutes per mile going out.
On the return, I ran by the Pacific National Exhibition, which used to have a large stadium on the grounds -- Empire Stadium. On August 7, 1954, British medical student Roger Bannister and his rival Australian John Landy ran what was billed as the "Dream Miracle Mile of the Century" in front of 35,000 fans in Vancouver’s Empire Stadium at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE). The race, the highlight of the 1954 British Empire Games, was the first time in history two athletes would run a mile in less than four minutes.
Today, that historic race continues to be regarded as one of the most important sporting feats in history. There is a monument of the duo that sits on one corner of the property.
I couldn't help but think that they covered the mile almost three times as fast as I was covering it today. A sobering thought, but I just kept running. :)
Its been since the City of Trees Marathon in Boise, Idaho that I've done a distance run of any sorts and life has had a way of kicking me in the pants here in the last couple of weeks.
Working two late nights Sunday and Monday on January's Footprints (actually into the early mornings) and a late after-work dinner last night, I took an almost two-hour tour of Vancouver east of the city this morning -- out towards Simon Fraser University.
The route had some hills in it going east out of the city, but the kicker is when I got to Boundary Road and went south. There was a pretty impressive uphill that was a quarter of a mile long.
I just measured it and calculated the pace - as I was just trying to run comfortably. (I could have carried on a conversation much of the way.) I am pretty pleased with it since I haven't really run a lick since last Tuesday when I did a track workout and added four slow miles.
Out -- 5.26 miles -- 1:00:20.15 -- 11:28/pace
Back -- 4.76 miles -- 54:24.97 -- 11:25/pace
Total -- 10.02 miles -- 1:54:45.18 -- 11:27/pace
Take out the quarter mile hill and the pace was probably close to 11 minutes per mile going out.
On the return, I ran by the Pacific National Exhibition, which used to have a large stadium on the grounds -- Empire Stadium. On August 7, 1954, British medical student Roger Bannister and his rival Australian John Landy ran what was billed as the "Dream Miracle Mile of the Century" in front of 35,000 fans in Vancouver’s Empire Stadium at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE). The race, the highlight of the 1954 British Empire Games, was the first time in history two athletes would run a mile in less than four minutes.
Today, that historic race continues to be regarded as one of the most important sporting feats in history. There is a monument of the duo that sits on one corner of the property.
I couldn't help but think that they covered the mile almost three times as fast as I was covering it today. A sobering thought, but I just kept running. :)
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