Run The Woodlands 5K #194 Race Report
I wasn't going to run this this morning, but Mick Long blew the horn (which is less than a couple of minutes before the start of the race) ... so I went signed the waiver, dropped my $1 in the bag and ran it!
I just couldn't resist, plus Holden came out this morning. If one of my TIR teammates came out, the captain had to run it as well! I did OK, though. Not where I'm capable of being, but I'll get there.
Mile 1 -- 9:18.49
Mile 2 -- 9:54.67
Mile 3 -- 9:57.19
Last .1 -- 52.46
Total -- 30:02.81
The difference from two weeks ago was mile 3 and then the push at the last .1 to slip under 30 minutes. The 52.46 is sub 9-minute pace. (Not that I could have held it for too much longer.)
There was a little bit of a lower turnout this week. The hit list included:
+ Rick "Dirt Runner" Cook, working the event for Luke's
+ Vincent Attanucci, who was happy that he was in the 20s - from a time standpoint
+ Paul Brundage of The Woodlands, who will be the subject of my Tuesday column in The Courier. I also got a chance to meet his wife, Vicky.
+ Kingwood's Bill Schroeder and his wife, Mindy.
Beyond that I really didn't know too many people there today. (Some of you are reading this and saying to yourself, "That's a first!)
I went over to Luke's Locker after the race so that Bill and I could take our "Texas Tough Throwdown" picture for the Texas Independence Relay website. (It should help that we took it in the race sponsor's store, right?)
When I got there, two of Bill's teammates -- Greg and Gena Alvarez -- were there in the parking lot so there was some good-natured ribbing going on. Once the happenings moved inside the store, and while Andrew Perry was ringing me up with a new pair of Asics Fortitudes, I told Rick that I had an idea for a bit of a bet for the TIR to cement our two-team challenge.
It is this: "If the Texian Road Warriors beat the Battling Bloggers of the Texas Republic, I have to run the Rocky Raccoon 100-Miler next February. But, when the Battling Bloggers win, Bill will do the Rocky Raccoon 50-Miler!"
I'll do the 50-miler again regardless and, at a minimum, I'm pretty sure that I can put together - with Bill and Rick's help - a conservative game plan to finish the 100-miler.
In the store, we saw other Luke's employees, Dawn Craig (who finished her first 100-miler last Saturday-Sunday) and my TIR teammate, Dave Smart. Also there was TWRC's Kristin Collins, Mary Kerschbaum (recent Rock 'N' Roll Arizona finisher) and store manager Susie Schreiber.
[Weekend note: Waverly, who's performing today in their Region Choir at Spring Baptist, is out for track and she ran the 100 in 20 seconds, she said, and the 400 in 1:55. Not sure that I've done it that fast in awhile ... plus she said that she threw the 6-pound shot about 20 feet. Good for her!]
I just couldn't resist, plus Holden came out this morning. If one of my TIR teammates came out, the captain had to run it as well! I did OK, though. Not where I'm capable of being, but I'll get there.
Mile 1 -- 9:18.49
Mile 2 -- 9:54.67
Mile 3 -- 9:57.19
Last .1 -- 52.46
Total -- 30:02.81
The difference from two weeks ago was mile 3 and then the push at the last .1 to slip under 30 minutes. The 52.46 is sub 9-minute pace. (Not that I could have held it for too much longer.)
There was a little bit of a lower turnout this week. The hit list included:
+ Rick "Dirt Runner" Cook, working the event for Luke's
+ Vincent Attanucci, who was happy that he was in the 20s - from a time standpoint
+ Paul Brundage of The Woodlands, who will be the subject of my Tuesday column in The Courier. I also got a chance to meet his wife, Vicky.
+ Kingwood's Bill Schroeder and his wife, Mindy.
Beyond that I really didn't know too many people there today. (Some of you are reading this and saying to yourself, "That's a first!)
I went over to Luke's Locker after the race so that Bill and I could take our "Texas Tough Throwdown" picture for the Texas Independence Relay website. (It should help that we took it in the race sponsor's store, right?)
When I got there, two of Bill's teammates -- Greg and Gena Alvarez -- were there in the parking lot so there was some good-natured ribbing going on. Once the happenings moved inside the store, and while Andrew Perry was ringing me up with a new pair of Asics Fortitudes, I told Rick that I had an idea for a bit of a bet for the TIR to cement our two-team challenge.
It is this: "If the Texian Road Warriors beat the Battling Bloggers of the Texas Republic, I have to run the Rocky Raccoon 100-Miler next February. But, when the Battling Bloggers win, Bill will do the Rocky Raccoon 50-Miler!"
I'll do the 50-miler again regardless and, at a minimum, I'm pretty sure that I can put together - with Bill and Rick's help - a conservative game plan to finish the 100-miler.
In the store, we saw other Luke's employees, Dawn Craig (who finished her first 100-miler last Saturday-Sunday) and my TIR teammate, Dave Smart. Also there was TWRC's Kristin Collins, Mary Kerschbaum (recent Rock 'N' Roll Arizona finisher) and store manager Susie Schreiber.
[Weekend note: Waverly, who's performing today in their Region Choir at Spring Baptist, is out for track and she ran the 100 in 20 seconds, she said, and the 400 in 1:55. Not sure that I've done it that fast in awhile ... plus she said that she threw the 6-pound shot about 20 feet. Good for her!]
posted by WalkSports.com | 1:46 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home