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Raiders Farewell 7k

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Around and about,CA,USA

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Kinda consistently running since 07

Short-Term Running Goals:

5k in 18:00; 10k in 40:00

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to be able to keep up with my daughter. The one who runs xc, not the one who's going to change the world through dance. Although I would like to be able to dance also, so I change that to me wanting to be able to keep up with both my daughters.

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I have two gorgeous daughters; two good-looking cats and two dogs with great personalities.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Black Beauties Lifetime Miles:						490.88
Black And Blues Lifetime Miles:						408.91

Tue, Aug 10, 2010

Race: Raiders Farewell 7k (4.15 Miles) 00:30:57

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	4.15	1.50	5.65

0530

Woke up on time, but I went to the wrong place to meet Antonio at 0430. Planned on a slow 8, but saw that they were setting up a race and registered. Antonio showed up there too.

Started a couple minutes late, due to lines at the port-a-john. It was a weird experience. Starting so late, you end up passing people throughout the race. I liked it. It made me feel like I was accomplishing something. Usually I'm stuck in a pack and struggle to maintain pace.

90F, 19% hum, 3.5 mph winds, partly cloudy

1800

3x (800m run, 50 good mornings w/ 45 lbs, 50 abmats)

Somewhere between 111-116F, 7-11% hum, 3.5-6.9 mph winds, clear

Baby Blues Miles: 1.50	Black Beauties Miles: 4.15

Comments

From Burt on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 03:14:12 from 68.225.214.248

How do these races work? Is it just Americans? Military?

Nice job by the way.

From Mike on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 04:19:01 from 155.85.58.253

Races are organized by individual units, so there's lots of variation in how they work. I've always seen them open to all, though. Military and civilians. I've seen a few Third Country Nationals running, too. Ugandans, Filipinos, Brits... I don't think I've seen any Iraqis run in one, though.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 13:08:57 from 84.11.148.246

Cool that you bumped into a race like that - I never saw the daily emails for this one. Good running.

From Burt on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 13:22:32 from 206.19.214.144

Joe - if you hang around Mike's blog long enough, you're going to find out that he's the funniest blogger around. He's funnier than KP, Merri, Walter, even RivertonPaul.

No pressure Mike.

From Mike on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 14:03:40 from 64.235.121.242

They didn't send a mass email, Joe. They did it the old fashioned way and posted flyers. And only gave tee shirts to those who pre-registered. By the way, I almost hit your office. My buddies and I were hitting golf balls from the back of our building trying to hit a gazebo, but I've got a wicked slice.

I'm glad I can make you laugh Burt.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 23:48:49 from 214.13.130.104

That is quite a slice - as long as you miss those fancy black Suburbans parked up front you're probably ok. You have a nice back porch, just needs a couple of rocking chairs.

Burt - who could be funnier than you?

From Teena Marie on Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:08:41 from 174.52.45.85

* MIKE * MIKE * MIKE * MIKE * ~

How are you????

How are your girls????

What's new????

Still downing the red gummibears????

** Nice job on the race! :) I can never decide which is better: Starting in the back (or late) so you can feel energized as you pass others (but risk getting in a funk and running their pace); or starting with those who are running the pace you want to run and holding on for dear life. Hmmmm ....

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