Doing this backwards – carbo loading after the race at D’Amico & Sons on Grand
Baby shower on Grand, then lunch somewhere
PR for Megan at the Get in Gear half, while I ran an “OK” 48:26 in the 10K – everyone totally drenched
The seemingly endless stretch of bad weather for Get in Gear continued again this year, with drenching rain and wind. At least it wasn’t too cold – near 50F at the start. I wore two layers on my core with running pants and was about as comfortable as could be expected.
The 2010 Get in Gear was a PR for me (44:47), but I didn’t feel like my training this year would get me anywhere close to that. My mileage totals haven’t been terrible, but pace has been slower all year. I was just hoping to get a sub-50 time and stay under an eight minute pace. Here’s how the race splits played out:
- Mile 1 – 7:48
- Mile 2 – 7:29
- Mile 3 – 7:55
- Mile 4 – 7:56
- Mile 5 – 7:54
- Mile 6 – 7:52
There were a lot of people at the beginning, but it cleared out quickly and I was able to run at my own comfort level for most of the race. There was a strong headwind coming across the Lake Street bridge and I tried to draft off of other runners to save energy. The hills on this course, including the killer from the TCM course, don’t seem so bad when the race is shorter.
The 5K runners merged in with the 10K pack with 0.2 miles left to go and it got a little congested. The rain picked up as I crossed the finish line, but at least there was no line for food (bananas, salted nuts rolls, bread, milk and yogurt). I always park on the St. Paul side of the river, so I started walking back across the Ford bridge.
My friend Megan was running the half, so I waited a bit at the point where that course reconnects with the 10K course. It was cold and windy there, though, so I started walking backwards along the half course. I found her just after the 11 mile mark and she asked if I’d run the rest with her. She finished with a personal best time of 1:50:30 – congrats!
Next up (for both Megan and I): the TC 1 Mile on May 12 in Minneapolis.
Warning – you *will* get wet on this attraction
Should be sleeping for the race, but it’s overtime in San Jose
The out of the box experience with the new Apple TV is pretty great. AirPlay is a huge improvement over previous efforts. Love KROQ!
Nice visit with Megan at Sea Salt Eatery after picking up Get in Gear packets. Looks like a rainy one tomorrow
These are not the droids you are looking for… 🙁
Ran a hilly 7 mile loop in Eagan and Apple Valley – best weather day of the weekend, it appears
One of my favorites
Thanks to my bonus holiday hours, get to leave work early today and head south now
Making a tech support house call to the Batinich ranch on Birch Point tonight
Thought about driving down to Duluth tonight for the G. Love show at Clyde Irons Works, but the snow changed my mind
Trying to decide whether to start using Acorn 3 along with Photoshop CS4 or upgrade to CS 5.5 next month
Ordered some new Nikon gear for work from my friends at B&H (18-200mm lens, new Speedlight, battery pack and a 32GB SDHC card)
Strike two – second year in a row I haven’t been selected in the NYC marathon lottery
Are you in?
Come on, spring, I took the snow tires off a month ago
Vermilion Club cited for serving underage customers – can’t sell liquor on May 2
90 minutes of Glee and 52.5 minutes on the resort treadmill (10K), but no Versus to watch VAN/CHI, dammit
WordPress 3.1.2 and server upgrades, along with some DNS and Apache config cleanup
Been using Outlook 2010 and Windows 7 “Pro” now for a few months and unfortunately the dislike just grows and grows – am I doing it wrong?
Curing my pizza jones at the VC
Ran 7+ miles on Echo Point – damn near perfect spring day on Lake Vermilion