Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos - 20 and 21 February

[Big Vic]

Saturday, 20 February

20 - airtime247 (Steve) Sequoia Park Run 5.1M & 2M, Eureka, CA
20 - mkymsehi (Jeff) Kaneohe Marine Corps Swamp Romp 2/20/10

Sunday, 21 February

21 - JimB (Jim), Lexxiefern (Becky) National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer Half Marathon
21 – Pungodingy (Angie) Half at the Hamptons Half
21 - tiberius (Richard) Run Wild Half Marathon, Houston, TX



GO! WISH Team GO!

 

[mandac]

Go WISH Team!

Have fun at the races.

 

[syko]

Good Luck Everyone.

 

[suzannews]

Good luck everyone!!!

 

[fairestoneofall]

go, wish team racers!!!!!

 

[jmasgat]

Good luck everyone! Special shout out to fellow Goofs Angie and Steve!

Maura

 

[bunnyfoo]

Go WISH!!

 

[mkymsehi]

Before, during, and after the Kaneohe Marine Corps 5.5 mile Swamp Romp.

It's hard to believe some people pay big bucks for a mud bath at a spa. I got in a workout, played in the mud, and even got a t-shirt, for $22 bucks.

Four shampoo's, soap up's, and rinses before I finally felt clean again.

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Go WISH Team!

Jeff, way to go! I admire your mud bath, but not enough to do one.

 

[Pungodingy]

Half #9 for me today, finished 3 seconds faster than last time! It was pretty windy, esp the parts along the ocean (first 2 miles and roughly last 4 miles), I think someone said the temp got to 40 or 41 degrees, and it was sunny almost the whole way. HUGE thanks to timmac, who volunteered, gave me a pep talk before, a much appreciated "kick" to the finish, and a congrats at the end, THANKS TIM!!! Blistered again, one about the size of a nickel and one about the size of a half dollar...my fault, sneaks went bad and I only got 11 miles on the new ones before the race. 'Course I blister every Half, so maybe it wasn't the shoes fault?

Hope everyone else had great races this weekend!!!

 

[tiberius]

Run Wild Half Marathon Race Report

The weather forecast for Sunday was up and down all week and although I wasn't ever worried about the weather, I was not prepared for a warm (60 degrees) and muggy, humid morning...but you take what you get in weather. Since my last 3 races all started in the 20s and 30s (2 with rain!), I wasn't about to complain about the weather.

The course is run on roads starting on the west side of downtown Houston with an out and back 3 loop course. The course also ends up having a fair number of small hills as you go down 12 underpasses and back up again not counting a couple small inclines on the roadways.

I went out faster than normal and made myself hold back a bit, for which I would be grateful later. I had two main problems during the race, starting near mile 4 my right thigh felt as if it were on the verge of cramping up when I ran fast enough and my stomach started felling unsettled around mile 6. I fought off the cramping by following my training and trying to run a consistent pace that my leg would tolerate (miles 2 - 13 each fell within a 50 second pace range range as I ran a consistent 9/1 run/walk) and I fought off the stomach issues by drinking more water and less Gatorade than normal.

In the end the consistent pacing worked well for me, and I was able to maintain the pace even though I was tiring over the last few miles. I finished in a PR time of 2:26:45.

 

[timmac]

Half #9 for me today, finished 3 seconds faster than last time! It was pretty windy, esp the parts along the ocean (first 2 miles and roughly last 4 miles), I think someone said the temp got to 40 or 41 degrees, and it was sunny almost the whole way. HUGE thanks to timmac, who volunteered, gave me a pep talk before, a much appreciated "kick" to the finish, and a congrats at the end, THANKS TIM!!! Blistered again, one about the size of a nickel and one about the size of a half dollar...my fault, sneaks went bad and I only got 11 miles on the new ones before the race. 'Course I blister every Half, so maybe it wasn't the shoes fault?

Hope everyone else had great races this weekend!!!

Let me just say as a witness for everyone else here, that you did AWESOME! Don't thank me for what your legs did

 

[jmasgat]

Jeff As always, that race looks like a blast!

Angie and Richard Congrats on the PRs! And Tim, thanks for volunteering and cheering on Angie.

Maura

 

[smacky1]

Half #9 for me today, finished 3 seconds faster than last time! It was pretty windy, esp the parts along the ocean (first 2 miles and roughly last 4 miles), I think someone said the temp got to 40 or 41 degrees, and it was sunny almost the whole way. HUGE thanks to timmac, who volunteered, gave me a pep talk before, a much appreciated "kick" to the finish, and a congrats at the end, THANKS TIM!!! Blistered again, one about the size of a nickel and one about the size of a half dollar...my fault, sneaks went bad and I only got 11 miles on the new ones before the race. 'Course I blister every Half, so maybe it wasn't the shoes fault?

Hope everyone else had great races this weekend!!!

congrats on your finish! I ran this one as my first half. Are you doing any other runs in that series?