Jealous of your Finish at the 50. I've wanted to do that for a few years now. But my family has a huge 4th celebration up by Lake Winnipesaukee every year and I might be disowned if I skipped itWe are all huge Pats fans, so you'd think they would understand, but no unfortunately.
ATTQOTD: My kids are long past stroller pushing days. I didn't run when they were little.
Ran the Bentonville half yesterday with a goal of a sub 2:30. I finished at 2:27:18. YAY!! I wasn't really confident of that due to some tendonitis in my knee over the last few weeks, but it's been steadily improving. Combine that with a course that is basically all uphill from mile 10 on (with part of that hill being ridiculously steep) and I'm pretty darn happy with that. It was an absolutely beautiful day. High 30's at start time and roughly mid to upper 40s at race finish. Ran our :90/:30 intervals with a few extra walks thrown in on that last hill. We got a short sleeve tech shirt at the expo with our bibs and then got a long sleeve tech shirt that says "I conquered the hill" on the back once we finished. All in all a really good race and we got to spend time with some really good friends who live in Bentonville. Fantastic weekend.
I never ran with a stroller so I can't comment.
Ran North America's oldest road race yesterday, the Around the Bay 30K...122nd edition (2 years older than Boston!)
It was below freezing at the start and there was a pretty decent wind whipping up making it feel even colder. The sun was out though so that made it feel a lot better. I went with shorts and had a lot of looks, but I was happy with the decision once we got going. I was shooting for sub-2:10, and the way this race works is that if you break 2:00 you get a gold medal, under 2:15 is a silver and all of the other finishers get bronze. I figured that Gold was a bit too rich a pace for me as I didn't know exactly where my race fitness was having not done a proper road race in 11 months. A few kilometres in though I realized I was clicking along pretty good and I was closer to the 2:00 finish than 2:10 so I decided to see how long I could hold on without pushing too hard (keeping in mind I have to run Boston in 2 weeks). At the 10K turn we hit the shore of Lake Ontario and the wind with it...I found a pack of 4 or 5 guys to run with and did a good job of tucking in, but their pace was dropping just a touch so I took the lead (and the wind). I urged the other guys to tuck in behind me, but as they were 6' and I am 5'8" it wasn't much of an advantage for them. The last 10K we hit some decent rollers and that is where the race is won or lost...I've been doing serious hill training and it showed as I just ate them up and posted some of my fastest splits on the homestretch. I even managed to post a 1-minute negative split despite the wind and hills on the back half. I cruised across the finish line with a time of 1:58:32 and a sweet Gold Medal! I was 58th overall (out of over 5000 runners) and best of all I felt great afterwards and still feel good the next morning. I honestly never felt I went too hard and I am now super pumped for Boston in 2 weeks!
Ran North America's oldest road race yesterday, the Around the Bay 30K...122nd edition (2 years older than Boston!)
It was below freezing at the start and there was a pretty decent wind whipping up making it feel even colder. The sun was out though so that made it feel a lot better. I went with shorts and had a lot of looks, but I was happy with the decision once we got going. I was shooting for sub-2:10, and the way this race works is that if you break 2:00 you get a gold medal, under 2:15 is a silver and all of the other finishers get bronze. I figured that Gold was a bit too rich a pace for me as I didn't know exactly where my race fitness was having not done a proper road race in 11 months. A few kilometres in though I realized I was clicking along pretty good and I was closer to the 2:00 finish than 2:10 so I decided to see how long I could hold on without pushing too hard (keeping in mind I have to run Boston in 2 weeks). At the 10K turn we hit the shore of Lake Ontario and the wind with it...I found a pack of 4 or 5 guys to run with and did a good job of tucking in, but their pace was dropping just a touch so I took the lead (and the wind). I urged the other guys to tuck in behind me, but as they were 6' and I am 5'8" it wasn't much of an advantage for them. The last 10K we hit some decent rollers and that is where the race is won or lost...I've been doing serious hill training and it showed as I just ate them up and posted some of my fastest splits on the homestretch. I even managed to post a 1-minute negative split despite the wind and hills on the back half. I cruised across the finish line with a time of 1:58:32 and a sweet Gold Medal! I was 58th overall (out of over 5000 runners) and best of all I felt great afterwards and still feel good the next morning. I honestly never felt I went too hard and I am now super pumped for Boston in 2 weeks!
Thanks! My wife ran as well and has a bronze one to match it.
haha @roxymama this made me laugh...alas laughing at my desk is not appropriate either, so I stifled it to a chuckle
Oh boy, now you're calling me out...I really don't want to adjust my goal but 3:10 could be sandbagging at this point. I REALLY want to make sure I enjoy the race and remember more than just the shoes the guy in front of me is wearing...but I'm fairly confident that my fitness has me in line for a sub-3 and it might be a disservice to the training I've been putting in to not at least give that a shot. PR is low 2:58, might give it a go if it meets the ultimate goal of enjoying the Boston experience.
Congratulations! What a fun confidence booster going into Boston!Ran North America's oldest road race yesterday, the Around the Bay 30K...122nd edition (2 years older than Boston!)
It was below freezing at the start and there was a pretty decent wind whipping up making it feel even colder. The sun was out though so that made it feel a lot better. I went with shorts and had a lot of looks, but I was happy with the decision once we got going. I was shooting for sub-2:10, and the way this race works is that if you break 2:00 you get a gold medal, under 2:15 is a silver and all of the other finishers get bronze. I figured that Gold was a bit too rich a pace for me as I didn't know exactly where my race fitness was having not done a proper road race in 11 months. A few kilometres in though I realized I was clicking along pretty good and I was closer to the 2:00 finish than 2:10 so I decided to see how long I could hold on without pushing too hard (keeping in mind I have to run Boston in 2 weeks). At the 10K turn we hit the shore of Lake Ontario and the wind with it...I found a pack of 4 or 5 guys to run with and did a good job of tucking in, but their pace was dropping just a touch so I took the lead (and the wind). I urged the other guys to tuck in behind me, but as they were 6' and I am 5'8" it wasn't much of an advantage for them. The last 10K we hit some decent rollers and that is where the race is won or lost...I've been doing serious hill training and it showed as I just ate them up and posted some of my fastest splits on the homestretch. I even managed to post a 1-minute negative split despite the wind and hills on the back half. I cruised across the finish line with a time of 1:58:32 and a sweet Gold Medal! I was 58th overall (out of over 5000 runners) and best of all I felt great afterwards and still feel good the next morning. I honestly never felt I went too hard and I am now super pumped for Boston in 2 weeks!
It was raining and the trail conditions were muddy and slippery. I didn't think they were safe for me since I was untrained on trails to begin with. So I decided discretion was the route to go here and I took a pass. I have a couple 5ks and 10ks I'm planning on for the Summer and then I won't start training for another half until July or August. I'm looking forward to just running for fun for a bit
I've become a master at removing a long sleeve layer from underneath a short sleeve shirt, bib pinned to short sleeve.
Back then, jogging strollers were just becoming available to the masses and I had some cheap one from Target. Approximate turning radius of a Hummer: no sharp turns! I never ran more than a couple miles at a time, but I'm short and the handle height wasn't adjustable - I had to keep alternating hands to avoid killing my neck and shoulders. Okay, and I may have occasionally given it a good push and gone hand-less, too. But I always had the safety strap attached to my wrist! 
