2006 Marin 10k and first fast Dish Loop

David made me do a tempo dish loop Tuesday. Talk about a confidence booster. We were chatting a lot of the way and still finished in 27:47. My goal is to break 26 by the end of the summer.

My first 10k race in my life was today. 45:17 by my watch, 45:21 by the race's. The start was slow. I think half the people didn't know they were doing the start. Some of those people were on the front line. Oh well. I started my watch when I crossed the line. My first mile was at 7:04, then 14:36 (7:32), 21:58 (7:22), (5k at 22:46), 29:12 (7:14), 36:39 (7:27), 43:53(7:14), (2nd 5k at 22:31). Yay for negative splits! I passed many people on the way to the finish after the 5k mark. Of anything, I'm proud of that. Considering that my best 5k time this year is 21:55, I think I did well. My goal that I didn't think I'd get was to go under 45, but I came pretty close, so I'm relatively happy about that. I don't think I want to race 10k again any time soon though. Ew and ouch. I'm going back to 5ks.

I lost a bunch of weight when I went to King's Canyon National Park with my parents. Hiking takes my mind off of food and keeps me entertained, so I don't eat so much.

Morning Weight: 145.5
Miles Today: 9.25
Other Exercise: None
Total Miles this Week: 12.25

On my own for a bit it seems

My coach didn't give me any new workouts for this period of time, so I took a little time off of workouts last week, focused on cross-training, and started again on Saturday. Saturday, I ran a 30 min warmup and 8x90 seconds at about 3k effort or harder with 90 seconds rest. I was dead on the last repeat. Then, I ran 12x200 cutdowns on Monday with 200 rest. (44,48,47?,46?,44,43,43,43,38,39,38,37) With trainers and no spikes. I'm glad I can go under 40, but I feel luke warm about the results. I was going HARD and they are still above 35. Blah.

Since it feels like summer now, I've gone into summer training mode. I just want to get myself ready for cross country season, which means getting to my racing weight, doing a lot of cross-training of swimming and biking (and saving gas along the way). I've biked to work Tues, Weds, and today so far this week. Wheee!

Morning Weight: 149.5
Miles Today: none
Other Exercise: Biked to and from work (15 miles)
Total Miles this Week: 27

Two races and an in/out workout

Not-so Zippy 5k, 6 x in/outs, and SLOW Run for the Future 5k. Both 5ks were on Sundays. I ran the Zippy in 21:55. Mile splits were approximately 6:49, 7:26 (14:15), and about 7. The 5k-pace part of the in/outs (21:34) were: 95,99,101,100,99?,98? Humph. That HURT. So this last week was a trial on all the things I shouldn't do a week before a race. 1) Wake up with the sun so I don't get my full 8+ hours any of the nights in the week except maybe Fri and Sat. 2) Forget to drink water 3) Drive to LA Weds/Thurs and back Fri. 4) Party on Thurs and get dehydrated. 5) Ride a motorcycle 45 miles on Sat.

Yeah. So I ran 22:10ish. I don't have the official results yet. I am sore today and it is probably from a combination of riding the motorcycle and running.

I really really need some speed. I also really really need to lose weight. Heavy legs are not fast legs.

Goal: 136 or lower by the time I do the SLO Triathlon this year. (July 23) That is 12 weeks away which is one pound a week.
Goal this week: Sleep 8+ hours a night starting tonight. (last night was ~3)


Morning Weight: 147
Miles Today: 12
Other Exercise: None
Total Miles this Week: 19.5