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Bluegrass 10,000 (45:11)
Today was my long anticipated 10K race at the Bluegrass 10,000. My preparation started Sunday night when I had a large bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and craisins. With my intermittent fasting and general diet, I tend to stay relatively low in my carbohydrate consumption, so my muscles and liver were primed for some loading. I actually really ( Read more... ) -
John's 8K: 35:40 (7:10 pace), 2nd place Age Group
With my training going well I decided I would test myself in a race. I plan to do the Bluegrass 10,000 in July-one of my favorite races-so I decided I would do the John’s 8K as a tune up race to get a good sense of where I’m at in my fitness. This was my first time racing this relatively unusual distance. (4.97 miles) The run is in honor of John ( Read more... ) -
Iron Horse Half Marathon (1:49:29)
Today was the race I’ve been training for since April-the Iron Horse half marathon. It’s been two years since I last ran a half marathon. I was pretty burned out at the time of that race and I had lost a lot of overall running fitness since that time. In the late spring I was running my long runs at about an 11 minute pace, so a 2 hour half seemed ( Read more... ) -
History Half 5K (22:20)
Today was my first race in almost 2 years. At the Iron Horse in 2014 I was physically burned out, and my training went downhill after that. After some stops and starts, I subsequently took a running hiatus and only started seriously running again in April. In order to motivate myself to build the necessary base, I signed up for the Iron Horse Half- ( Read more... ) -
My journy with P90x
For the last 90+ days I have been using P90x to bolster my fitness. For the last five years I have been a runner, and have lost a lot of weight running (specifically run intervals) and had become a decent age group contender at the various races. Yet, for some reason my performance began to deteriorate. I was generally eating a healthy diet, I was ( Read more... ) -
Run the Bluegrass
Today was the Run the Bluegrass half-marathon. Instead of running in it, I opted to serve as a volunteer. Yesterday I worked the registration table, and today I joined John’s Striders to work the hydration station close to mile 6. I was quite happy to take a break from racing. I definitely needed to give my legs a rest, my body is not in half- ( Read more... ) -
Shamrock Shuffle
Yesterday, [March 15] for the Shamrock Shuffle, I was up by 5am for the race. I set the alarm, but my body knew it was race day a few minutes before it was set to go off. I did my usual pre-race rituals. By 6:45 I made it downtown to the Rupp Arena parking lot and entered the Mall area where registration was taking place. I was already registered ( Read more... ) -
Reindeer Ramble
Today was the Reindeer Ramble 5K. I was hoping to test myself out in the 5K before the winter break having gotten some speed work under my belt. I didn’t want to race under icy conditions, and went ahead and signed up once I was satisfied temperatures would be above 32 degrees. Unfortunately it turned out to be a very wet morning, and the wind ( Read more... ) -
Iron Horse Half Marathon: 1:31:10 (6:58 average).
Today was my fourth straight Iron Horse Half Marathon. I have done every race since the inaugural Iron Horse! My goal was to set a PR and break 1:30. I was a little skeptical that I was in the same shape as when I did the flying pig (and that the layout of the course was as conducive for such a run), but this is what I had been training for so many ( Read more... ) -
Run for the Pets 15K: 1:04:27 (6:55 pace) 2nd Place Overall
Today was the Race for the Pets 15K in Burgin Kentucky. I got up around 4:30am and ate a Clif Energy Bar. I slowly acclimated myself to the day and shortly after 6 drove to the Nicholasville Road Wal-Mart parking lot. There I met up with the Striders to carpool to Burgin. I quickly realized, however, that I forgot my pop-tarts. I’ve learned that I ( Read more... )