Well, I don't think I ever have a chance at beating a men's course record for any of the DSE races. All of them involve running under six-minute miles for the whole race, and I just don't see that happening. The women's course records, though, in some cases are reachable. To wit: last week I beat the (women's) course record on the Golden Gate ( Read more... )

Gwen dropped her time in a half-mile race from 10:37 to 9:20. Way to go!

21:24
3.06 miles.
297 calories.
Average pulse: 173.

The rain held off until this afternoon. Gwen did her race in 9:20 (.5 miles) and we all had fun!

PR by 43 seconds. I did not beat the first woman across -- she finished 16 and I was 17, I believe. I think that means she set a new course record.

I'm hoping that the dedicated work I've done since late January is finally paying off. Yesterday and today have felt like the runs I was hoping I'd be having by now ( Read more... )

New PR for this course, over 2 minutes faster than last year! I maybe went out a little fast, since more people passed me than I passed, and I would have set a new 5K PR if I'd stopped at 3.1 miles ( Read more... )

So after much soul-searching and asking of people more learned than I, I've come to the decision that I'm running too hard most of the time. If I really want to get better, I need to slow down on the whole and save the quick stuff for actual anaerobic workouts. Like races, given my schedule. Theoretically this plan will allow me to increase my ( Read more... )

Miracle Mile and Christmas Classic 5K today ( Read more... )

I was just over my PR for the 5K that I ran today, and my daughter and I ran her first race ( Read more... )

I ran the Run Wild for a Child 10K with Gwen in the jogging stroller this morning. And all in all it went pretty well ( Read more... )

I went down to Road Runners in San Carlos and had my gait analyzed. So now I'm in shoes that will help control the pronation and arch supports that make my feet feel good after the run today. The blister on my third toe is probably a result of rolling through my foot in a straighter path, and the callus on the inside of my big toe shouldn't be as ( Read more... )