With our next half marathon only 20 days away, I thought we should establish some race goals. . timing or otherwise.
Personally, I want to beat my Austin time of 2:42. This means I need to do a little thing called TRAIN! I plan on doing sprints once or twice a week leading up to the race and running a little bit of a faster pace on my long runs to help me prepare. I will set my goal at 2:35.
Who else??
Monday, March 21, 2011
Leapin Leprechaun 15K
Oh Stonebridge race course, how we have a love/hate relationship with you.
Let's break down the March 12th race in my favorite black and white categories: Highs and Lows. . .
High Points
1. Beautiful weather - a whole week before the official start to spring and we had gorgeous running weather!
2. We finished! Sheila had her best 15K time (it was her first, but still her best!) and I beat my other 15K time (Too Hot to Handle where I'm pretty sure I walked the last two miles because it truly was too hot to handle)
3. Sheila recruited a friend to run - Dustin ran his first race and did it in an awesome time. He will also be running the Big D half. . .yay for more runners!
4. Being confident that we are DONE with the Stonebridge course - seriously, why didn't we learn after the Resolution Run or the Memorial Day race??
Low Points
1. Hills - this is where the hate portion of our love/hate relationship comes in
2. X-Large shirts. . . .ok, ok, technically this one is our fault for not picking up our packets prior to race day, but they are pretty good Dri Fit shirts. . .Happy birthday to my dad! :)
3. Pretty sure they were re-using water cups on the mile 7 water station. Oh I still drank the water. . .just sayin' it was a low point
4. No photos! What?! How did this happen? There was even a leprechaun at the race, which was a perfect photo op, but alas. . . .
Let's break down the March 12th race in my favorite black and white categories: Highs and Lows. . .
High Points
1. Beautiful weather - a whole week before the official start to spring and we had gorgeous running weather!
2. We finished! Sheila had her best 15K time (it was her first, but still her best!) and I beat my other 15K time (Too Hot to Handle where I'm pretty sure I walked the last two miles because it truly was too hot to handle)
3. Sheila recruited a friend to run - Dustin ran his first race and did it in an awesome time. He will also be running the Big D half. . .yay for more runners!
4. Being confident that we are DONE with the Stonebridge course - seriously, why didn't we learn after the Resolution Run or the Memorial Day race??
Low Points
1. Hills - this is where the hate portion of our love/hate relationship comes in
2. X-Large shirts. . . .ok, ok, technically this one is our fault for not picking up our packets prior to race day, but they are pretty good Dri Fit shirts. . .Happy birthday to my dad! :)
3. Pretty sure they were re-using water cups on the mile 7 water station. Oh I still drank the water. . .just sayin' it was a low point
4. No photos! What?! How did this happen? There was even a leprechaun at the race, which was a perfect photo op, but alas. . . .
Friday, March 11, 2011
NERVOUS!!!
I have to admit, I've never felt quite so nervous about a race before!
I have run a whopping twice since the Austin Half and neither time out produced a good run. My legs pretty much felt like I was running through mud.
Do you all have any last minute tips or tricks to help make tomorrow a success?
On the bright side, it is supposed to be beautiful weather so I can just psych myself out that I'm just out for a leisurely run :)
Check back for a recap of how this thing goes!
I have run a whopping twice since the Austin Half and neither time out produced a good run. My legs pretty much felt like I was running through mud.
Do you all have any last minute tips or tricks to help make tomorrow a success?
On the bright side, it is supposed to be beautiful weather so I can just psych myself out that I'm just out for a leisurely run :)
Check back for a recap of how this thing goes!
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