Firefly Run (#4)

The Firefly Run was so much fun.  Such a great atmosphere with all the lights, music, and people. It was a bit cold but nothing too terrible. This run was easier despite the pain shooting down the outside of left calf.  I'm still sore but recovery could be from my age...can't believe I'm 40!! At any rate, back to the race.  So, this was by far one of the more creative events and it really had a party feel to it.  Everyone running with glow sticks and lights just added to the entire experience and belive me, none of my pictures gave the event the due it deserves. I'm hoping that there will be another event like this so my family can participate.  Speaking of my family, tomorrow my wife will be induced and we are really looking forward to finding out what this baby will be...this not finding out stuff is ridiculous but I've managed to wait 9 long months - what's a few hours more?  I'll post pics as soon as we find out.

Now to the race:

• Despite the large crowd, I was still able to finish just over 30 minutes (30:51)
• Pace was 9:39

One more race coming up for this month (Champagne Shower 5K in Little Elm), then I'll be taking a week or so off for the new baby!!

Until then, happy running!!

Dash Down Greenville (#3)

Wow!  This was my first Dash Down Greenville and I don't think I was prepared for all the craziness of the race so, if I do this race next year here are a couple of things to remember:

1. Run as fast as you can past any man wearing a tutu - especially if you can't see shorts!
2. Don't take drinks from people on the sidelines unless it is at a designated drink station.
3. Get as close as you can to the front unless you want to try and navigate through craziness.

With all that said, my running partner, my son, Sebashtian and I had a great time running together and taking the whole experience in. It turned out to be a great morning and this is by far the biggest run I've completed so far.

Results:

• Division place 136th out of 209 (40-44)
• Overall 2004 out of 4253
• Gender place I finished 1235 out of 1904
• Pace 10:21/M
• 32:05 race time (Bash was 32:04 - I guess, technically he beat me)

Overall, this was a good race - a ton of people to manuever through and around so I'm not too concerned with the time.  I did really relish the time spent with Sebashtian and I'm looking forward to doing more runs with him this summer. 

Oh, on another note, Taylor is 38 weeks pregnant and that baby could come any day now and I bet it will decide to show up on Saturday March 23, which is the next run. (The Firefly Run in Plano) We shall see!!!

Frisco Paddy Dash (#2)

I'm a little late posting, actually a week late posting...apologies to all!  So, the Frisco Paddy Dash was a fun race and I had a running partner strapped in to my jogging stroller all bundled up and ready to go. It was a bit windy and that wasn't necessarily fun as I had to run into the wind with the stroller catching all that wind - I'm sure Campbell loved it!! So, here are the results:

• Overall I finished 105th
• My total time was 30:54
• Pace - 9:58/M
• I finished 16th out of 34 in my age division

Allen Eagle Run (#1)

I have been cold in my life and those times have been very memorable...no feeling in my fingers - well, I guess there was feeling but it wasn't pleasant. Anyway, at the start of the race is was 28 degrees and let me tell you that it was breathtaking - not necessarily in a good way, but it was so cold that it was hard to breath. My goal for this first race was to finish and to run at a 10 min mile pace.

So, here are the results:

• I finished the race, according to the timing chip, in 31:45
• I placed 46th in my division of 40-44 out of 91
• I was 450th out of 1147 racers
• Lastly, I was the 280th male from 562 male participants
• My pace came out to be 10:15/mile (Yay!!!)

I didn't necessarily have a goal, as far as, not stopping but at the 2 mile mark my earbuds kept popping out and with the unfortunate feeling of atrophy in my fingers, I had to stop to get those darned little things back into my ears. So, the last mile was spent trying to keep my musical motivation in tact. 

Race 1 - done!!!

Race 2 is this Saturday in Frisco the Rotary Club Paddy Dash: 

http://www.friscosunrise.org/PaddyDash

At least the weather will be more cooperative and my first running buddy will be with me, albeit in a stroller.  Nonetheless, I'm still excited.