July 30, 2004
Into all lives...
some crazy old women will roam.
We had ours the night before last. Next door neighbor's mother barged into our house and refused to leave even after we threatened to call the police... what do you do? Can't put your hands on an old woman for fear of assault charges right? (its a long story as to WHY she felt she needed to come to our house, but let it suffice to say that neighbor is her daugher, and she and boyfriend are breaking up and mother (plus mothers sister) are in the middle of it and making shit recoculous!) Ah sweet senility.
In any case... last night I officially ran farther than I've ever run in my life. Most 10k races are pretty close to their distances... this one was .5 miles over. Now I wouldn't bitch about half a mile... but that last half a mile was a killer.
My Forerunner stats showed this: Total Distance - 6.74 miles. Total Time - 1:00:32 (thirty seconds off my 10k race time from last year... until you realize that its at least .5 miles LONGER than a 10k is supposed to be). I believe I ran the fastest 5k I've ever run as well (hooray for SWIFT down-hills). Our best mile (mile 3) was clocked at a 7:22. Our worst mile (mile 5) was clocked at 10:40... (DAMNED UP-hills!) Overall pace is SUB-NINE-MINUTES!!!! WOOHOO!!! (8:59 to be exact, but that is SUB 9 minutes!!!). I'm stoked to run the pints to pasta again this year so I can track the ACCURATE course distance with my Forerunner 201 and see just how it all compares.
I'm a statistics whore.
My birthday still seems to be scheduled to happen (right on time) on Saturday... I'm wondering if sneakig off to the beach at 5 am will affect it at all, but I'm doubting it...
2 more days to 30... hmmmmmm.....
Posted by Lexy at July 30, 2004 07:43 AM
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Congratulations! Was it cooler up there than down here in the stuffy city? It's been hard running this week thanks to all the haze and humidity-- feels like I just can't get enough air.
This year at Pints to Pasta I'm HELL BENT to meet you!
Posted by: hollie on 07/30/04 @ 11:35 AM
ACK!!! Hollie!!! I would LOVE to meet you!!! Are you still running (god I HOPE so, you're my running inspiration!)???
Hooray!!! Another friend at pints-to-pasta, how cool is THAT???
Posted by: brenna on 07/30/04 @ 01:14 PM
am i still running?
AM I STILL RUNNING?!
you betcher sweet bippy i am! i'm on course for PDX marathon no. 2 this fall, hood to coast in august, the run hit wonder this weekend, pints to pasta, and whatever else comes my way. done a mess of half marathons and 10ks this season thus far. i am still diggin' on it something fiece and enjoying my fresh nerdy sock tanlines.
you get those? heh. they crack me up.
but yeah, every time i think about pints to pasta this year (which sounds like it'll be considerably less cool this year-- cotton shirts instead of the infamous zip-up adidas brilliance we got last year), i think that i need to seek you out. i've seen so many pictures of you that i'm sure i can spot you. then i will be The Envy of All The Fitness Journalists for having met you AND run a 10k with ya!
i'll just look for the girl with the forerunner. ;)
Posted by: hollie on 07/30/04 @ 02:36 PM
YEAH!!! I'm gonna meet HOLLERS!!!
Pints-to-Pasta is a Puma event this year (BLECH!) just like the Columbia Classic last night (BARF!)... so there will be no fabulous zip-up clima-cool t's this year! *sigh* (like we need one-more-cotton-t!) I did hear that the run-hit-wonder t's are cool tho! Wish I'd signed up for that one, but it seemed like pure betrayal to my company. I'm going to have to bitch at the running dept. for dropping Pints to Pasta, that's just inexcuseable. I'm GONNA MEET HOLLERS!!!
Posted by: brenna on 07/30/04 @ 04:08 PM
Nicely done!
Posted by: Nicole on 07/30/04 @ 07:59 AM