Good Luck

Just wanted to say good luck to our Marine Corps team this weekend. Have a good run!

Sunday Long Run

What is the consensus for the distance this Sunday? I'm only going a slow 8 miles (one week to race time). But we have a few folks ramping it up for Kiawah. What do other folks want to do?

Long Runs

The weather decided to cooperate on Sunday. The drizzle ended as our run began. The runs were long, 16 to 18 miles. The wind was bad going out, good coming back. The Marine Corps/Bridge to Battleship fellas are now in taper mode. But the Kiawah crowd is beginning to ramp up their long runs. Perhaps as the winter marathons near, we'll see a few fresh faces.

See everyone at the track tonight.

Track Night

It was busy at the track last night. We had a full crowd of runners. We also had youth football games in full swing. Everyone had to play a bit of dodge-the-kids (or adults). But for the most part, the two contingencies have come to tolerate each other. The last of these regular season Tuesday night football games should be 10/28.

As the weather cools, the workouts are starting to mix it up. I heard some people doing ladders, some 800's, and a few of us did mile repeats. More people appear to be arriving at the track with their set schedules, and are therefore less likely to decide on their workout on the spot. Fortunately, there are enough of us that you can find at least one or two people who are doing what you're doing.

I've got a slow 18 scheduled for my long run on Sunday. How about other folks?

Thursday Fartlek anybody ?

I still felt Saturday's 10km in my legs this morning, so I missed the long run. I am planning a long (ish) run Thursday evening with a variety of "fartlek" style efforts / repeats thrown in en route.

If you want to come to I'll be leaving West Ashley around 5 to 5:30 pm - or whenever it suits a critical mass ?

IOP Connector 10k

It's amazing how much slower you go when the course is actually 10kms.... In conditions that seemed to be ideal for PRs, I managed a not so exciting 41:53 to bag 6th place in the 40-44 div. Blair (if her last name is Turnage ?) did significantly better taking 2nd in her division with 46:58.

I think I saw Rusty there - but don't know if he ran 5 or 10. I also couldn't find his name, but I'm guessing he isn't "Rusty" in the results either !!

I went out hard and tried to keep it there, looking for a sub 40 time on a real course. I was doing alright until the 3 mile marker, which was completely out of position. My psyche never really recovered from the disappointment at recording an 8:05 mile after 2 consecutive 6:25 miles and I think my brain let me down more than anything else...

The best bit was jumping in the sea with my running gear on afterwards....

For Tomorrow

Rusty and I are planning to meet at 6:30 for a quick three miles before the group meets at 7:00. So as we've done in the past, we'll have a 6:30 departure for a three mile loop. We'll meet back with the 7:00 departure for the long run. See you tomorrow morning.