Fall is here...right?

Okay, technically it's autumn now. Technically. Still waiting on those cooler temps. In the meantime, for our morning run, I'm going to be working up some beer miles. New Belgium is an official sponsor of the Green Fair tomorrow in Marion Square. Yowzah. Can't wait.

We had a great crowd for last week's run. Hope to see everyone tomorrow at 6:30.

Where's Autumn?

Daily highs are still in the 90's. When is fall going to get here? Usually it gets cool enough after Labor Day to begin discussing moving our start time up. Looks like we'll have to wait a little longer.

I've got 12 on my schedule for tomorrow. Hope to see everyone at 6:30.

West Ashley Reprezentin'

Ricky whipped out a 4th place overall, I managed 9th place overall at the Dirt Dash Half Marathon. Beautiful course, but still way too hot. Given the conditions, I was quite happy. I hope they try this one again next year with one small change...

Next year make it an actual half marathon. Did we mention that the course was not certified? The race director was willing to confess that it was measured with a car's odometer. We polled four folks (each wearing a Garmin) at the end. Everyone had over 13.2 miles (13.21 to 13.26).

Admittedly, given the weather, it was not going to be a fast day to begin with (winning time was around 1:24). But an extra tenth of a mile is enough to make you throw out the time. Chalk one up for tactical experience.

Plan to make it tomorrow, but will probably only go 8 to 10 miles. See everyone at 6:30.

Cold Snap (sort of)

This brief respite from the oppressive heat has been a welcome change. But the weather folks say it will be back into the 90's by week's end (and then there are the hurricanes). Hopefully our run on Sunday won't be affect by either extreme.

Lots of races coming up. Caper's Eco Run is this Sunday. The Dirt Dash Half is next weekend. Anyone planning to sign up for these?

800"s anyone?

Thanks goes to Lennie at the track last night for forwarding me this scorching 800 WR run in Berlin over the weekend...the second lap is amazing. Try to play where would you be on the track?

http://www.letsrun.com/2010/rudisha-video-0822.php

Charleston Marathon?

Just wondering if anyone is running the Charleston Marathon? Inaugural race?

Race weekend

We got a couple of races coming up this weekend. Hope the training has been going well for folks. We've been plodding through our Sunday runs, but I'm convinced it will pay dividends in the fall. Hope to see everyone Sunday morning.