FINALLY!!!! =)

Finally. My first run after our 5K. I've been trying to run for weeks but things have gotten in the way...

~Sun 10/22: Last time running at Drake Stadium before today
~Sat 10/28: Our 5K race
~Weekend of 11/4 - 11/5: Food poisoning (had to take 2 days off of work after the weekend) (DIDN'T RUN)
~Sun 11/12: Went to Drake Stadium but there was a UCLA soccer game going on (DIDN'T RUN)
~Sun 11/19: Was about to go to Drake Stadium but then saw on website that it was closed (DIDN'T RUN)
>>>FRIDAY 11/24 (TODAY): Left around noon (right when my "weekend" parking permit begins working--> Friday's at noon) and ran at Drake Stadium

Since my stopwatch died, I tried out my new phone's lap timing feature. It's cool, but it's really hard to read during the run since the screen goes dark and the font is so small. I didn't get my exact time on the last lap because it took me probably 5-10 seconds after finishing to realize that the clock was still ticking.

lap 1... 1:54.80
lap 2... 2:03.01
lap 3... 2:04.98
lap 4... 2:03.98
lap 5... 2:06.12
lap 6... about probably 2:15 or so

Total Time... about probably 12:30 min or so

---Andrew =) (ps: I did feel a little sick after running so that was a downer, but it was no where as sick as I felt the last time I ran at Drake Stadium. Also, I didn't really run my normal amount of laps, but I guess that it's understandable since I haven't done any running in almost a month)

Not Quite Running

Still trying to figure out this damn Daylight savings stuff so I can still work out. Did the stairmaster on Friday for 30 solid minutes. Woah, that was quite a workout, though not quite running. Not sure if it counts on this website :) 170+ BPM heart rate while I was going. 100 "flights" of stairs :)

Wierd daytime run

Wierd run today with a co-worker. Co-worker is cool, but the run was right midday during lunch, and they ain't got showers! I just hid away in a break room and ate lunch while I stopped profusely sweating, and then changed back into my work clothes. I did a hit of deoderant of course, but it was just wrong getting back into work clothes. Ew. Maybe next time I'll run at the end of the day, cool down while I download and maybe watch some lecture, and then just leave running clothes on and ride the train back. Train people smell, occasionally, so I might as well join the crowd.

Also wierd, i didnt run the whole time. I ran and walked intermittantly because the other guy wanted to take it easy. Total time running was >15 min. Probably closer to 25 min. Had a really good burst of energy at the end of the run and got some really long steps in. I think I can get some GREAT speed doing that, but I'm worried about my bones. Hopefully I can eventually get to that long stride for a full 5K.

In related news: Disneyland Half Marathon run signups postponed until Jan 8.

POISONED

I was going to run this past Sunday, but I got food poisoning on Saturday. I had to take 2 days off of work! (which includes today). But, I should be back to work tomorrow.

Anyways, whoops... I found the results on Active.com

Also, did you and Emily want to do another 5k? I'm going to look into doing a couple more 5k's before moving onto the 10k. It just seems like it's too far a leap for me to go from one 5k to a 10k all of a sudden.

http://www.raceplace.com/crunla.shtml

Perhaps one before Thanksgiving and/or Xmas?
---Andrew =)

5 K more

Did another 5K distance today (unofficial - self timed and self metered). Got 28:17 today, so that makes me think that perhaps we measured the distance incorrectly. It seems like I ran just as fast today as I did last weekend, but the time's don't seem right. It could be because it was quite hot today (85).

I'm not sure when my next official 5K will be. I'd like to train more and do a 10K next, actually. I gotta get closer to the half-marathon distance.

The results do seem to be posted on active.com - E.S. found her info: she got 31:21, it ends up.

PUSH THAT ENVELOPE

1.) So when's the next 5K, man?

2.) Why haven't the race results been posted on Active.com?

---Andrew =)