PUMPKIN 5K 2008 STATS!

On Sunday, the 3 of us went out and ran our 3rd Pumpkin 5K. Here were the stats...

Pumpkin 5k--> Sun, October 26, 2008, 8a @ Legg Lake, Whittier, CA

Andrew Horng Bib 247 21:55, 19-29 male division rank **5th of 9 (12/77 overall) 7.1 min/mi pace
Andrew McAllister Bib 238 24:43, 19-29 male division rank 7th of 9 (27/77 overall) 8.0 min/mi pace
Emily Schultz Bib 239 31:19, 19-29 Female division rank 8th of 12 (46/77 overall) 10.1 min/mi pace

** = if the divisions were like normal, I would've been 3rd in my division!... there was a 19 yr old and 21 yr old who beat me!

RANDOM THOUGHTS...

Overall it was a great event like always. Too bad that the numbers keep dropping every year... the 19-29 division was kinda rough, but I think they did it due to lower participants.

Also, we learned that signing up online was probably the best, since they raise the price after a certain date and you're not guaranteed a t-shirt on race day.

What else? We also learned to not go out too fast which we all did... I ran my fastest "official" recorded 1-mile ever... 6:33 in the first mile, and Emily and I PR-ed in the 5K. Andy was close to a PR but had to "scoop" out his enormous flem and tie his shoe... taking up some time.

I didn't tell you guys this but I was MOANING really loudly that last mile. I was in real pain and wanted the race to be over with haha. I think the people passing me were like WTF?

Oh, and always remember for next time to stand in front of the coordinator guy during the raffle so that he can call out a number. Emily won something, Emily & Andy won "the stick" for having the best costume, and I won some Asics socks!!

Until next time...

---Andrew =)
P.S.: I didn't record this run with my Nike+ cuz I couldn't find my sensor (the thing you stick into the iPod)... but just the other day, I found it in the bathroom trash! It had been there over a week since the marathon! WHOOPS! My mistake... glad I found it.

Nike Women's Marathon Stats

384 runners/walkers from the Greater LA Chapter (raising over $1.5 million)
~5000 TNT runners/walkers nationally (raising over $18 million)

Over 20,000 individuals were at the start line, including people from all 50 states, 25 countries, 1089 brave and brilliant men, and 400 5-time or “legacy” runners.

Alright, and now on to Andrew's TNT Race Stats...

The Nike Women’s Marathon (5th Year)
Sun, October 19, 2008
San Francisco, CA
Bib#: 5893

Overall Time: 4:14:10.480
Overall Pace: 9:42 per mile

Male Rank: 86 of 346
M25-29 Division Rank: 23 of 67
Overall Rank: 654 of 4897
(although, Nike+ says I finished 680th overall... maybe that stat includes non-TNT runners)


SPLIT TIMES...
(marker) (time) (pace)
5k 0:31:19.850 10:04
10k 1:01:10.770 9:50
15k 1:31:43.210 9:50
13.1mi 2:04:23.390 9:29
25k 2:28:45.100 9:34
30k 2:58:04.660 9:33
35k 3:29:30.630 9:37
40k 4:01:49.040 9:43
Finish 4:14:10.480 9:42

Oh and here's the Nike+ graph of my run (taken from the chip I guess)...
http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/race/nwm08.html#/graph?user=5893
(actually accurate, unlike my Nike+iPod... man that thing was messin' with my head!)

See you tomorrow for the 5K,
---Andrew =)

The Last 4 Runs (including Marathon!)

1.) Easy Run At University High School's Track...
-I decided to take it easy on this one and not try to do a fast 5K.




2.) Last "TNT" Practice...
-YouTube girl wasn't there. We did only 8 miles.




3.) Last Mid-Week Run...
-I went back to West LA College to practice running a "fast" 5K by myself. This time I for sure went 11.5 laps. I broke my record of 23:19 but then again, my clock on my iPod has been a little off in the past, so maybe I tied it or went over. We'll have to see how I officially do at the Pumpkin 5K.




4.) Nike Women's Marathon...
-This was it. I got cocky at the end as I high fived everyone and then went from pure joy and elation at the finish to total depression upon seeing YouTube girl crying with her family and being held and kissed on the head by her boyfriend. I kinda wanna redo this run just to get that horrible "after taste" out... it really bummed me out seeing that. Anyways, that dip in the chart isn't me hitting the wall... I didn't hit the wall at all... it's probably went I stopped at the water stop and stretched for a little bit. My muscles above my knees were very tight. Also last note: my iPod was being VERY inaccurate this day. It was giving me credit for doing too many miles EVEN MORE than it usually does. I told myself to look at the mile markers instead of what was on the screen cuz it was messin' me up. Also, my official time was 4:14:10 (not 4:13:06... see how it's inaccurate with the time?).




Get ready for Sunday,
---Andrew =)

HMMMMM...

Okay, I went to West LA College's track tonight to run a 5K. I really tried pushing myself and ran for speed and it was really very very very hard.

I swear I ran 11.5 laps (=5K) in Lane 6, but I dunno... looking back at my previous data, my Nike+ hasn't been totally accurate. Now it's saying 3.16 miles which is really really really accurate. It usually, with these shoes, credits me a little bit more... I think. I'm not even sure of that either cuz I haven't been running on official tracks lately. Hmmmmm...

Anyways, I ran what I thought was a 5K and ran it in 22:17, unofficially my best time ever. But there is a chance that I miscounted (dammit I should've used my cellphone to lap count!) and if so then that means I should've ran one more lap, which means that I should add at least 1:30 to that score which frightens me cuz that isn't an improvement to my 5K score then. But if I did indeed run 11.5 laps then it is an improvement. Dammit! I wanna know the answer!

I guess I'll have to run again for speed and find out. Maybe next week or Sat? I dunno... I guess then we'll know if I really ran a 5K tonight.

Good Job Man

Hey dude,

Didn't run today... not yet at least, but just wanted to say that sub 8 min per mile is AWESOME and you're logging that BY YOURSELF in practice! I've been running a lot but there's a difference between training for a 5K and a training for a marathon... there's still a chance to get McAllisterized and McAllistung! Plus, I hope the one week recovery from the marathon is enough.

Anyways, keep it up and know that you're still in it! I think that you'll be able to improve your time (since you improved last year) if you keep it up with the practicing. My best time is 23:19 so hopefully I can improve on that. Ever since that 23:19 run in early '07, I've been getting worse with my 5K's for some reason (age maybe? training?). My 5K time this year was my worst--> 25:05, and I was not happy about that.

So anywho, that's my spiel and I'm really excited for this 5K (maybe even more so than the marathon... well, let's just say maybe it's a tie with the marathon, cuz the marathon's gonna be frickin' exciting!). Main thing is for me to beat my personal best, then get an award, then do some Hornginatin' haha.

---Andrew =)

<5k saunter

Hmm, will probably be no contest for you since you are training so hard. But I'm still going to try to improve on my last year's speed.

22.9 min / 2.9 mi = 7.9 min/mi....

Leading =)

Today was our final TNT practice all TOGETHER... by that I mean that I will still have practice next Sunday, but next Sunday some of the folks will be in Long Beach running their marathons (so not everyone will be there). The week after that is my marathon in San Fran.

It was pretty cool today... last week was our 21+ mile run, so this was the official start of the tapering. We did about 12 miles today... I was leading the pack with another guy who's really fast. During the run, he was talking about how he usually runs 5K's in 14 minutes, so I was like WHAT THE HECK!? I was also trying to absorb whatever running knowledge he gave to me, hehe.

By the way, near the end of the run a stranger woman who was pretty fit for her age (maybe late thirties) was kinda hitting on me I think... she was talking about how she was staying at this one hotel and said that she'd think about me on the day of my marathon.



Anyways, I've been thinking a lot recently about the 5K. Maybe that's not a good thing to be thinking about and focusing on since I'll be running a marathon soon, but the 5K this month is just as important to me. The first Pumpkin 5K was great, but the second one kinda blew. You (Andy) got 2nd place the first time, then 3rd place (beating me by 14 seconds!) the second time... and you (Emily) didn't place the first time, but placed 3rd the second time. I know placing shouldn't matter and it's all about finishing the race blah blah blah, but I really want to place this year. I've come in 4TH both years!!! Missed it by that much for 2 straight years. It's an ego thing, but I want my Pumpkin mug or trophy or whatever haha. This is really the only 5K that I can compete in and have that goal be within reach.

So here are my Pumpkin 5K goals...

4.) Hornginate, slaughter, and embarrass you both (haha you know I love you guys)
3.) Destroy and shatter my personal best of 23:19
2.) place in the top 3 in my division
1.) do all of the above while wearing a Halloween costume

---Andrew =)

Easy Saturday Run =)

---Andrew =)

5 Runs

Hey hey...

Dang, things have been so hectic recently that I didn't get a chance to post my runs...


1.) This was supposed to be one of my "40-60 min easy" Sat runs... I decided to walk to University High School near my apt. They have a soccer field with a dirt path around it which is the same distance supposedly as a regular track (I measured on Google Earth). It felt smaller though but I dunno, maybe it's all psychological. I could've run longer but I was in a rush to get somewhere afterwards and needed time to shower (deadlines deadlines).

I think I'll run here more often now instead of Drake Stadium since I recently (Tues 9/30) got a stupid parking ticket at UCLA. So that means no more going to their track and feeding the meter to balance things out.




2.) Did my run at practice... it was a hard run cuz I was trying to keep up with the fast peoplez (and did).




3.) This was supposed to be a hill workout but the coaches changed it to a track workout, since they felt that we're done with hills. YouTube girl showed up to this mid-week workout for the first time since her first time at one. Yup. We ran at a little faster than marathon pace for 10 minutes and did 3 total sets at the same 10 minutes with a short break between sets. It was really easy for me and I was out in the lead.




4.) Alright this one is a weird one... I decided to keep it safe and conservative and slow since I was feeling tired bad after the previous runs... that meant that all the top runners went ahead of me and beat me, including YouTube girl. So I ran alone for most of the run. My battery died at a little over 17 miles, but I really ran 21+ miles. Either 21.1 or 21.5 miles probably. I'm not sure what the time was, but it was definitely under 4 hours. Probably 3:30 or 3:40. Damn, I'm getting screwed on the logging of my long runs.




5.) We did some quick 200's on the track with short breaks in between.


---Andrew =)