INTERESTING RUN! (3rd practice)

Hey hey hey...

Guess what!? I met my YouTube crush today!!!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JadjTiutKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_tU3V38JWY

Turns out that she runs with my Greater LA TNT group and missed the last two practices! (which were my 1st and 2nd). She also joined my running group (Group O)... dang, it was interesting and I got to talk to her for a bit whilst running next to her.

Anywho, the run was good and beautiful. We did a run/walk and when up and down some steps and even ran on the sand which was tough. I was trying to get rid of my farmer's tan.

I forgot to pause my workout yet again at one point, but it was all good. I'm going to start running during the week this week to become one with my body (haha). Check out the YouTube channel for video updates!

---Andrew =)

Avoid Injury Run

2.7 mi, 24.5 min. Was feelin' gimpy, but wanted to get out there at least for a bit. Keep up the schedule.

2nd TEAM IN TRAINING RUN/WALK

So yesterday, I had my 2nd TNT run/walk practice. It was blazin' outside in the morning... I moved up to the next level group which was supposedly faster, but they weren't so I ditched that group for a faster group (the 2nd fastest in the TNT group) and it was much better. I got some feedback from the coaches on my running form... two things I need to work on: a little more knee lift and tilting my head down to reduce my neck/shoulder tension.

I should mention that these practices are run/walks... we don't run full straight through the whole time. The first practice was really easy... this practice I upped it a notch and though we did do some walks in between runs, I took fewer than last week (I ended up ditching that 2nd faster group with another guy closer to the middle-end cuz they stopped to walk and we didn't).

Oh yeah, and my pace time and time of the workout is a little off since I forgot to pause the workout on my iPod during our first waterstop... so there are a few minutes on there when I'm not really doing anything. Ah wellz.

---Andrew =)

Toasty Run

It was well past sunset today when we ran, but it was still hot. I'll be glad to move closer to the beach to avoid these scorchers. Did alright anyway, 23 minutes flat, probably 2.5 miles or so, not sure exactly.

Running with the laday

Ran with ES today, 29:54 over 2.9 mi.

1st Team In Training Run

Hey hey,

So yesterday morning (Sunday morning) I went to my first practice for TNT. We split up into groups and ran/walked in Santa Monica outside. The coaches wanted me to keep it easy on the first practice, so I was with a relatively easy paced group. I might try out a faster paced group (maybe) next weekend or keep being in this one.

I kept my iPod on even during the walks, but if we stopped at a light or water station or something I paused it. Thus, my average is worse, but that includes required walking. At some point during the run, my iPod wouldn't let me pause it again so it started a whole new workout. I thought it was an error and that it erased everything I had done up to that point (but it didn't which was good). So here are 2 results from yesterday...







---Andrew =)

Strange Occurance Run

Ran ~2.8 in 24 min or so. Just was feeling jiggly again.... I think I'm converting muscle weight into fatty weight (despite my overall weight not changing). I feel more rotund. So at the last possible minute, I decided to go run (at dusk).

BUT as I'm running, first, there's a fire truck and ambulance responding to some emergency at the park that's along my route. Looks like a kid got hurt on the playground, but didn't want to rubberneck too hard.

THEN as I'm running back, 3 sherrif cars are zooming down the road (it's a back road that they use to move around quickly due to low traffic), one was hilariously blasting some girly pop music over the PA system.

AND THEN I'm just about home and I see some kittens in the grass between the sidewalk and the street. They were black cats with a white stripe down their backs.... with fluffy tails... and it hit me that they were actually baby skunks! 4 of them foraging for something in the grass - food or something. Sort of cute. I got some photos (see facebook). Whenever I got close to them to take the picture, they'd turn around and point their stink canons at me, so I gave them their distance =P

Team In Training

Guess what guys?

I officially signed up for "Team In Training" today. I'm either going to run the Long Beach 1/2 marathon or the Nike Women's 1/2 marathon in San Fran. $2400 to raise though... DANG! That sounds like a lot (it's even more for the Nike one). But it's something I've been thinking about doing for a while.

Oh yeah baby.
---Andrew =)

Morning Run

Today I got up early and ran before work for the first time in a long time. I kept track of how many laps I was doing with my cellphone, but then accidentally deleted the info before I got a chance to look at it though. But not to fear, I figured out that I must have ran 6 laps (from previous data). Pleasant surprise though because I would've guess 5 laps max.

Anyways, here are my results (fastest run thus far)...



---Andrew =)

RunnuR

22:52 / 2.9 mi = 7.89 min/mi! Woo hooooooooooooooo

Pre-flu run

Luckily I ran on Tuesday this week, because Wednesday I got sick and I'm still sick. It was 28 min and probably about 2.5 mi. Ran with Emily - she's gotta get back in condition for that triathlon!

Yesterday (Sunday)'s Run

Yesterday morning I ran for the first time since the Carlsbad race. It was hot as hell...

Hawt Run

It was quite a hot weekend, but after Korean BBQ for lunch, I had to get out and move around a little. Did a 30 min run with ES once the sun went down. Still, it was super hot.

Few days ago run

Did a light run - 3.3 mi in 37 min. Just getting out there, low intensity.

Blubbery shame run

Andrew successfully shamed me into running - gotta fight the blubber. 2.7 mi in 22.9 min = 8.5 min/mi

CARLSBAD 5000 5K RACE

Ran the Carlsbad 5000 in San Diego this (Sunday) morning. Here are the results of my worst 5K time ever...
-bib #1778
-chip time: 25:05
-clock time: 25:21
-overall: 618 out of 1210 total runners
-sex place: 429 out of 637 male runners
-div place: 181 out of 267 division runners
-age grade: 51.4%
-pace: 8:05 min/mile

Don't know what happened... I felt like it was a good race throughout... I totally hauled ass at the end and started off slow and steady. This was the first time I used the Nike+Ipod during a race... I think maybe I should buy a big old timer so that I could see the minutes pass as I run... I listened to a Podcast during the race to change things up... I didn't have my pizza beforehand, but rather a bagel and bananas for breakfast... had one of those Accelerade gels 15 minutes before the race (steroids).

Anyways, still glad that I did it. Now I need to just make sure my scores don't get worse. What is going on!?!

---Andrew =)

Friday's Run

Friday, I had the day off so I ran at Drake. Didn't really get a chance to post this until now...

---Andrew =)

Friday Morning's Run

Hey man,

So I ran on Friday morning before work. Didn't get a chance to post until now, since Friday and Saturday and even today have been non-stop.

Anyways, it was good to run in the morning again before work. I find that listening to my Creative Screenwriting podcast helps and might even be better for me to run to instead of music. Hmm, weird.

---Andrew =)

Yesterday Morning's Run (Tues 3/11/08)

Didn't get a chance to post this until now... anyways, yesterday morning I woke up at 6:30AM and then did some running at Drake Stadium. Yes, it was before work! I've always wanted to run before work or school or something, but it's just too hard sometimes. With this new job, my hours are consistent so I just woke up about an hour earlier and ran. It's definitely the earliest I've ever run in LA, maybe even ever! HAHA no seriously.

Funny cuz I felt energized before work that day and was talking about it with a co-worker. I found out today that she ran this morning because I had done it... she said she felt "inspired"... muahahah, I'm awesome.

Also NOTE: For some reason, my IPOD didn't adjust to Daylight Savings, so it says that I ran at 6:16AM when I really ran at 7:16AM.

Anyways, I didn't run this morning, but I plan to run tomorrow (Thurs) morning. Yay!

---Andrew =)

Ahh Freedom

Today, I got up early and ran earlier at Drake... there was a team there but they didn't hog up the track with hurdles and demands to go into different lanes, etc. so I got to run in one lane and stick with it.