Made this plan to train for the Disneyland Half marathon. I want to at least say that I've run one race in my life where I made some sort of plan and stuck to it regarding the training. I'm sure I can beat my last half marathon run since it was so hot that time, but I want to annihilate my PR! That is, in a safe manner ;) E=Mc^2 heard that one long run per week increasing at 10% weekly would be a safe way to train up to the distance, so I'm going for that. Here's the progress so far.
7-11-2009: first long run, Omaha, NE. Got up just before sunrise, and my brother ran the first part with me. SUPER hilly - have never run hills before. My whole trunk was sore for a couple days which really surprised me. Ran from my parent's house to my aunt/uncle's house. I was up all night beforehand I suppose worrying about the run, wasn't sure if I could make it. But we mapped it out and I knew by the numbers that it was doable. Just strange to be running in a place I'm not used to running. Saw a deer and a hawk. This was running in the shoulders of a couple highways; light traffic, but mildly harrowing with semis barreling by. Did not get to wheezing like I remember when running in Omaha - perhaps that was part of the worry, also. Glad I completed this because it felt like a huge achievement to me. Wanted to run 6.7 mi in order to do the 10% gain rule, but this was close enough.
62 min / 6.4 mi = 9.7 min/mi
7-18-2009: maintenance run. Did not want this to be too long as to impede hiking the next day, but also wanted to get a short one in. Ended up working out perfectly.
38.1 min / 4.5 mi = 8.5 min/mi
7-21-2009: second long run. Wanted to beat the heat so got up at 5am and ran past the 91 FWY and back. Was planning on doing the river trail however it was too dark and sketchy so I stuck to streets until the way back when it was light enough. Heard a rooster crow, saw a horse sleeping on his side (on the ground) which was pretty funny. Not too funny: a drunk was feeding another horse some liquor! I told a ranch hand I saw soon after so hopefully he took care of it. I didn't want to get into a fight with some drunk - had running to do! I was happy with this run for sure.
68 min / 7.8 mi = 8.7 min/mi
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Redondo 5K
“4th of July 5K Run/Walk and Kids’ Dash” (by Village Runner)
Sat, July 4, 2009 at 8AM
Redondo Beach, CA
Bib #: 606
Division: 25-29 Male
Age: 26
Chip Time: 22:42.2
Clock Time: 22:44.8
Overall: 243 out of 2239
Sex Place: 206th
Division Place: 18 out of 65 (16 divisions per sex = 32 total)
Pace: 7:19 min/mile
Sat, July 4, 2009 at 8AM
Redondo Beach, CA
Bib #: 606
Division: 25-29 Male
Age: 26
Chip Time: 22:42.2
Clock Time: 22:44.8
Overall: 243 out of 2239
Sex Place: 206th
Division Place: 18 out of 65 (16 divisions per sex = 32 total)
Pace: 7:19 min/mile
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Late June Runs
6/21/2009 41 min / 4 mi = 10.25 min/mi
6/24/2009 44.5 min / 4.7 mi = 9.5 min/mi
6/26/2009 21.1 min / 2.9 mi = 7.3 min/mi
Absolutely love the long daylight hours!
6/24/2009 44.5 min / 4.7 mi = 9.5 min/mi
6/26/2009 21.1 min / 2.9 mi = 7.3 min/mi
Absolutely love the long daylight hours!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
33-MILE HOLCOMB VALLEY TRAIL RUN STATS
33-MILE HOLCOMB VALLEY TRAIL RUN
Sun, June 14th, 2009 @ 7AM
>START/FINISH LINE: Meadows Edge Picnic Area in Big Bear Lake, CA
>SEVEN AID STATIONS...
#1: 3.8 miles
#2: 8.6 miles
#3: 11.5 miles
#4: 14.9 miles
#5: 20.8 miles
#6: 23.9 miles
#7: 27.5 miles
>HIGHEST POINT: 8212 feet
>LOWEST POINT: 6750 feet (pretty sure this was the lowest point cuz it's the start/finish line elevation and also the smallest elevation # on the course map)
=>33-MILE RACE...
-105 runners (out of the 123 who signed up) started
-18 runners signed up but did not start
-102 runners completed the course + 3 did not finish (2 female, 1 male)
-77 male runners + 28 female runners = 105 total runners
MY STATS...
~Bib #: 108
~Division: Men 18-29 (6 different divisions per sex)
~Age: 26
~Wave: 3rd wave (last wave)
~Official Time: 9:12:50
~Overall: 99th out of 102/105--> aka "4th to last"
~Sex Place: 76th of out 76/77--> aka "the last man to cross the finish line"
~Division Place: 5th out of 5--> aka "dead last" (although there were 6 signed up = 1 didn't show)
~Pace: ~16:45.15 min/mile
***THE RACE: I started the race off with excitement but also caution. I was hoping my injury wasn't going to come back but knew that there was a chance it might. I noticed that a lot of the people out there were not running a "smart" race... early on, they were completely out of breath, running the inclines. I was doing a better job taking it easy on the up-hills and watching my heart rate and making sure I kept a good conservative pace.
So, my stamina was good but eventually my legs failed me. My IT band on my right side started acting up so I favored my left leg more, which caused the IT band to act up on that side as well. Plus, I was taking advantage of the elevation changes by walking the up-hills and running the down-hills (good for stamina, bad for legs) but the down-hills were hurting my IT bands.
Before I hit Aid Station #4, I knew something was wrong... but I was hoping that I could stretch my way out of it. So, at Aid Station #4 I did some stretching but deep down knew I was in trouble. It was 5.9 miles (the longest, loneliness stretch of the entire race) until the next aid station... man, that 5.9 was killer... I had to walk most of it, and it took FOREVER! This stretch is where people passed me and I feel behind. It was at this point that I thought that it was almost certain that I might not finish the race. I was disappointed. I thought about the 33-mile pin that I got at the start of the race that I wouldn't be able to pin onto my keychain lanyard. I also thought that I wasn't going to make the 10-hour race cutoff time limit. Oh, and I went to stretch at a couple points and at one point the stretching really made things worse.
But somewhere in those 5.9 miles, probably toward the latter half of it, I noticed that the walking wasn't really hurting my IT bands. And then I noticed after a long time that my legs were feeling better with the walking. I felt that once I got off the 5.9 trail and into the dirt road that was after Aid Station #5 that I could possibly try out some running even. I just knew that the dirt road was going to be easier for me than the trail.
Anyways, I just barely made the 12:45pm cutoff at Aid Station #5 (I had forgotten about this but someone mentioned it to me there). Then, the LAST RUNNER IN THE RACE came in right after me as I was about to leave. I didn't want to be the last person who finished the race, but I mentally prepared myself for it. I ended up walking, and then running a little and eventually caught up to 2 people. I passed them and extended my lead through some running at times. Then later, I was passed by that last runner, a 55-year old woman.
Man, I loved that long, wide, non-traily, dirt road in between Aid Station #5 and #7. But then, after #7... it was time to go back onto the trail. Also, as I was leaving the last aid station, a group of friends (a guy and 2 girls) who were in last place... were just getting to the aid station (I had been looking back ever since I passed them on that dirt path after Aid Station #5).
But yeah-- now it was time to go back to the trail. This was when the race got "scary"... it was as if it was some freaky horror movie and I was being chased through the woods or something haha. I kept looking back and running at points along the trail that I could run on. The running felt alright on my legs... I was happy about that. But I wanted to keep extending my lead cuz I didn't want to be last.
Alright, so overall throughout the race, the course was really marked well... except for one point. This came after Aid Station #7 on my "scary" run. Don't know how to describe it, but the markers weren't clear and it looked like I was supposed to go down to this one area but then I didn't know where to go next cuz I was off course. I seriously spent maybe 10 minutes or so looking around and feeling the hurt in my legs. I heard the group of friends (2 girls and a guy) who were in last place come up. I blew my whistle but that didn't help. Then when they got closer I yelled out to them and they put me back on course.
So yeah-- good news: I was back on course. Bad news: the lead that I had built up by running along the trail was now gone. It was all for nothing. And even WORSE news: the group of friends passed me as we met up. It was so demoralizing being not only the last runner on the course, but also the last runner on the course that didn't deserve to be the last runner.
Anyways, I was walking kinda slow by myself as they built up their lead. But then, the friends stopped cuz one of them needed to change a leg bandage. I walked passed them on the trail and did some angry, determined, and SCARY walking. I then started running at certain points along the trail, looking back.
This time when I did it though, I ran at almost every opportunity that I could, thinking that there was no way they could possibly catch up to me (since they were walking the whole thing, or so it seemed). I eventually made it down to lower elevation and then caught up to that "last runner" who had passed me earlier. She was like "no no no" and started running again (but remember... I had all the energy and stamina in the world cuz I had been walking most of the race). So I quickly passed her and she jokingly (or not jokingly) said "I hate you!" I told her that she wasn't the last person in the race (I had asked the aid station workers about her and they said that she had finished last in 2008 and was proud of herself for not being last and passing me).
Anyways, there was still probably a 1.5 miles to go. I kept running-- Iwas running scared again... even though I knew I probably wasn't going to finish last (although there was still a chance, you never really know), the competitive juices kicked in even more because I didn't want to be passed again by that 55-year old woman. I'm sorry to say this, but I wanted to extend the lead and make her think there was absolutely no way to catch up to me, because that would demoralize her and she wouldn't run as fast. Yes, I am an asshole, haha. But it helped... I ran, and I got to the finish line and finished about 4 minutes ahead of her. Then, the last place people came in about 12 minutes after me.
Anyways, it was a great experience and good test for me. I replaced the "26.2" pin from my first marathon on my keychain lanyard to the "33" one that I got on Sunday. Maybe someday it'll say "50"-- who knows? I want to get healed up quickly and run that race again injury-free. If so I hope to get a time under the 7 hour mark (or maybe even just barely under the 6 hour mark). That would be awesome.
There was also a 15-miler going on at the same time. They started their race a half hour after us...
=>15-mile race...
-130 runners (out of the 141 who signed up) started
-11 runners signed up but did not start
-128 runners completed the course + 2 did not finish (2 female)
-59 male runners + 71 female runners = 130 total runners
-8 runners who were 18-29 males signed up--> 2 didn't show = 6 completed the 15-miler
http://www.holcombvalleytrailruns.com
=)
Sun, June 14th, 2009 @ 7AM
>START/FINISH LINE: Meadows Edge Picnic Area in Big Bear Lake, CA
>SEVEN AID STATIONS...
#1: 3.8 miles
#2: 8.6 miles
#3: 11.5 miles
#4: 14.9 miles
#5: 20.8 miles
#6: 23.9 miles
#7: 27.5 miles
>HIGHEST POINT: 8212 feet
>LOWEST POINT: 6750 feet (pretty sure this was the lowest point cuz it's the start/finish line elevation and also the smallest elevation # on the course map)
=>33-MILE RACE...
-105 runners (out of the 123 who signed up) started
-18 runners signed up but did not start
-102 runners completed the course + 3 did not finish (2 female, 1 male)
-77 male runners + 28 female runners = 105 total runners
MY STATS...
~Bib #: 108
~Division: Men 18-29 (6 different divisions per sex)
~Age: 26
~Wave: 3rd wave (last wave)
~Official Time: 9:12:50
~Overall: 99th out of 102/105--> aka "4th to last"
~Sex Place: 76th of out 76/77--> aka "the last man to cross the finish line"
~Division Place: 5th out of 5--> aka "dead last" (although there were 6 signed up = 1 didn't show)
~Pace: ~16:45.15 min/mile
***THE RACE: I started the race off with excitement but also caution. I was hoping my injury wasn't going to come back but knew that there was a chance it might. I noticed that a lot of the people out there were not running a "smart" race... early on, they were completely out of breath, running the inclines. I was doing a better job taking it easy on the up-hills and watching my heart rate and making sure I kept a good conservative pace.
So, my stamina was good but eventually my legs failed me. My IT band on my right side started acting up so I favored my left leg more, which caused the IT band to act up on that side as well. Plus, I was taking advantage of the elevation changes by walking the up-hills and running the down-hills (good for stamina, bad for legs) but the down-hills were hurting my IT bands.
Before I hit Aid Station #4, I knew something was wrong... but I was hoping that I could stretch my way out of it. So, at Aid Station #4 I did some stretching but deep down knew I was in trouble. It was 5.9 miles (the longest, loneliness stretch of the entire race) until the next aid station... man, that 5.9 was killer... I had to walk most of it, and it took FOREVER! This stretch is where people passed me and I feel behind. It was at this point that I thought that it was almost certain that I might not finish the race. I was disappointed. I thought about the 33-mile pin that I got at the start of the race that I wouldn't be able to pin onto my keychain lanyard. I also thought that I wasn't going to make the 10-hour race cutoff time limit. Oh, and I went to stretch at a couple points and at one point the stretching really made things worse.
But somewhere in those 5.9 miles, probably toward the latter half of it, I noticed that the walking wasn't really hurting my IT bands. And then I noticed after a long time that my legs were feeling better with the walking. I felt that once I got off the 5.9 trail and into the dirt road that was after Aid Station #5 that I could possibly try out some running even. I just knew that the dirt road was going to be easier for me than the trail.
Anyways, I just barely made the 12:45pm cutoff at Aid Station #5 (I had forgotten about this but someone mentioned it to me there). Then, the LAST RUNNER IN THE RACE came in right after me as I was about to leave. I didn't want to be the last person who finished the race, but I mentally prepared myself for it. I ended up walking, and then running a little and eventually caught up to 2 people. I passed them and extended my lead through some running at times. Then later, I was passed by that last runner, a 55-year old woman.
Man, I loved that long, wide, non-traily, dirt road in between Aid Station #5 and #7. But then, after #7... it was time to go back onto the trail. Also, as I was leaving the last aid station, a group of friends (a guy and 2 girls) who were in last place... were just getting to the aid station (I had been looking back ever since I passed them on that dirt path after Aid Station #5).
But yeah-- now it was time to go back to the trail. This was when the race got "scary"... it was as if it was some freaky horror movie and I was being chased through the woods or something haha. I kept looking back and running at points along the trail that I could run on. The running felt alright on my legs... I was happy about that. But I wanted to keep extending my lead cuz I didn't want to be last.
Alright, so overall throughout the race, the course was really marked well... except for one point. This came after Aid Station #7 on my "scary" run. Don't know how to describe it, but the markers weren't clear and it looked like I was supposed to go down to this one area but then I didn't know where to go next cuz I was off course. I seriously spent maybe 10 minutes or so looking around and feeling the hurt in my legs. I heard the group of friends (2 girls and a guy) who were in last place come up. I blew my whistle but that didn't help. Then when they got closer I yelled out to them and they put me back on course.
So yeah-- good news: I was back on course. Bad news: the lead that I had built up by running along the trail was now gone. It was all for nothing. And even WORSE news: the group of friends passed me as we met up. It was so demoralizing being not only the last runner on the course, but also the last runner on the course that didn't deserve to be the last runner.
Anyways, I was walking kinda slow by myself as they built up their lead. But then, the friends stopped cuz one of them needed to change a leg bandage. I walked passed them on the trail and did some angry, determined, and SCARY walking. I then started running at certain points along the trail, looking back.
This time when I did it though, I ran at almost every opportunity that I could, thinking that there was no way they could possibly catch up to me (since they were walking the whole thing, or so it seemed). I eventually made it down to lower elevation and then caught up to that "last runner" who had passed me earlier. She was like "no no no" and started running again (but remember... I had all the energy and stamina in the world cuz I had been walking most of the race). So I quickly passed her and she jokingly (or not jokingly) said "I hate you!" I told her that she wasn't the last person in the race (I had asked the aid station workers about her and they said that she had finished last in 2008 and was proud of herself for not being last and passing me).
Anyways, there was still probably a 1.5 miles to go. I kept running-- Iwas running scared again... even though I knew I probably wasn't going to finish last (although there was still a chance, you never really know), the competitive juices kicked in even more because I didn't want to be passed again by that 55-year old woman. I'm sorry to say this, but I wanted to extend the lead and make her think there was absolutely no way to catch up to me, because that would demoralize her and she wouldn't run as fast. Yes, I am an asshole, haha. But it helped... I ran, and I got to the finish line and finished about 4 minutes ahead of her. Then, the last place people came in about 12 minutes after me.
Anyways, it was a great experience and good test for me. I replaced the "26.2" pin from my first marathon on my keychain lanyard to the "33" one that I got on Sunday. Maybe someday it'll say "50"-- who knows? I want to get healed up quickly and run that race again injury-free. If so I hope to get a time under the 7 hour mark (or maybe even just barely under the 6 hour mark). That would be awesome.
There was also a 15-miler going on at the same time. They started their race a half hour after us...
=>15-mile race...
-130 runners (out of the 141 who signed up) started
-11 runners signed up but did not start
-128 runners completed the course + 2 did not finish (2 female)
-59 male runners + 71 female runners = 130 total runners
-8 runners who were 18-29 males signed up--> 2 didn't show = 6 completed the 15-miler
http://www.holcombvalleytrailruns.com
=)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
LA MARATHON RACE STATS
I should probably post my results from the LA Marathon (marathon #2 for me!). I didn't break my PR, but it's all good-- it was good to "experiment" and see what worked and what didn't. The next marathon (Long Beach) will hopefully be faster and more pleasant...
LA MARATHON
Mon, May 25th, 2009
14228 finishers (9024 male, 5204 female)
MY STATS...
Bib #: 11157
Division: Men 25-29
Age: 26
Chip Time: 4:15:21
Clock Time: 4:16:15
Overall: 2330 out of 14228
Sex Place: 1955 out of 9024
Division Place: 275 out of 1017
Age Grade: 48.9%
Pace: 9:44.5 min/mile
MY SPLITS...
Split10K: 54:57
Half-way Point: 1:55:35
Split 30K: 2:48:27
Also, I should mention that my running idol, Dean Karnazes was running in the marathon as well. I didn't expect him to run a time so close to mine. I wonder if he was injured or something.
Anyways, here are Karno's stats...
KARNO'S STATS...
Dean Karnazes (Ross, CA)
Bib #: 15306
Division: Men 45-49
Age: 46
Chip Time: 4:04:39
Clock Time: 4:12:19
Overall: 1786 out of 14228
Sex Place: 1532 out of 9024
Division Place: 191 out of 901
Age Grade: 55%
Pace: 9:20.0 min/mile
KARNO'S SPLITS...
Split10K: 55:45
Half-way Point: 1:58:55
Split 30K: 2:57:33
Wow, so I just realized that he must have passed me at some point in the race. I didn't think he'd start way in the back but he did. Interesting. My running idol passed me at some point and I didn't even know it haha.
---Andrew =)
P.S.: stay tuned for another one of these cuz I have a 33-miler this Sunday... hopefully I can complete the race and do it without any injuries. ::knock on wood::
LA MARATHON
Mon, May 25th, 2009
14228 finishers (9024 male, 5204 female)
MY STATS...
Bib #: 11157
Division: Men 25-29
Age: 26
Chip Time: 4:15:21
Clock Time: 4:16:15
Overall: 2330 out of 14228
Sex Place: 1955 out of 9024
Division Place: 275 out of 1017
Age Grade: 48.9%
Pace: 9:44.5 min/mile
MY SPLITS...
Split10K: 54:57
Half-way Point: 1:55:35
Split 30K: 2:48:27
Also, I should mention that my running idol, Dean Karnazes was running in the marathon as well. I didn't expect him to run a time so close to mine. I wonder if he was injured or something.
Anyways, here are Karno's stats...
KARNO'S STATS...
Dean Karnazes (Ross, CA)
Bib #: 15306
Division: Men 45-49
Age: 46
Chip Time: 4:04:39
Clock Time: 4:12:19
Overall: 1786 out of 14228
Sex Place: 1532 out of 9024
Division Place: 191 out of 901
Age Grade: 55%
Pace: 9:20.0 min/mile
KARNO'S SPLITS...
Split10K: 55:45
Half-way Point: 1:58:55
Split 30K: 2:57:33
Wow, so I just realized that he must have passed me at some point in the race. I didn't think he'd start way in the back but he did. Interesting. My running idol passed me at some point and I didn't even know it haha.
---Andrew =)
P.S.: stay tuned for another one of these cuz I have a 33-miler this Sunday... hopefully I can complete the race and do it without any injuries. ::knock on wood::
Saturday, May 30, 2009
run bike run training
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=225596
This was supposed to be 8.5 mi with 5 mi of biking. Recorded this on my handheld GPS.
This was supposed to be 8.5 mi with 5 mi of biking. Recorded this on my handheld GPS.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Bridge-Was-On-Fire Run
5/20/2009: 44.9 min / 4.72 mi = 9.5 min/mi
Yup, the bridge was on fire underneath. Fire dept was there putting the blaze out. But it's concrete, so hopefully it's not a big deal in the scheme of things.
Yup, the bridge was on fire underneath. Fire dept was there putting the blaze out. But it's concrete, so hopefully it's not a big deal in the scheme of things.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
Jan 2009 Runs
24.25 min / 2.9 mi = 8.4
22.5 min / 2.9 mi = 7.8
22.25 min / 2.9 mi = 7.7
39.8 min / 4.0 mi = 9.95
23 min / 2.9 mi = 7.9 (1/22/2009)
22.6 min / 2.9 mi = 7.8 (1/26/2009)
41.6 min / 4.0 mi = 10.4 (2/1/2009)
ES's been doing a good job of getting me out of the house :) She always pushes for the 4.0 mile runs. We got a pretty good vid of us running on our new video camera while we were running yesterday, too.
22.5 min / 2.9 mi = 7.8
22.25 min / 2.9 mi = 7.7
39.8 min / 4.0 mi = 9.95
23 min / 2.9 mi = 7.9 (1/22/2009)
22.6 min / 2.9 mi = 7.8 (1/26/2009)
41.6 min / 4.0 mi = 10.4 (2/1/2009)
ES's been doing a good job of getting me out of the house :) She always pushes for the 4.0 mile runs. We got a pretty good vid of us running on our new video camera while we were running yesterday, too.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
RACE STATS
I kinda forgot to keep it up with posting my race stats. I've been in a lot of them recently since the Pumpkin 5K...
**Thurs, Nov 27th, 2008**
~Torrance Turkey Trot (unofficial 3-miler)~
Bib #2191
No chip timing/no official race results
~21:00 min flat
**Sat, Dec 13, 2008**
~Santa Monica-Venice Xmas 5K~
Bib #2016
Chip Time: 21:45.8 (gun time: 22:46.5)
Pace: 7:01 min/mi
Chip Time Overall: tied for 107th out of 1033 runners (gun overall: 128 out of 1033)
Overall Place: 110 out of 1024 runners
Overall Sex Place: 88th male
14 male divisions, 14 female divisions
25-29M Division: 14th out of 59 runners
**Sun, Jan 25, 2009**
~Carlsbad 1/2 Marathon~
Bib #3336
Overall: 1182 out of 7147
Men: 844 out of 2863
M 25-29: 158 out of 455 (15 divisions per sex)
Age/Grade: 55.02% Place: 2632 (by the way I have no idea what this Age/Grade/Place stat is)
Finish Time: 1:47:39 min (gun time: 1:58:41)
Pace: 8:13 min/mile
6.6 Mile Split: 56:14 min (6.6 mile split pace: 8:32 min/mile)
**Sun, Feb 1, 2009**
~31st Annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 10K~
Bib #2026
Overall Place: 403 out of 3663 finishers
M 25-29: 58 out of 282 (15 men divisions, 15 female divisions)
Tag Time: 47:08.6 (gun time: 47:11.5)
Pace: 7:36 min/mile
**Thurs, Nov 27th, 2008**
~Torrance Turkey Trot (unofficial 3-miler)~
Bib #2191
No chip timing/no official race results
~21:00 min flat
**Sat, Dec 13, 2008**
~Santa Monica-Venice Xmas 5K~
Bib #2016
Chip Time: 21:45.8 (gun time: 22:46.5)
Pace: 7:01 min/mi
Chip Time Overall: tied for 107th out of 1033 runners (gun overall: 128 out of 1033)
Overall Place: 110 out of 1024 runners
Overall Sex Place: 88th male
14 male divisions, 14 female divisions
25-29M Division: 14th out of 59 runners
**Sun, Jan 25, 2009**
~Carlsbad 1/2 Marathon~
Bib #3336
Overall: 1182 out of 7147
Men: 844 out of 2863
M 25-29: 158 out of 455 (15 divisions per sex)
Age/Grade: 55.02% Place: 2632 (by the way I have no idea what this Age/Grade/Place stat is)
Finish Time: 1:47:39 min (gun time: 1:58:41)
Pace: 8:13 min/mile
6.6 Mile Split: 56:14 min (6.6 mile split pace: 8:32 min/mile)
**Sun, Feb 1, 2009**
~31st Annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 10K~
Bib #2026
Overall Place: 403 out of 3663 finishers
M 25-29: 58 out of 282 (15 men divisions, 15 female divisions)
Tag Time: 47:08.6 (gun time: 47:11.5)
Pace: 7:36 min/mile
Monday, January 12, 2009
Catching Up On Posting
My internet on my Mac went out a while back so I couldn't upload my Nike runs onto the internet... but I do have internet now on my Mac. Here were my runs...
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Sun Practice #2
Alright, I need to get better at posting these runs on the day of my running, not days later. Anyways, we had our second TNT practice on Sunday and went out for about 45 minutes...
P.S.: see that's weird... the time is correct now and I didn't even change anything! Weird iPod... don't know what happened last time.
P.S.: see that's weird... the time is correct now and I didn't even change anything! Weird iPod... don't know what happened last time.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Wed Run
So I met up with Jim, a TNT mentor from last season, for a run on Wed at West LA College. We did a very easy run around the track and talked, so I didn't keep track of my laps.
---Andrew =)
P.S.: okay I just noticed the time and date are WAY messed up on this run and I don't know why. I just checked the time/date on the iPod right now and it's correct, so wtf?... anyways, the correct time for this should be ~6:45pm on Wed 11/5. Weird.
---Andrew =)
P.S.: okay I just noticed the time and date are WAY messed up on this run and I don't know why. I just checked the time/date on the iPod right now and it's correct, so wtf?... anyways, the correct time for this should be ~6:45pm on Wed 11/5. Weird.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
1st TNT Run/Walk of Spring 2009 Season
Well today was the 1st practice of the new spring season. We're training for the Carlsbad 1/2 Marathon (1/25/09) and the LA Marathon (2/16/09).
Anyways, today I woke up and threw up. I got food poisoning on Friday and I had thought that I was all recovered by Sat night, but I was wrong. So today's run felt a little weird (and it felt like I shouldn't be running due to illness), but we only ran for about 30 minutes at a slow pace... so I guess if I had to pick a time to get food poisoning this would be a great time. I'm really glad I didn't get it right before/during the marathon and our 5K race. That would've been terrible! The last time I had it was 2 years ago about a week after our first pumpkin race... whew!
So yeah, here were the results...
---Andrew =)
Anyways, today I woke up and threw up. I got food poisoning on Friday and I had thought that I was all recovered by Sat night, but I was wrong. So today's run felt a little weird (and it felt like I shouldn't be running due to illness), but we only ran for about 30 minutes at a slow pace... so I guess if I had to pick a time to get food poisoning this would be a great time. I'm really glad I didn't get it right before/during the marathon and our 5K race. That would've been terrible! The last time I had it was 2 years ago about a week after our first pumpkin race... whew!
So yeah, here were the results...
---Andrew =)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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 =)
~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 =)
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