January 11th, 2009
Super fun 13-miler today, not only because it was on my local trail (which was gorgeous with a light covering from last night’s snow) but made all the more special because I got to run with Audra and Loren. I love running with those two – funny chat is guaranteed. We even came in handy in a crisis, disengaging a fallen cyclist from her tire valve. All in all, a fine and fabulous capper to a 52-mile week. Smooches to you, girls!
This coming week includes a novel activity on Saturday – the Pickle Prediction Race. There are so many things I like about this one, in no particular order.
#1. Weird distance (I’m doing the 3.08) , so no PR pressure at all.
#2. Prediction run, first time racing without Garmin/watch. I need this!
#3. Get to see my friend Matt and maybe his wife Marianne, too.
#4. Never been to this park, it’s about a 40-min drive from Philly.
#5. Funny race description. I live for humor.
I still haven’t started dissecting how to run these next few weeks before jumping into my Half plan. No hurry, I guess – as long as my mileage is up and I keep some hard stuff in there, I should be good to go. But I’ll sit down with it in the next coupla days and make some workout decisions, because you know I love me some scheduling.
And this marks the end of my Sunday ramblings. Back to the Eagles/Giants game as they eek it out to the finish.
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Tire valve? I hope it was caught in her clothing, and not stuck in her ear or anything. I suck at prediction runs, but I love them anyway. Cant wait for that pickle report!
I love the Pickle race idea. It looks like lots of fun!
Jim, nothing as gross as her ear, just her pants.
I’m glad you said you suck at prediction runs because I plan to, as well.
Dave, it does look like a blast, doesn’t it?
I tried something similar as part of a training group I was in last spring. It was fun! I didn’t do all that great, but luckily most people did worse.
Yay, thank you for saying you didn’t do so well and everyone else did worse. Another vote for no pressure. So much better than “Gee, without a watch, I went faster than ever”. I am certain I won’t match my regular race pace, but that’s part of the fun, the fact that I will be able to suck freely – I don’t treat myself to enough of that in running.
My current 5K PR was a prediction run. So I sucked, but in a good way