Race Update

I've been neglegent in updating the blog, so here is what I have been running lately.  Great times at Seneca Creek, Tobacco Road, and finish my first 100!  Happy there.  Have a big summer lined up for adventures to look forward to.  Looks like my next goal race will be the Trilogy in Oct.  Hopefully will update a few more times before then. 

First Day 5k

Ran the First Day 5k in Midlothian Va today.  Was a really good race.  Mom and Dad came up yesterday and we did the Richmond tourist thing.  We ate dinner and went to bed way before the ball dropped.  We got to the race really early but killed the time chatting in the car.  I haven't run a 5k since my first ever race, so I was kind of excited to set a new PR.  The weather was perfect at a cloudy 55 degrees with only a slight breeze.

The course was out and back through a neighborhood and was mostly flat.  I ran at about 90% and finished in 22:50 for a 8 minute PR which would have been good for 3rd in my age group, but I was signed up for another age group.  Mom and Dad both finished in 37 and had a great race. 

Rest of the day was spent relaxing with the family.  This has to be the best vacation yet!

Seashore 50k

Last Saturday I drove down to Va Beach to run the Seashore 50k in First Landing state park.  The race was really well put on for its second year of being run.  The weather was chilly, starting around 20 and climbing to around 40 by the end of the day.  The course starts with .75 mile on pavement (can you say black ice) and then drops into the state park.  The rest of the two laps are made up of fire road and single track.  While there were no significant climbs the trail did roll enough to keep boredom from sinking in. 

I went out way to fast and hit the half way mark in 2:37, bonked really hard for the next several miles, and then finished with a very big smile on my face.  I have run several 50s a lot slower and in this case I forgot to pick up my chip so there is no real evidence of my 6:05 finish. 

I learned several things from this run that are not limited too:  overconfidence (never hear me say "its only a 50k" again, under prepared (this is a frequent foe, notice the blog title), nutrition (for some reason I felt so good during the first half I skipped the calories needed at the aid stations and paid for it later).  I think that about encompasses the problems.

Next up some quick and short New Years runs and hopefully a 13 mile lap around a snow fallen Pocohantas Park tomorrow.

Getting Into the Blog

After starting the blog in August I have finally updated and started a post!  Its going to be a good one....  Actually it wont be that exciting.  We had a great and uneventful holiday this week.  Sydney turned one today as well.  That is big news for us.  Now she will sleep all the way through the night every night and will start driving herself to school soon right?

The blog will mostly be a record of races that I will do and hopefully a nice record of Sydney's accomplishments. 

More to come.