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March 06, 2005
sat/sun running!
sat:
got up at 6:30 am. met a friend on the ridge. we ran a great new loop along the top of the ridge, via the sleepy hollow open space preserve and then down via lucas valley onto lucas valley road and then we cut via the mountain pass and made our way back over to las gallinas road , via terra linda and back up to ridgewood ridge. on the half mile+++ very steep climb back up to the ridge i really pushed the pace to try to beat my friend's new record. i ran up in 6:10, his record was 6:45. that felt pretty good. i ran for about 65 minutes. after the run i had to move quickly to get to a high school track and field meet. it was a beautiful sunny day...perfect for being outside on the track and field! all of our kids really impressed me. they did really well!
sun:
this morning i got up early again...6:45...and drove up to napa valley to cheer on and support a friend who was running the marathon. i found him at mile 16 and ran about 4.5 miles with him...he was running a great pace..6:49, 6:39, 6:59, 7:17 (mile 19-20 on the course is one long gradual climb!!!), 3:32 (a little over a half mile) and then i turned around and ran back to my car which was about 5 miles away...6:55, 7:00, 6:52, 6:51, 6:49. while running backward along the course...i was able to watch all the marathoners competing. they looked really great. many of the participants told me i was running the wrong way or to jump into the race--i looked great!--although i appreciated the kindness of these comments i really doubted that i could have been out there pushing as hard for the entire 26.2 miles today...it was a beautiful day...but very warm towards the end!!!
when i started running it was still cool...the fog rolls in and out of the valley...cooling it...but after about 30 minutes i noticed the temperature rising and i felt pretty warm. my friend ended up breaking 3:10...and having a great debut marathon. i was very impressed! i got in about 9+ miles for the day.
in general i'm a bit tired from not taking a day off this week and just from running around so much lately.
tomorrow i take off for a 5 day trip to southern california. i'm taking a group of students on a hiking/running adventure. we'll run, hike and rest along the coast, via the desert, in beautiful canyons and up many mountains. although this is going to be a very great trip..i'm going to have to take advantage of down time and take it easy this week...since saturday i'm racing a 50k. the timing of these two events isn't ideal...but the trip is actually part of my job detail (who can complain about that!!!)and i love trail running and racing ...so i'll just have to take everything in stride and be smart! more updates after the 50k next saturday!!!
Posted by liz at March 6, 2005 07:49 PM
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Good luck in your 50K! I'll be very excited to hear all about how well you do. :) Have fun on your Southern CA trip too. Sounds like a really cool way to "work". :)
Posted by: Beth at March 7, 2005 04:59 PM