Gilbert's Gazelles

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Get Your Rear in Gear

So this morning I had planned on running this little 5K, the "Get Your Rear in Gear 5K", which benefits colon cancer education etc...  So the problem is that I did a 13.5 miler yesterday morning to the top of Mount Bonnell no less, and stuck with DV and Joseph.  We were definitely the "fast runners" on the day.  So then I had this dream last night that I was walking to the race and realized that I still had my work pants on, and I had this pair of stretchy shorts in my other hand.  I couldn't...

posted @ Sunday, April 06, 2008 1:05 PM | Feedback (3)

Lil' Longhorn 5K

Well, I did my first 5K this morning since running with Gilbert's Gazelles, and it was interesting for several reasons.  The good news is that I finished 2nd overall (woohoo!), the downside being that there was really only one fast runner and he smoked me(dang!)  It was really a community fun-run so the competition level was pretty low, but any time I can race and be timed, it's a good experience. I woke up hoping to feel good.  In fact, I felt pretty poor.  My outside right knee was really stiff from Thursdays' track run.  My left inside...

posted @ Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:52 PM | Feedback (0)

3M Half Marathon

Today was the 3M half marathon.  What a day!  I got up at 4:50 on about 4 hours of sleep (tossed and turned like I always do before events).  This is my first running event since splitting the Austin marathon 5 or 6 years ago.  I slugged a protein shake w/ banana, got in the car and headed north.  It didn't take me nearly as long as I thought to make it up north with no traffic, which was great because I had plenty of time to "do ma thang etc..." before the race started.  I saw some Gazelles, and...

posted @ Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:01 PM | Feedback (0)

Meriden Run #1

I did my first run at Meriden today with Gilbert's Gazelles.  This was a pretty intense run.  We did 5 laps of the approximately 1K loop.  I ran together with Roger, Chris and Phil.  The up and downs are pretty difficult.  Running down the steep incline towards the end on Meriden, I could hear my feet slapping the pavement.  I need to figure out how to mellow that out.  Chris was dropping the pain on us basically at will, but it's always good to have a rabbit.  Then afterwards, he skipped the other exercises.  That's not even fair.  ...

posted @ Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:26 PM | Feedback (0)