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Sep. 23rd, 2019 10:44 amIt's about 11 am and I'm at Walmart. There's a lady riding around on a handicapped scooter with a Natty Light. Can't get a pic without her seeing me, but thought you should know this.
Black Creek Bowl 5/10k 2018
Oct. 22nd, 2018 07:50 am I spent a lot of the summer on treadmill training for the first Black Creek 10k. They've had a 5k for about six years now and I ran in the last two, but this was the first year they've offered the 10k distance so of course, I had to do that. My goal has been to work on speed, since I know I can handle distances, and most of my workouts have been geared towards increasing my speed and my ability to maintain said speed. So lots of sprints, tempo runs, hills, etc.
It paid off pretty well, too. My official time was 1:01:46, putting me close to my goal of getting under one hour. I was also fourth place in my age group, so shaving enough time off to get under an hour might also put me in the top three finishers for my age/gender. Doing hill work on the treadmill definitely helped, since the new course included a long hill going down to the Black Creek, but it was a gentler slope than the old course that took us up and down the aptly named "Hill Street." It may actually be the steepest hill in Florida, who knows? There was only one problem I came across - I trained for running up hills. I was not prepared to run down them. My quads are still complaining about that.
So here's a post-race selfie. My Mom saw this and said that I've lost too much weight, LOL.
And here's what the finisher medal looks like - very Halloween-ish vibe with the old church and the Spanish moss. I like it :D
It paid off pretty well, too. My official time was 1:01:46, putting me close to my goal of getting under one hour. I was also fourth place in my age group, so shaving enough time off to get under an hour might also put me in the top three finishers for my age/gender. Doing hill work on the treadmill definitely helped, since the new course included a long hill going down to the Black Creek, but it was a gentler slope than the old course that took us up and down the aptly named "Hill Street." It may actually be the steepest hill in Florida, who knows? There was only one problem I came across - I trained for running up hills. I was not prepared to run down them. My quads are still complaining about that.
So here's a post-race selfie. My Mom saw this and said that I've lost too much weight, LOL.
And here's what the finisher medal looks like - very Halloween-ish vibe with the old church and the Spanish moss. I like it :D
