Did 5.1 miles outside yesterday.
Looking to do the Chattahoochee Road Runners 10k on Saturday: http://www.crrclub.com/racing.html

Run for the Son 5k - New PR

Did the "Run for the Son" 5k in Powder Springs today. Had a great race. This is a road race on Due West Rd and Old Mountain Rd. Blew away my old PR of 22:26 with a 21:49. Finished 15th overall, and 1st in my Age Group. There were about two hundred runners there, but I think most were doing the 10k.

Split times:
Mile 1: 6:55 [This 1 mile split time is about average for me.]
Mile 2: 13:48 (Mile 2 in 6:53) [My second fastest 2 mile split.]
Finish: 21:49 (Last 1.1 in 8:01 for 7:17 pace)
Overall Pace: 7:02

This may be the most evenly paced 5k I've run. Usually I start out way to fast and my 3rd mile is over a minute longer than the 1st mile. One thing that disguised it here is the fact that the first mile was pretty much uphill. With coming downhill on the second mile, I only beat it by 2 seconds. I kept it together for the last mile and after mile 1 nobody passed me and I didn't pass anyone else.

Even though it was about 20 degrees warmer than the previous two Saturdays, there were no shirtless wonders this time. Hopefully the results will be published. I recommend this race: good course, good crowd, and well run except for the 10 minute late start.

Records

Someone made fun of me at the Chattahoochee Challenge 10k a few weeks ago when I mentioned I keep a spreadsheet with every race and time. This is true. My first race was in Nov 2005, and I did only 2 races before June 2006, so there aren't that many rows. After I saw a Scott Jurek race log in Runners World a few months ago and posts on the the ATC website, I created a spreadsheet with a daily mileage log for 2007. In 2006 I knew how many miles I had run that week and the previous week, but never logged that data. That data is forgotten but I have the 2007 data.

ING Georgia Half-Marathon

I am registered for the ING Georgia Half-Marathon on Sunday March 25, 2007. This will be my first half-marathon, but this isn't the first time I signed up for a half. I paid for the ATC Atlanta half on Thanksgiving, but bailed out due to all the trouble of having to stay in Atlanta the night before, and having packet pickup the day before. Halfs make it more difficult with packet picket on days before race day. Usually halfs are far away, so going there twice is a pain. I can understand it though, due to the volume of runners.

I was also planning the half in Warner Robbins on Jan 13, but work got in the way.

Now we're less than a month away from the ING Georgia half, and I haven't been training according to the standard 12-16 week program. The most miles I've run in a day since I got serious in June 2006 is 7 miles. 7 miles! About half of the half marathon distance. I just don't enjoy running "slow", with slow being defined as anything less than 90% of what I think I can do. I definitely go for time and speed, rather than distance. If some asks how was your run, my response is focussed on the speed or time per mile, rather than how far I went.

I'm a member of the Foothills Running Club, which is at www.foothillsrunningclub.com A number of members are running the half, and I'm planning to run with the group. Finishing my first half will be an accomplishment to put in my running room (yes I have a running room).

-Dennis

Run for the Sun 5k

Tomorrow is the "Run for the Son" 5k in Powder Springs, GA. They are hosting a 10k as well, but I'm looking to run fast, and I don't won't to be 10k-sore the rest of the weekend. The event info is at www.burnthickory.com

Weight: 162 (All weights are first thing in the morning)