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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Hands of Hope Turkey Trot 5k

Anyone run a Turkey Trot this weekend? :) Well, what a race! Who says 5k's can't be fun?

The weather forecast's been calling for rain all weekend for at least a week, with a chance of rain pegged at 99%. Rain doesn't bother me, in fact, I've been welcoming it because you never know what the weather will be for CIM.

I did get a feeling I was in Back to the Future II though. Last night I was looking at the Accuweather hourly forecast on the iPhone, which indicated clouds prior to 9am, rain for the hour of 9, and cloudy from 10 on. Those people are amazing, as Doc Brown said, "Right on the tick!" At 9:04 the rain started, and it had stopped just before 10am.

The race went exceedingly well, although I didn't get a PR. As I commented to a someone on Twitter afterwards, two 5k PR's in a row was great, but three was pushing my luck. He told me that I might be vindicated when the official results were posted. They never were.

Speaking of luck though, with 23:15, I managed to get 2nd place in the 35-45 age group! So I ended up beaming after all, and even though I didn't PR, it was pretty darn close (11 seconds).

CIM is two weeks from tomorrow, and tomorrow is 12 more miles in the rain. Yippee!





Splits
Mile 1: 7:19
Mile 2: 7:45
Mile 3: 7:39
.1 Mi: 6:41/mi

3.1 Miles, 23:15, 7:30/mi, 326 calories burned

From Twitter 11-19-2010



  • 03:01:21: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-18-2010: 03:01:26: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-17-2010: 03:01:20: ... http://bit.ly/b1c9o4
  • 07:12:06: Wt: 170.8, RHR: 50, BF: 16.7% #myhealthstats #fb
  • 07:44:34: I'm at Tower Mart (4217 Arboga Rd., McGowan Pkwy, Olivehurst). http://4sq.com/7CHyek
  • 08:25:19: I just ousted @robbierobbz as the mayor of I-5 / US 50 (CCF) Interchange on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/dlJwa3
  • 09:33:44: It's 8:32am. Am I the only person who sees 8:32 and thinks, "That's a decent pace"? #tapermadness #fb
  • 12:13:20: Distant as the distant thunder where equal rights for rent asunder... (@ American River Bike Trail (Sunrise Blvd. Trailhead))
  • 12:33:40: Today I did a total of 202 pushups thanks to the Hundred Pushups iPhone app. (Week 6, Day 2, Level 3) #100Pushups
  • 13:02:02: Ran 5 mi in 42:19, 8:28/mi ave (8:24,8:21,8:30,8:54,8:08), 557 calories burned - http://bit.ly/9aXaK2
  • 13:11:43: Ran 5.01 miles in 42 mins and felt good. Surprisingly good run, all things considered. Monday night I noticed troub... http://bit.ly/9jZnT2
  • 17:25:52: GAH! Local printer on Win7. Driver detects & installs fine, works fine. On reboot, it's greyed out. If I remove/detect, it installs fine.
  • 17:25:54: Ideas?
  • 19:43:29: I'm at Pro Fitness (424 D Street, Marysville). http://4sq.com/cRAnYN


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Friday, November 19, 2010

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

From Twitter 11-17-2010



  • 03:01:20: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-16-2010: 03:01:21: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-15-2010: 03:27:44: ... http://bit.ly/c3JPQi
  • 05:55:42: Wt: 168.8, RGR: 51, BF: 16.8% #myhealthstats #fb
  • 06:18:11: Circuit Training (@ Pro Fitness) http://4sq.com/cRAnYN
  • 10:09:51: Looks like I'm playing hookie from Body Pump today... but for good reason! Free podiatrist consultations at Fleet Feet! Woohoo! #fb
  • 12:58:03: I'm at Rideout Memorial Hospital (726 4th St., Marysville). http://4sq.com/ahOqTf
  • 16:00:35: WTH? No prepared food after 2pm? I don't drink coffee, morons. (@ The Brick Coffeehouse) http://4sq.com/b4w8LF
  • 16:05:04: I'll pretend this is healthy. :( (@ Jimboy's Tacos) http://4sq.com/9qOiKO
  • 16:13:04: RT @levarburton: Hell to the yeah! We're so close... RT @CERN: Antimatter atoms produced and trapped at CERN http://bit.ly/d0znip
  • 16:17:40: Ok, back to the hospital, looks like they're admitting my mom. She won't wake up for more than 30 seconds at a time. Lame Internet too. #fb
  • 16:28:21: Going dark.
  • 19:20:38: My mom's room can get 3G signal. About time. Of course now I only have 22% battery left.
  • 19:24:42: Forgot to check back in after lunch. ;) (@ Rideout Memorial Hospital) http://4sq.com/ahOqTf


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