race details and other bits

Ok so I am looking at my run and it is interesting. Here are the mile splits and you be the judge where I lost this thing....

9:44
9:36
9:44
10:10
9:51
10:20
11:17 BRUTAL HILL
9:22
9:06
9:31
9:31
10:53
9:30
0.2 in 1:33 8:17 pace

so the slow times correspond quite well with the elevation chart =).....oh well I will annialate DISNEY....thats my next half.....signed up tonight. SUB 2:00 the goal. There will be an entourage as well for that one.....RUN CLUB HOOOOOOOO.....

I am trying to buckle up and find a race to practice on in august or september.....yuba utah? Kokopelli? LV TRI? I dont know I am on my own for that. I am also kicking around the rock and roll phoenix but word is its boring. Who wants a thier first marathon to be boring?

Got my invitation in the mail today from my good friend Karl. He is fit enough to run 30 miles on his 30th birthday. I will ride and may be run too to support that....what an athlete and I am looking forward to it.

"I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart."
- Mike Fanelli, club coach

The answer is NO

The answer is NO to whether or not I can do a half-marathon in 2 hours flat. I did the the Santa Barbara Half marathon this weekend in 2:10:15 a new PR. Yeah a new PR I was just a bit slow. IT was a bit hilly and I did have a calf problem that wouldnt let go but I was pooped. Better but not as good as I want. I need to be more committed these next couple of months. The run club will be making an appearance at the Disney Half Marathon. That will be my goal there. Sub 2 hours.

I will sit down and write schedules for bear lake, disney, and silverman and tie those into rock and roll January. So I will have the opportunity to step it up a notch. Here are my race details.

57:23 at the 5.9 split
1:12:51 at the 7.2 split
9:56 pace
870th place out of 1954
407th male

Whats with the 5.9 split? i dont know. I think it may the hill between the 6 and 7. The ralays exchanged there. dunno.

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
--William Faulkner

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Just I throw that out there for the watch peeps.

Saturday rode with my wife...14 miles in about an hour...stopped a lot to discuss biking with her. She is getting the bug. Did someone say sprint in august at bear lake julie?

Sunday 6 miles in 1 hour..slow easy
Today ran 2 miles before softball

Rest and take it easy until the race on saturday......SANTA BARBARA HERE WE COME!