Monday, December 12, 2011

Training the Week of 11/7/11

This is the week of the Richmond Half Marathon.
11/8/11 - Ran 6 miles on the road.
11/9/11 - 8 mile of road running.
11/12/11 - Richmond Half Marathon.
I had originally signed up for the full but since my leg injury and the 3 weeks off from running I decided that it was in my best interest to not push it and down grade to t he half.  Unexpectedly I had some trepidation as I stood in line to switch from the marathon to the half.  I didn't expect that.  I really didn't want to give up my #324 bib number.  Something about having a lower number bib number for such a large race.
I've only run 4 road races - Jingle Bell Run 5k in 2011, Boulder Boulder 10k in 2005 and 2009, and the Biltmore 15k back in 2002 or so.  My expectation was to run under 1:28.  I ended up with a 1:27:12 and was really happy with it. 
I got in another 7.6 miles running back and forth between miles 24 and 25.5 cheering on a number of fellow Mountain Junkies and friends. 
11/13/11 - mtn biked the Urban Assault race course - 17.25 miles
30.7 miles of running and 17.25 miles mtn biking.

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