Hi Bloggers! It's Tuesday which means Tuesday night track workouts and one of my more favorite nights for running. Their is nothing better than running with the Mystics at Reading High during the nice months. A few weeks from now we will be heading indoors to the Gancher Center. It is always a relief in the middle of the winter to be able to run indoors once a week!
This past weekend was Amica Marathon and the United Healthcare Half Marathon. My friend John Kelly and I both ran the half marathon. If I have ever run on a more beautiful course, I can't remember. The course took you out along Ocean Drive and through the mansions on Bellevue Ave. On top of that, it was the perfect fall day. Comfortable temperatures and slightly overcast skies made the run absolutely gorgeous. The day was complete when I was able to win my age group and take home 7th overall out of over 2,500 runners.
What an absolutely perfect day. That is it for now :)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Smuttynose Rockfest
Today is what it is all about in running! To run is amazing but to run, support, and encourage is even more grand.
Today, I got the opportunity to run 13.1 amazing miles with one of my best running friends, John Kelly. John is an incredible story considering that less than a year ago he had never made a run at a true distance race. Now he clicks of times as if he is a seasonsed veteran and all of this at the young age of 57. Today, I got the chance to pace John through the Smuttynose Half-Marathon and by no surprise he did an amazing job (1:28:33). That is a 6:43 pace, just in case you were wondering.
On top of that, I got to see two more of my very close Mystic friends, Chaz and Rich finish the Smuttynose Marathon in very impressive times. Chas in 3:53 and Rich in 4:00! On a day that was not really made for quick times, they pulled off incredible paces! Way to go guys!
Running is meant to be fun and that is what today was all about.
Today, I got the opportunity to run 13.1 amazing miles with one of my best running friends, John Kelly. John is an incredible story considering that less than a year ago he had never made a run at a true distance race. Now he clicks of times as if he is a seasonsed veteran and all of this at the young age of 57. Today, I got the chance to pace John through the Smuttynose Half-Marathon and by no surprise he did an amazing job (1:28:33). That is a 6:43 pace, just in case you were wondering.
On top of that, I got to see two more of my very close Mystic friends, Chaz and Rich finish the Smuttynose Marathon in very impressive times. Chas in 3:53 and Rich in 4:00! On a day that was not really made for quick times, they pulled off incredible paces! Way to go guys!
Running is meant to be fun and that is what today was all about.
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