I think I'm more ready for summer break than the students....
This past weekend, my cousins, my brother and I did the Rhody Run in Port Townsend, WA. It's a 12k race, similar to Bloomsday... except that it's all uphill within the first three miles. My time was pretty good. I managed to beat my Bloomsday time by almost 10 minutes! While this sounds incredible, I think it may have a lot to do with a certain amount of panic on my part. I missed the mile 2 and 3 markers. Never saw them, never heard the splits (I swear, they were on bathroom break), so I kept worrying that I was still on mile 2 and I walking very, very slow. They were almost completely uphill, but I still couldn't believe it was taking me that long to get to mile 2. Lack of spacial ability can really suck. When I finally saw "4 mile" painted on the pavement I nearly collasped with relief.
My cousin and I came up with a plan for the summer. If we do a race every couple weeks, somehow we'll end up ready to do a half-marathon in Novemeber. I'm thinking this plan needs a little more tinkering...
This past weekend, my cousins, my brother and I did the Rhody Run in Port Townsend, WA. It's a 12k race, similar to Bloomsday... except that it's all uphill within the first three miles. My time was pretty good. I managed to beat my Bloomsday time by almost 10 minutes! While this sounds incredible, I think it may have a lot to do with a certain amount of panic on my part. I missed the mile 2 and 3 markers. Never saw them, never heard the splits (I swear, they were on bathroom break), so I kept worrying that I was still on mile 2 and I walking very, very slow. They were almost completely uphill, but I still couldn't believe it was taking me that long to get to mile 2. Lack of spacial ability can really suck. When I finally saw "4 mile" painted on the pavement I nearly collasped with relief.
My cousin and I came up with a plan for the summer. If we do a race every couple weeks, somehow we'll end up ready to do a half-marathon in Novemeber. I'm thinking this plan needs a little more tinkering...
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