24 April 2008
14 Seconds (or: I *Almost* Beat Chaz)
Posted by Shelly under: Shelly Batterbee .
14 seconds: That’s how many seconds fellow Road Warrior Chaz beat me by in the Schmohz 5K. That means I either I was running super-Gazelle-like to be able to keep up with him in sight the whole time, or he was not quite on the top of his game. Well, seeing that it was a pretty darned slow 5K even for ME, we’ll probably have to presume Chaz was, um, taking the relaxed way around the parking lot loops. If he’d not blocked the finish line with his leap frog antics, however, I’m SURE I could have taken him. I think I should demand a new race! HA!
We all seem to agree that the 15K Training Run this past Saturday was pretty fantastic. It was a great course to run—not quite the same route as the 25K will be, but parts of it were the same. The weather was amazing, the aid stations were great to have, and the volunteers were all friendly and encouraging. I always try to thank the people who cheer us on as I go by—I don’t know if you realize how much of a difference that can make to us runners to have you there! I wish I could have some of you around on every long training run!
I was able to finish the training run with a 10:38 minute/mile average. That is pretty good for me! My 5K was done with a 10:32 min/mile average later in the day, so that was nice to keep all 12 miles averaging pretty consistently for the day. It was not a great 5K average, even for me, but considering I’d already done 9.8 miles earlier in the day, I’m ok with it!
I’d like to shout out a few hellos and thanks as I end these thoughts today:
Hi to Clint—whom I met along the Training Run around mile 4.5. It was nice to meet you—thanks for keeping me going—and hope you and your wife have a great Riverbank Run on May 10!
Hi to Stacy, CJ, and Deb—all RunGazellers—it was nice to meet you in person! I hope to see you more even after the Riverbank when I will finally attempt to work on speed. Wait, CJ and Stacy are headin’ to FL–have a great new start to life down there. Think of us next January when we’re training in a blizzard and you’re complaining that it’s only 55 degrees.
Thanks, too, to Mark from RunGazelle—for checking up on me after this weekend. Hope your foot is doing better, too.
And in case anyone is wondering from my last post, eating more is working. It’s just a lot of work to eat so much now! Thanks to my friend Jeanine for also mentioning the site I now use to track my food, I’d forgotten to mention she brought it up a few months back. ; )
See you all at the starting line…whether you are running or cheering us on…in 15 more days!
2 Comments so far...
Terry Says:
24 April 2008 at 6:16 pm.
I bet if you would of joined Chaz and his buddies playing leap frog you would of won. Great job out there. That was a fun race. I hope we can all race in it again next year. Maybe we will get a congo line to cross the finish line.
Terry
Deb Pieri Says:
25 April 2008 at 5:32 pm.
Yes, let’s get a congo line next year! I agree with you shelly that the 15K was very fun. . . so well organized and wonderful volunteers! Great job Kristen and Brooke! I’m with you on the food thing as well. I get so busy that I forget to eat like I should. I checked out the website you mentioned and it is very cool! Thanks for sharing it!