Been a While - Some History

When I moved to Colorado, I tried to get into running to be able to get used to the altitude... I had these four runs logged into excel:
3/11/06 - 20:36

40°F-ish. Cool, but well dressed.
Felt Slow, but first run in LONG TIME. Ran once or twice, just never logged it. Been months, though.

3/18/06 - 22:36

60°F-ish. Warkmer than expected when left Apartment.
Went longer time and longer distance. Also went faster, I could definitely feel that.

3/26/06 - 24:36

42°F on People's Bank's sign.
Felt OK, ran all the way to our home site. Don't know the distance, but longer than the other two, and 2 more minutes. Felt pretty good. Shorts and warm top over a tee.

3/27/06 - 24:36

53°F Average. Windy, in face on return path.
Felt slower than last time, but was faster out and slower back, due to the high winds. OK overall, but stopped to walk and check pulse for 1 minute (stopped clock). Tiring. Back has been sore. Need to stretch!

The last item I have in that spreadsheet was from 06/25/2002. Yeah, that's right, 2002. That was when I met Jessica and was training for the 10K. The 10K race data for that and the previous year's Will Rogers July 4th 10K:

Mile   2001         2002
1      7:29         5:42
2      7:46 15:15   6:42 12:24
3      7:32 22:47   6:28 18:52
4      8:07 30:54   6:56 25:48
5      8:02 38:56   6:45 32:33
6      8:04 47:00   6:57 39:30
Finish 1:33 48:33   1:19 40:49
Avg      7:50         6:35

2001 Comments:

10:00AM I think. Weather was coolish, which made it bearable.
Wow, Didn't think I could do this. HILL-ASS course, and painful, but I am proud I did so well. See results at www.runraceresults.com goto July 4th, Will Rogers run!

2002 Comments:
8:20AM Start 64°F

Slightly overcast, cool and not much wind. Perfect race weather!
Wow, went out way too fast, as expected…5:40 is even faster than I thought, though. Cut back right away and took it easy. Hills were hard, but I made it and kept it under 7/mi, which is good. Beat my goal of 42, so I am ecstatic! Next year, drop another 30 seconds/mile, maybe...
Same place for results, also Will Rogers Run.

From checking into runs at motionbased.com I seemed to have found a person that did a 20k and looks like may have gone up that switchback section and it shows his one section has a 500 foot climb...I think it's a bit less than that, but there is one NASTY section, which slows a person down around 3 miles.

SO, I ran a bit after the race, but not a lot. Got busy and then in 2003 started planning our wedding. Just after moving into our condo in December of 2003, I had foot surgery, and haven't hardly run since, except very sporadically.

And in addition to those runs in March, I ran one or two more times, short and sweet. Here is one I did in the morning once, before work, just for kicks and giggles, slow, like 10-11 minutes per mile...


So, that generally covers my running experience for the last FOUR (WOW!!) years! I had a few other runs in there, I remember running with Cindi and Sal around UCLA for the Nike runs, but that was just a couple of times. And my foot hurt from those runs some.