Fall Series #3 2011

Results October 30, 2011
Roughly 6mi in Ute Valley Park
48:19; 72/357 OA, 9/142F

I decided to dress up and have fun for this race. My friend lent me a cavewoman dress which is nice and easy to run in. I took it pretty conservatively for the first two miles, realized I felt pretty good, and picked it up a little bit for the rest. More people cheer for you when you dress up for sure. Its hard not to go a little faster when people are yelling "Go Cavewoman!" I definitely got a "Where's Tarzan?" cheer (heck if I know).

Photo: Bob Kane

There were some other pretty cool costumes out there. I got beat by a giant who-knows-what (kind of like a fluorescent drag thing wearing a hot pink thong?), JT dressed as beer (go figure), and some pirate-ish thing... all of which looked much harder to run in than my costume.

Photo: Tim Bergsten

CU Boulder-O 2011

 Results October 23, 2011

Casual Orienteering at CU-Boulder

Orienteer race 1:05:01 [3] 5.26 mi (12:22 / mi) 15/25 oa,

shoes: Saucony Mirage 

Back to the land of gigantastic mistakes :-)
Legs felt pretty good.

The big doozy was between 10 and 11. I was at 11 but it was really stuck in my head that I was at 10, so I went running off in the wrong direction even though nothing looked right, backtracked, and then did it again before I realized what was going on.

New Year's Extravaganza

Results January 1, 2011 Nielson Challenge
Results January 1, 2011 Rescue Run 10k

January 2011 Nielson 2mi

Run race 16:00 [4] 2.0 mi (8:00 / mi) +294ft 
shoes: Mizuno Elixer

Snowy FREEZING 2mi race. Felt like running in sand. Car said it was -2 when I got out.

Rescue Run 10k

Run race 52:33 [4] 6.25 mi (8:25 / mi) +783ft 
shoes: Screw Shoes (Brooks Axiom)

2nd race of the day, hilly 10k. Road was horrendously icy (with a few soft patches), trails felt like running on sand. Still very cold, but not was brutal as for the 8am race. I need to put new screws in my shoes since they don't have nearly as much bite as they used to. I had to be a bit cautious and I nearly fell into some guy once when I slipped on a slanted rock covered in snow. My hip flexors are really really sore from running hard on loose surfaces today.

 Photo: Brian McCarrie

It was so cold. I was worried my contacts would get blown out in the biting wind so dealt with foggy glasses instead.