Lunar Obverse: Shamrock Run 5K 2010

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Shamrock Run 5K 2010

I'm in running clothes waiting for Kevin to show up.

It's 36° F according to my weather widget.

I can hear a train outside.

I've had a slice of toast with peanut butter and jelly on it, and one and a half cups of coffee.

I went to bed last night around 9:00p - 9:30p, although last night we turned our clocks back an hour, so getting up at 5:30a is almost exactly like getting up at 4:30a. Not to mention the fact that I had very restless sleep.

I'm wearing my running pants, new(-ish, I've run in them a few times already) Brooks Adrenalines, long-sleeved (green, for St. Patrick's Day) tech shirt, and my white Shamrock Run commemorative t-shirt over it. Oh, and a black stocking cap.

I've got my timing chip strapped to my left ankle and my iPhone strapped to my left bicep - oh, crap, am I going to be unbalanced?

My worst time in this race was my first year, 2006: 35:07, an 11:19 pace. But that was before they started using timing chips.

My best chip time was last year, 2009: 31:21, a 10:06 pace (my gun time was 34:00). I'd like to do better this year, and it's within my reach.

I'll report back later on my time and experiences.

Labels: exercise

• 6:33 AM

Comments:

uh dude we sprung forward last night. Not sure if you were saying you did set your clock or if you actually set it back. If the later, then getting up at 5:30 would be just like getting up at 6:30! I just confused myself.

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Ken :: 3/14/2010 8:13 AM

You're right; the clocks went forward, not back. I was thinking "lost an hour" meant "back", but it was early and I was tired.

Luckily, I didn't do any springing; my iPhone did all the hard work.

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Brian Moon :: 3/14/2010 11:46 AM

So how did the run go? :-)

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