This week last year was a busy one, with various news related posts and race results.
- The Back Cove 5k Race Series finished up, with Mike Caiazzo and Lindsey Davis taking the series honors. I won the last race, and placed 3rd overall. This year, I bettered my average time by about a half of a minute, but none of the other top 5 ran this year other than Mark Goettel and he only ran a few of the races.
The Portland Trails 10k was this weekend last year and was won by Mike Slinsky in 32:38, almost four minutes ahead of me. I got caught in the one place on the course that traffic could stop you by a guy with a moving trailer that wouldn’t get out of the way fast enough. Christin Doneski won the women’s race. The race this year is tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m., although I am not sure how they are going to handle trail closures.- I added on to my icing series from a few months earlier by explaining how to ice sensitive areas on your body such as your eyes or testicles.
- I reviewed Breaking Away, a movie about cyclist in the 70s.
- This week two years ago, I pointed to some resources about deadlifting, namely a video on how not to deadlift and one on proper deadlift form.
- On the news front, New Jersey began testing kids for steroids in an attempt to catch them young. I also discussed it was worth paying for your baby to be admitted to a stadium or not.
Saw your boy Devin yesterday at the Back Cove for his high school XC meet. He did great (1st). Talked with him for a while afterwards. Great guy who has a bright future ahead.
I hear nothing but awesome things about the PT 10K. If you’re running it, have fun!
I’m hoping to run my first 5k this year (no small feat for someone who used to weigh 240 pounds). Your blog serves as great inspiration. Thank you.
Kat,
I’m glad that you are inspired! Good luck in your first 5k; how long do you have left before you are supposed to toe the line?
You will have a blast. Runners are always in a good mood and races are very supportive environments for new runners.
Good luck!
how have you managed to blog for so long?
Well, I bought the domain meaning to do online training log software. I was so busy and so tired when I got home from work, and didn’t feel like programming, so I threw a blog up just so that there would be something there.
By the time I had the energy to tackle the training log software, two things had happened. First, I found a couple of really good solutions that are already out there, and second this site got pretty popular as a blog and I enjoyed writing more than programming anyway!
Then a few years went by, and now I’m looking to upgrade to the next level.