so last night i ran in the JP morgan chase corporate challenge. someone from work wanted me to run, so why not. anyway, i have not done any speed work for training this year, it has all been long distance. i couldn't quite decide how fast i was going to run, i felt as if somewhere between 7:30 and 8 would be about right without killing myself. apparently NO ONE else could figure out how to seed themselves either. granted there were over 22k people there, but seriously folks. i can't tell you the number of people that i passed in the first 1/2 mile who were either walking, talking on phone (no joke) running with back-pack, running with jogger, etc. it was ridiculous. i didn't go out to try and get a personal best or to shatter some record, i just wanted to run and push myself.
anyway after about a mile things thinned out a little. but that might have just been due to the number of people cutting corners, running on sidewalks, or ignoring fences. usual race protocol i am sure.
i finished the run in 25:44 after i crossed the start line. that boils down to 7:21 min/mile which is clearly faster than i have ever run before for an extended period of time...sweet!!!
i was supposed to ride this morning but it is too damn cold. 49 degrees the weekend before memorial day, are you kidding me. al gore be damned. so instead it will be a swim today, running tomorrow and then a nice leisurely (well not really) 60 mile ride on sunday. then lots of running and swimming when i am out of town next week.
ok, back to finishing some work.
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