Phew, I havent updated in a long time!
I ran a local Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. 16 of my realitives on my Fathers side ran it.. Including my 72 year old Grandfather (who made it in under 45 minutes!) It was SO much fun! I mean, seriously, I have never had so much fun at a race..
To begin with, there was over 3,000 people there to run/walk it. It was insane! It took us almost 4 minutes from the time they said, "go" til we actually ran across the start line.
I ran a decent race. Still not my fastest but my goal was to beat all the females in my family (which I did, thank you, thank you.) But my Father beat me AGAIN! Some day, I WILL whoop that man in a race. Lol..
Official time: 27:23.
Pictures to follow.
Next on my list:
Climb Albany Stair climb in April
And hopefully some 5k's inbetween but it's real hard to find them in upstate NY this time of year..
Aaron has a half marathon on the 13th and thats about it for him.. Oh! But he's totally training for a half IRON MAN! (if he's not deployed) We're super psyched about that!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Harvest Run 5k results -
"Congratulations Jackie Houran you finished the Harvest Run 5 km on October 31, 2009 with a chip time of 00:28:12. You placed 70 of 175 runners, 22 of 95 Female runners and 5 of 19 in the Women's 20-29 division. Weather on Race day was 59 degrees, rain."
That is my official time. 28:12. I was really disappointed in myself yesterday. I know I said I wasn't going for time but I really felt good about this race. Problem was, I started the race at my friends pace. I told her I would run a nice pace that she could keep up with and I would run it for at least 2 miles with her. I ended up having to run in place for about 50 seconds or so because I ended up getting to far ahead. I wanted to keep her motivated because I know she could get a better time than her last 5k. And she did AWESOME. Her last 5k time was 37:00 - yesterday hers was 33:00! I was so proud of her! Thats a HUGE jump in only a month!
Anyway, I waited for her until mile two and then started running at my regular pace. It was a very hilly track and that was fine because that is what I normally run on. But the rain didn't help. I started picking out people in front of me, chicks who looked like they were in my age group and I thought for sure that I would at least place third. (I obviously didn't) But at mile 2.5, I passed 3 that looked about my age and I was keeping pace with an older lady(maybe 30) who had a nice pace going, too.
At the end, I thought I had it. I saw the clock and it said 24:00. I was psyched that I might get 25:00 or so.. too bad I'm blind. Because instead of it saying 24:00, it really said 27:00.. Haha.. so when I realized that, I picked it up. But it was too late. .
All in all, it was a good race. My breathing was excellent and after mile 2, my pace was right on. I didn't get to use my Nike+ watch because I lost it the night before. One of the boys got a hold of it and tossed to somewhere. I found it last night after the race.. how funny..
So, yeah, now that I look at the results, I think it was a pretty decent race. I'm excited for the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. There is normally around 3,500 people in that one so I know I wont place. But I just hope I can get a good enough time to beat all of my female realitives :)
On to some pictures:
Me. Clearly disappointed in my time..
Thanks for looking!!
That is my official time. 28:12. I was really disappointed in myself yesterday. I know I said I wasn't going for time but I really felt good about this race. Problem was, I started the race at my friends pace. I told her I would run a nice pace that she could keep up with and I would run it for at least 2 miles with her. I ended up having to run in place for about 50 seconds or so because I ended up getting to far ahead. I wanted to keep her motivated because I know she could get a better time than her last 5k. And she did AWESOME. Her last 5k time was 37:00 - yesterday hers was 33:00! I was so proud of her! Thats a HUGE jump in only a month!
Anyway, I waited for her until mile two and then started running at my regular pace. It was a very hilly track and that was fine because that is what I normally run on. But the rain didn't help. I started picking out people in front of me, chicks who looked like they were in my age group and I thought for sure that I would at least place third. (I obviously didn't) But at mile 2.5, I passed 3 that looked about my age and I was keeping pace with an older lady(maybe 30) who had a nice pace going, too.
At the end, I thought I had it. I saw the clock and it said 24:00. I was psyched that I might get 25:00 or so.. too bad I'm blind. Because instead of it saying 24:00, it really said 27:00.. Haha.. so when I realized that, I picked it up. But it was too late. .
All in all, it was a good race. My breathing was excellent and after mile 2, my pace was right on. I didn't get to use my Nike+ watch because I lost it the night before. One of the boys got a hold of it and tossed to somewhere. I found it last night after the race.. how funny..
So, yeah, now that I look at the results, I think it was a pretty decent race. I'm excited for the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. There is normally around 3,500 people in that one so I know I wont place. But I just hope I can get a good enough time to beat all of my female realitives :)
On to some pictures:
My shirt, bib, and mask(that I didn't wear)
Ash and I before the race
Thanks for looking!!
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