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I think I ran on that track before (when I was over for the marathon). Is it on this route here? Just off Chicago Ave? Strangely, Vince Vaughan was running around it at the same time, pushing a buggy.
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Tuesday 1st July
6 miles session / 2E + (5 x 2min @ 5KP) + 1.5E
Ran this myself in Eckhart Park as a mini session and to be honest can remember much on it but here were the numbers..
2 miles easy (7:44)
5 x 2 minutes (5:50, 5:45, 5:57, 5:55, 5:34)
90 sec recoveries (walk / jog)
1.5 miles easy (8:04)
Thursday 3rd July
3 miles easy / 8:16 average pace
Booked a couple days of work and paid a visit to the West Coast in the form of Southern California for the 4th July weekend. :cool: I have spent two 3 month stents here in my former years so it was great to get back there to visit friends in low places
Jasis that was good! :cool:
Managed to squeeze this run in at my first stop off in Encinitas before I moved on up the coast. Unlike Illinois there are some hills around here and I managed to run up to a cliff edge to get a decent shot of the Pacific Coastline, ran a bit on the beach before zipping back the way I came. A good start to the weekend.0 -
Friday 4th July
Surf City 5km - Huntington Beach, CA
Chip Time: 18:26
Average Pace: 5.51/mile
Result: 26/1297
Decided to take a second bash off the 5km distance is close proximity to my first as I noticed this race was on when I was researching my weekend down here a couple of weeks back.
The competition was pretty deep in this one with the winner coming home in 14:46 at age 17. HS!! Race kick off was at 8am so I left the apartment at 7am to do some warm up miles before zipping up to the start. Got there in time and it looked a decent set up! Few warm up stretches and I line up towards the front. This looked to be a big event and with Ms. Orange County and Ms. Southern California parading at the front I started to get a little distracted. The National Anthem was belted out with passion on what was America’s day of birth and I re focused. Buzzer went and off we went.
The route was an out and back where we ran a mile and a half to the coast before turning back to the finish. I settled in what was the second pack for the first mile (5:51) and I was ahead of my pace from my previous race, during the second mile (5:55) the group started to disintegrate but I managed to keep it together and stuck it out with 3 or 4 others, it was pretty warm and it was causing a bit of trouble for me but the lack of humidity on the west coast meant that it was nothing like a Chicago summer’s day!
At this stage we were on the way back and the last mile suffering had begun. I set a mini target for myself to beat the 4 in the group I was in and with half a mile to go I took the front which I held to the end. The third mile was done in 5:50 with the last .2 sprinted in 5:25 pace as I rounded the last corner I saw the time on the clock and I would be lying if I was not a tad disappointed as I had been hoping for a sub 18:20, I knew the previous 5km was a tad short so I was not expecting that again. This one measured 3.2 miles on my watch which seemed about right if not slightly long. I reckon I just should have concentrated more on the racing line!!
Was beaten by the 1st lady but came 2nd non-Californian! :cool: The lady was from Utah. I’ll take a podium place for any category even if I got nothing for it! :P Sure what else would I be doing on 8am of a holiday morning, well worth it! Arrived back at 9am only for my buddies to be still in bed! Lazy out!
Had a great 4th down at the Beach watching the fireworks and was good to meet people I had not seen in a few years.
I’ll be back to sort out this 5km time! Note to self: Need a haircut!!!
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"Had a great 4th on the beach"
Would you ever fcuk off blocky. I bet you have a stronger US accent than the athlete formerly known as Drquirky
Haha, missed all the scandal the last week or so! Distraught! :mad: Hope Quirky comes back as he would be a big loss to the forum. Need people to say things straight out from time to time when nobody else will!
I have actually been caught a couple of occasions with a hint of the accent! :eek: Need to get a quick trip home to belt it out of me!loving the overseas race reports & logging, fair play man.
Cheers Sean, trying my best to keep it up to date!AuldManKing wrote: »Great stuff.......dont get too much faster....take your time, seriousy.
Nice work.
Haha..once I dont get slower from this point now I don't mind!0 -
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AuldManKing wrote: »Chicago Rebels? They a baseball team? Basketball??
:pac:
I just realised that AMK's recent 5k is faster than the young lads! The good living in the states must be softening the young lad up if a man close to his 60's can record faster 5k times that him 0 -
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I just realised that AMK's recent 5k is faster than the young lads! The good living in the states must be softening the young lad up if a man close to his 60's can record faster 5k times that him
I will have you know that unlike Ireland we actually get a summer here and therefore conditions are much warmer resulting in slower times!!
Plus that AMK lad is a bloody track fairy anyway...bound to be better at the shorter distances!0
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