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Turkey Trot Again

12 Saturday Nov 2016

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Ellie and I ran the Longmont Turkey Trot this morning.  The holidays seem to come earlier every year.  Ellie ran the two mile in a 9:04 pace.  Pretty fast.  I didn’t catch my time for the 10K but I ran the entire distance alongside Keith.  We started out easy the first two miles, then surged in the third mile and kept a strong pace to the end.  I’d guess we ran under 45 minutes.  Keith put on a strong kick the final half mile to finish ahead of me by a good ten seconds.

I should add that Ellie took 2nd in her under 20 age group in last weekend’s 5K.  We didn’t wait around afterward to know that.  I took 2nd as well, losing to Keith once again.  This turkey trot is always a highly competitive race.  I typically finish top 3 but doubt I did today.  Results will be posted soon.  More painting to do now in the carriage house and football to watch.  Enjoy your fall weekend.

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Fast Fall Run

14 Saturday Nov 2015

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Paris Family

The prettiest family in Prospect showed up in force to run this year’s Longmont Turkey Trot – the Paris-Hendershots.  Joey ran a 7 minute pace in the 2 mile event.  Half my neighborhood was out running either the 2 mile or 10K today.  The weather started out cool, in the 40°s, but warmed up quickly with no wind and full sun.  Times were fast with such ideal running conditions.

Jabe

Coach Jabe ran the full 10K, lighting up the course in fashionable green.  Keith and I warmed up with a mile before starting out.  I’d have warmed up with 2 or 3 miles if planning for a fast start, but I was just looking for a good workout.  I was hoping to run a couple of fast miles in the middle, but surprised myself by running a fairly constant pace.  The course isn’t the most exciting.  It’s a lollipop design that begins running north up a half mile stem, then runs clockwise around a square with one mile long sides, before returning back south down the stem.  All through mostly flat farmland.

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I ran my first 4 miles in 6:58, 6:57, 6:55 and 6:50.  Almost perfect consistency while marginally improving.  That faster 4th mile taxed me a bit and I slowed down to 7:01 on my 5th mile, while running 6:59 for my final 6th mile.  I doubt I’ve ever run a more consistent pace.  I finished in 43:13, just 3 seconds slower than this year’s Bolder Boulder – yet more consistency for my only two 10Ks in 2015.  Abbie and I both took 3rd in our respective age divisions.  A nice morning on a perfect fall day.

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Longmont Turkey Trot 2014

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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Dave and Lindsay pick up me and Ellie at 8am to run the Turkey Trot at 9.  It’s about a 5 minute drive to the race start over at Altona Middle School on the west end of town.  I’ve been up for several hours already, drinking coffee and reading the WSJ.  My race strategy is to line up front and let runners pass me the first mile.  After the first mile, I’ll stop letting runners pass me.  I’ll start off with a 7:30 pace, give or take.  After a mile, I’ll decide to either maintain a 7:30 pace, or speed up to 7:00 and race if I feel some pep in my step.  I should be able to run near a 7 minute pace, but that will definitely be considered racing.  A 7:30 pace for me is still an aggressive workout.  I run 8:00 to 8:30 comfortably.

Dave doesn’t look like a distance runner.  He’s built like an NFL QB – tall with massively broad shoulders.  Or maybe he looks like a swimmer.  He was a seriously competitive swimmer in his youth – a state qualifier.  He raced a few triathlons this summer and is in decent shape.  I get the sense he’s interested in this 10K because running became a focus event for him as part of his triathlons.  If you race triathlons, then you know this.  There’s always one of your three events that takes the spotlight for the season.  Either because it’s your weakest event or because you’re excelling at it.  The swim, the bike, or the run.  For whatever reason, you become smitten with one of those three for the season.  I think Dave wants to see how well he can run a 10K without all the other noise from swimming and biking. Something to take into the off season.  He has a cold but expects to run about a 9 minute pace.

Lindsay is a stellar youth triathlete.  She’ll run the 2 mile event today.  Ellie doesn’t run much but she longboards regularly.  She’s game for the two miler.  “Ellie, you want to run a 2 miler next weekend?”  “Sure.  Are the Sebestas running it?”  That’s the perfect fitness attitude.  Thinking of a race as something fun to do for the weekend.  Ellie is dressed for warmth in a pair of Brooks Infiniti III running tights she acquired recently from Shoes & Brews and the long-sleeve race jersey from the registration.  Lindsay sports yoga pants and a Nike hoodie.

The streets are wet from last night’s hard, long rain.  The humidity is high for this reason too at over 70%, making the 47° air feel cool.  With zero wind, this weather is ideal.  The girls sprint south and west on their two miler while we shoot off north toward Nelson.  I’m wearing Pearl Izumi shorts and short-sleeved top.  I warmed up in the long-sleeved race jersey but toss it to the side right before we start.  I think I’m on pace the first mile but feel a tad winded.  I clock 7:08 which explains my heavy breathing.  Per plan, I pick up my pace a bit and begin to pass others.  Still, my second mile is only 4 seconds faster at 7:04.  Mile three is 7:02.

I almost always push the fourth mile in 10Ks.  This is my favorite race tactic to shake off other runners.  I’ve been running along with a younger guy pushing a baby stroller.  He’s mostly in front of me but I pass him a couple of times.  This is funny to me because of my friend George’s recent blog post about being passed by some hiptser pushing a stroller.  There’s something irritating about it.  I give this guy some grief, accusing him of drafting.  We chat a bit.

I run 6:51 for my fourth mile.  Exactly what I was hoping to do.  I slow back down to my 7 minute pace though on mile five to recover.  7:08 again.  A twenty year old girl passes me at this point.  The only runner to pass me since the start besides this stroller dude I’ve been pacing.  I stay with her but can’t pass her as this mile on Nelson Road ascends a slight slope west-bound.  The rise is almost imperceptible but I feel my heart rate increase.  This keeps me from accelerating.  The course flattens out as we turn south onto Grandview Meadows Dr., allowing me to surge back ahead of the girl.  The stroller dude kicks past me with a strong finish.  I find this totally irresponsible and consider calling social services for child endangerment.  I let him go but do run strong to the finish and cross the line at 44:30 – a 7:10 pace.  My best is a 7:09 pace so this is one of my fastest ever 10Ks.  “Ever” meaning since I returned to road racing in 2010 after a 20 year hiatus.  I place 2nd in my age group.

I’m certain I did actually PR because this course is easily 100 yards too long.  The starting line was moved down the street from previous years.  And my Garmin recorded 6.41 miles.  Doesn’t matter.  This was a super nice run today.  I got into race mode and kept myself from falling into oxygen debt.  Despite my 7:10 overall pace due to a long course, my slowest mile was 7:08.  All other miles were within a few seconds of that except for the faster fourth mile in 6:51.  That’s an extremely steady pace which is always one of my goals.  Dave PR’d despite his cold in 56:15.  The girls ran together and enjoyed their two miler, placing 56 and 57 in their age group.  We later brunch at Lucile’s.  Next weekend is a cross country race on grass in Boulder.

 

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Cyclocross

10 Sunday Nov 2013

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katie clouseWatched my first cyclocross today.  Missed Gadget Girl in her inaugural ride in the sport this morning but went later in the afternoon to see the Pro division.  This picture is of 12 year old Katie Clouse who took 2nd place among these elite women riders.  We cheered for Gadget Girl’s friend Kristin Weber who took 4th place in the elite race.

IMG_3061 - Version 2Kristin is fighting for 3rd place wearing black in this picture.  Both the race for 2nd and race for 3rd were awesome spectacles.  It had me reminiscing about my race Saturday.  I had two separate races in the Longmont Turkey Trot.  I passed a lady in the 2nd mile who came back to try retaking me throughout the third, fourth and fifth miles.  I let her surge ahead on the sixth mile to cool down, but it felt good fending her off for three miles.  Then I put on a kick, which I rarely do, to pass a guy in the final 100 meters who appeared to be in my age division.  With 50 meters to go, he passed me back.  Sonofagun!  With 25 meters remaining I found a new gear and surged passed him before crossing the line.  I discovered later in the results that we actually tied with the same chip time.  And he is ten years younger than me.  Sweet.

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Longmont Turkey Trot

14 Sunday Nov 2010

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I thought I was done with road races for the season.  I said I was finished after the Denver Marathon.  Always quit while you’re ahead, right?  Wrong.  When Jen offered free long-sleeve t-shirts, emblazoned with her State Farm logo, to my neighborhood’s deep pool of athletic talent, I not only signed up – I signed up Ellie and Karen too.  This pic is of Ellie running strong in the 2 mile event at the 36th annual Longmont Turkey Trot.  Prepared for the chilly morning, Ellie wore Under Armor Cold Weather Gear for Girls black running pants and violet mock turtle neck jersey.  And she covered the Under Armor with a “Smiley Face” hooded sweatshirt from Justice.

I was motivated to run this 10K by more than the promise of a free shirt.  I began the season with the Bolder Boulder 10K, but haven’t run another 10K since.  Instead my other races consisted of 10, 17 and 26 miles.  So this event provided me with an opportunity to measure my fitness progress with an apples-to-apples comparison.  Same distance and same altitude – separated by five months of my most intense training in over 20 years.  So how’d I do?

I ran the Bolder Boulder, the event that marked my return to road racing, in 49:52, an 8:01 mile pace.  I was happy with the time as it was about what I expected to run.  I felt comfortable the entire course and ran a consistent pace throughout.  I expected to run faster in the Turkey Trot and was hoping to push myself enough to demonstrate decent improvement.  My time Saturday was 47:02, a 7:35 mile pace.  Plus I should mention I started a half minute behind the starting line to hang with my neighbors.  I’m happy with a 3 minute improvement.  For this year.  But I’ve got the racing bug and I want to run faster next year.  I want to be competitive in my age division.  Currently, even in these little local races, I’m far behind the leaders.  In fact, a 64 yr old man sprinted past me in the final quarter mile of the Turkey Trot.  My buddy Dave told me I should be satisfied with what I did in a marathon, running an 8:17 pace.  And I am.  But you understand don’t you?  As long as there is someone doing better, running faster, exhibiting stronger athletic fitness at an older age – I’ll want to beat them.

I met my goals this year by returning to road races, and completing the Imogene Pass Run.  I didn’t totally achieve my objective of a flat stomach, but the marathon was bonus.  My goal for next year is speed.  I’m also planning to run my first ultra – a 50 or 100 mile mountain trail event.  But my focus over the winter will include weights and calisthenics that strengthen my core and speed muscles.  And when spring rolls around, I intend to add speed to my runs.  I might even hit the Niwot track for some 400s.  I’ve said this before; muscles have memory and mine remember running fast.

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