San Jose Giants 5 Mile 2014
Earlier this year I participated in the San Jose Giants 5 mile. Usually, my family does this race with me, but this year I was all by my lonesome. As you can see, that wasn't really a factor for me. It my yearly short race.
It also doesn't hurt that I get an additional goody for doing both this and the San Francisco Giants run.
Last year I came in at 52:04.
Here are my results from this year:
San Francisco Giants Half Marathon 2014
Last week I participated in the Giants Half Marathon for the 4th time. And it seems like every year I say I didn't train. lol Well nothing changed this year. I didn't train. I got the San Jose 5 mile run in, and I got in another 6 mile with my Concrete Runners, but I hadn't really run anything over 2 miles besides those 2 runs. But, I do have my everyday training that I get in, a light run and weights in the morning and either Muay Thai or Core40 at night. Well looks like all of that is working for me.
I honestly didn't think I was going to PR this year. I only hoped that I wouldn't come in adding on too much time. But, to my surprise I did so much better than I thought I ever could.
The run felt pretty good. I had to breathe through a couple of cramps, but nothing too out of the ordinary. And, I realized that I would be retiring the shoes I was wearing after that run. I stopped to hydrate around mile 6, 8, and I think 10ish. I normally don't stop that often, but I kept going.
I knew that when I crossed the start line the clock already read after 5 mins. So when I came in and saw the clock at 2:23 I was shocked. I came in, in less that 2:20!? Then I remembered to stop my app so I could get a better read. Well, my phone somehow was buttdialing while I was running b/c my phone was disabled for about 1 hour. lol There goes that idea! lol
Later that night, one of my friends texted me with my results. Last year, I came in at 2:30:47
Here are my results for this year:
I took off 12 minutes off my time!! Needless to say I was EXCITED!!! I could not believe that I did that!
Last week I participated in the Giants Half Marathon for the 4th time. And it seems like every year I say I didn't train. lol Well nothing changed this year. I didn't train. I got the San Jose 5 mile run in, and I got in another 6 mile with my Concrete Runners, but I hadn't really run anything over 2 miles besides those 2 runs. But, I do have my everyday training that I get in, a light run and weights in the morning and either Muay Thai or Core40 at night. Well looks like all of that is working for me.
I honestly didn't think I was going to PR this year. I only hoped that I wouldn't come in adding on too much time. But, to my surprise I did so much better than I thought I ever could.
The run felt pretty good. I had to breathe through a couple of cramps, but nothing too out of the ordinary. And, I realized that I would be retiring the shoes I was wearing after that run. I stopped to hydrate around mile 6, 8, and I think 10ish. I normally don't stop that often, but I kept going.
I knew that when I crossed the start line the clock already read after 5 mins. So when I came in and saw the clock at 2:23 I was shocked. I came in, in less that 2:20!? Then I remembered to stop my app so I could get a better read. Well, my phone somehow was buttdialing while I was running b/c my phone was disabled for about 1 hour. lol There goes that idea! lol
Later that night, one of my friends texted me with my results. Last year, I came in at 2:30:47
Here are my results for this year:
I took off 12 minutes off my time!! Needless to say I was EXCITED!!! I could not believe that I did that!
