Frederic Hayem ran the Aloha run San Diego 10k and finished with a time of 41:59, which was a PR!
Special to run my first 10K! I was on target with Andie’s race plan for the first 4 miles (7:05 for the first 2 miles, 7:00 for the next 2) and that was maybe the hardest part of the race. Then the closing 2.1 miles when I checked my watch I was around 6:40 (pretty close to my 5k pace) without really trying so, that was great.
Looks like the course was around 0.12 mile too short so, 41:59 is a bit misleading. My real 10k time should likely be around 42:47. I have another 10k race on the beach next Sunday, let’s see if I can improve a bit.
Zach Jalteco ran the Santa Monica Classic 10k and finished this distance in the time of 37:49, which was a PR!
First time racing the 10k distance today, and had a great experience. Going in my A goal was to cross the finish line feeling like I raced a smart race and got the best out of myself for the day. My B goal was sub 38ā. Proud to have accomplished both. Intentionally started out slower to conserve energy, and felt worse than my speed workouts for the first half of the race. The second half I switched my focus to reeling people in and surging past each time and built positive momentum. At mile 4 decided to go and push as hard as I could until the finish. Felt so much stronger and surprisingly great at max effort. Learned a lot about pacing and have a better understanding of how much pain I can currently tolerate. Effort ended up 26th overall, and 5th in my age group which was a nice cherry on top!
Martin Flics ran the Erie Marathon and finished this race in the time of 4:13:00.
This wasn’t a PR but my second fastest time (out of 5 marathons run so far). Notably it is faster than two marathons run almost a decade ago. And since I’m now 68 that in itself is an achievement. I am a better runner today than I was then. Thanks to the amazing guidance of Coach Hayley, I was well trained for this, both physically and mentally.
I had a goal to break 4 hours and that was definitely possible heading into this…..but I had a series of pre-race problems (notably travel nightmares and especially a night before race of only 50 minutes of sleep) that created unexpected obstacles. I was so exhausted that I momentarily thought about not racing and was seriously concerned about a DNF, injury or a disastrous performance. But thanks to my training with Coach Hayley I gathered myself and calmly set out to run this race as best as I could. And despite feeling exhaustion from the very beginning I almost did it, which amazed and motivated me throughout the race. For almost 22 miles I was not far off goal pace (and was on about a BQ qualifying pace) but then my impaired condition did catch up to me. Even then though the mental prep kept me going even though I needed to significantly reduce pace for the last 4ish miles. But I wasn’t going to walk it in!
So this definitely goes into the category of both the thrill and challenge of marathons. Although not the PR I hoped for it is kind of a PR in the sense of the performance compared to the challenge. I can’t give enough thanks to Coach Hayley. She is terrific.
Dylan Mcfarland ran the Ned Ned Half Marathon Tune-up Race and finished in a time of 2:07:31.
Really fun race and breath-taking views! Very steep for me with 1,450 ft of gain. Honestly some of the most beautiful trails I’ve seen! I got 15th out of 103 runners which was great for me! A big goal of this race was to execute a strategy in a more mature way than I’ve done in the past, namely don’t go out too hard. The other problem I’ve had was running out of water and just wilting and feeling run-down so this time I ran with a little backpack and a bladder full of water, which just suits me (pun intended) to sip on water the whole race instead of chug a cup at each aid station. Overall I worked hard, didn’t over-do it, stayed injury-free, and most importantly had fun! Overall had a great time!
El Jones ran the Bottle and Cork 10 Miler, finishing this distance in the time of 1:22:02.
Lol. I took a wrong turn (like Iām known to do š) and ended up running like 10.36! Still Managed to squeak out a first place AG somehow! š Very unique race!!
Peter Willacy ran the Glaxo 5K and completed this race event in the time of 21:06.
Leading up to the race I had been been improving in tune up races lowering my time since the last race by 15 seconds which is a V65 best. I had struggled with a back issue in the week before though this did not affect me during the race. I had hoped to break 21 minutes but faded slightly towards end, but is not far from what I ran a couple of years ago which was 20.40 which I believe is achievable compared to my goal time of sub 20. Its moving in the right direction and the training plan has worked. Overall great race felt good although hard, and finished first V65 in category.
