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Santa Barbara Duathlon – 5K/30K/5K
Holy crap I felt great doing this. I wanted to keep my heart rate low since I have a Marathon in one week, so I had a “just for fun” attitude. No pressure before the race so I was relaxed. The first 5K went well, keeping my HR between 155 and 160 pretty easily. I … Continue reading
Semana Nautica – 15K
Going in, I felt that my goals may have been a bit lofty, and talked myself out of believing that I had to break 1 hr. Then I ran into Fred (SB Tri Club president) at the start line and he managed to talk me back into trying to break 1 hr (pretty much in … Continue reading
State Street Mile
This is a 1 mile sprint downhill on State Street in Santa Barbara. Going into this, I was not sure how it would go since I did 30 miles the 2 days before (10 then 20) as part of marathon training. I hoped to break 5 minutes, but thought a 5:15 would be doable at … Continue reading
Nite Moves – 5K
Every Wednesday during daylight savings, there’s a 1K swim, 5K run or biathlon in downtown Santa Barbara called Night Moves. I resisted running this because it’s $25 the first time ($20 thereafter). For a 5K that’s a bit pricey. They hype it up with the promise of beer, food and a band, but you get … Continue reading
Santa Barbara 10-Miler
There’s not a whole lot to say about this one. This one I did pretty much just to race again and because it was right in town. I was shooting for 68-75 minutes total, which seemed fast to reasonable. Well, I ended up running neck and neck with some dude the last 4+ miles. We … Continue reading
Montana de Oro – 25K trail race
This was a great race. And my first trail race. It’s hard to predict how long it will take you to do a trail race if you’re not familiar with the terrain. I figured somewhere between 2:40 and 3 hrs. Well, I was tracking mileage with a Nike+ sensor on my shoe which tends to … Continue reading
UCSB Turkey Trot – 10K
This was my first race since high school. It was almost my first run in the morning ever. Didn’t eat before hand and I was probably dehydrated. I was pretty tired, but I managed to beat my friend Jean (who’s a pretty good runner) – although she claims to have let me win. Regardless, I … Continue reading