Deschutes Dash 5K

It's been quite a year for me in running. I ran the Deschutes Dash 5k on July 17, I was hoping to get under 24 minutes. I ran a 22:09!! Awesome! My best time ever! I got 17th overall out of 139, 4th again in my age group. (3rd time in a row)
This was my 20th race in my running life!!

Pacific Crest 10K

Great Day for a run! I ran a 48:14, my best 10K time. I got 27th out of 410 runners, 4th in my age group, and I was in the top ten in the Overall Masters finishers.
This was my 4th different event in the Pacific Crest since 2007. Next year, I'm thinking of doing one of the duathlons.

2nd Marathon in the books

Saturday I ran my 2nd marathon and it went pretty well. I was hoping for a time between 4:00-4:30 and I ran a 4:32:36. Everything was going well till about mile 18, when my IT Band starting hurting. I had to walk a few times to help relieved the pain. I had some Advil with me, so I took that and it helped me finish strong. I came in 4th in my age group and 34th out of 74 finishers.
Looking forward to my next run, a 10K on June 26th and then a half marathon on Sept. 4.
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Back to Good

Finally! Calf is doing good! I ran the Salmon Run 5k last Saturday (5/7) and ran my best official 5k time. 23:54! I got 2nd in my age group and 20th overall! I didn't even push it too much, I didn't want my calf to start hurting. Calf did feel good and even ran other 4 miles later that day. I also ran 10 mile on Sunday and felt even better!!

Calf injury

Well, things were going great till last Saturday, 4/23. Headed out for a 12 mile run and a mile into it, BAM! Calf cramped up on me bad. I tried to stretch it out, but didn't help. I ended up walking home with my head down. Here it its Friday, 4/29 and still can't run. going to the LMT to get the calf worked on, hopefully get back into training next week.

Feeling Stronger

I'm 4 weeks into my new marathon training program and I'm feeling stronger every week. I ran a 24 mile training on Saturday and felt great. I ran it in 3:51, thats a 9:39 mile pace, which is pretty good for me.
This week is going to be another tough week, because I have 2 speed work days.
I ran another long 26 mile training run on the 30th, can't wait to see how I do!!

1st Quarter of the Year Report

Well, looks like I'm on track so far for my goal of 2,000 miles of running for the year. With the end of March yesterday, I'm at 522 miles so far for the year.
Feeling good, hoping the old body keeps up for the rest of the year.