Red Top Roaster
I woke up at 5:45 this morning and headed to Cartersville, Georgia for the 1st Annual Red Top Roaster Trail Run. The race featured a 5k event, and a 15k event. Being the idiot that I am, I thought 15k sounded fun. Well, not really. My dear Coach Monster said it would be good fun. Maybe […]
Peachtree Road Race 2011
Today was my first Peachtree Road Race. Apparently, I could not call myself an Atlantian until I ran the Peachtree. Well, guess I officially live in the ATL now. Atlanta is hot. Understatement of the century. And this race was H-O-T. Hot hot hot hot. Hot. I met Mountain Goat at her condo in Midtown […]
St. Anthony’s: Happiness
The race is over. And I am happy, elated and barely able to move my body. The Expert and I both finished, without major incident, and did not finish last. Success! I pulled down an *official* race time of 3:22:34, with the longest T1 time in the history of man. Granted, the race officials did move […]
5K: Atlanta Women’s 5K
And the exciting endurance adventures of Swim Bike Mom continue. This morning was the 2011 Atlanta Women’s 5K race and event sponsored by the Atlanta Track Club. Amazing, huge event. Sold out at capacity of 2,000 racers. All women. Alll running in the same direction. A man’s complete and utter nightmare. I finished the race at just […]
5K: Your Pace or Mine
The last challenging 5K I ran was the Georgia Race for Autism, back in October, and I finished around 38 minutes. Yes, that’s slow. I know. Shut up. I ran a less difficult race in December and finished at 36 minutes. A 12 minute mile. Still slow. I know. Today, I participated in a 5K at Tribble […]
36:08:00
I won! I won! I won my age group in the 5k today at Suwanee Town Center Park! Okay, okay. So I was the only person in my age group, and almost everyone finished ahead of me – but still, I won. I’m not sure if that’s really a win, but whatever. I shaved a few […]
My First Tri
Today was my first sprint triathlon. The Douglasville Last Chance Triathlon was a Run-Bike-Pool Swim format, so it was a good starter tri. I woke up with sore knees and a gimpy feeling left hip, but I ignored the twinges completely, did some crazy affirmations about sound mind, sound body and by the time I arrived in Douglasville, nothing hurt. I […]
38:43
Today was the Georgia Race for Autism at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. I participated in the 5k run, which was only the third 5k of my life. My time was far from stellar and by most standards is horrifically slow (38:43)… but actually running the whole race, hills included, was fantastic. The only goals I had etched in stone: 1) […]