Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Spring '09 Racing

I ran 28 races last year, so I had a little bit of racing burn out coming into this year. Over the winter I took about two months off from racing, and I just ran easy to build my base up. I've been running 30+ miles a week since mid-December, and I re-introduced intensity/speedwork around mid-February. So far, I'm staying healthy, running well, and running faster, so I'm sticking with my current mileage level. I'm making sure every mile counts though.

Here are the results from my last six races. I've been fortunate enough to be in the top 3 in my age group (M35-39) in all six races:

At the first four of the races the weather was complete crap (either freezing, raining, or both). And two of the race dates were doubles, so I was glad to do as well as I did both days.

I plan to run several more races this spring, building up to the Country Music Half and then tapering back down. I'm doing the:

That's five weeks in a row, including a trip back to my boyhood hometown of Union City, TN. After these races, I'm taking a long break from racing again. I'll probably skip all the summer races until the Striders Picnic 5K on 7/25.

Well, actually, I've already registered for the GJCC Triathlon on Memorial Day (5/25), but I'm not even thinking about that right now. I'm having a great running season, so I'm going to get back to triathlon training in mid-May. I did a lot of lap swimming in the YMCA pools in January and February, but I got absolutely burned out on it. Triathlons may not be for me. So rather than continue to swim and hate it, I've decided to just put off more swimming (and biking) until after my running season is done. At this point, I care a lot more about my running than my first triathlon. I wonder if I'll feel the same on Memorial Day...

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