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Yesterday I ran the Spartan Turkey Trot #5k #race in 41:42 @SpartanTurkey5k. First #turkeyTrot in a while that I ran/jogged/walked. #turkeyTrot2022
Arrived early like last year for a warm-up. Alternated run/walk sessions for ~10min then jogged back to the track start area. Got my bib, pinned it on, used the bathroom, and kept warming up with back/forth strides next to the track. Saw niece & nephew2 start in wave 1, kept warming up. Decided to start with my dad in wave 3.
Had to use the bathroom one more time, and by the time I got out, wave 3 was already off. Got stuck waiting in wave 4 (walkers & strollers). Made my way to the start then ran without pacing myself to catch my dad. Found him and decided that I’d rather stay with him and keep him company. Ran/jogged/walked the rest of the race, eventually returning to the high school track. We ran the back straight through the finish arch.
See also: https://www.spartanturkeytrot.com/
Previously:
* https://tantek.com/2021/329/t1/spartan-turkey-trot
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ran the Spartan Turkey Trot #5k #race in 31:13 (MV CA, 8°C). my 2nd fastest on the @SpartanTurkey5k course, and first #turkeyTrot in 4 years! A pleasant surprise.
niece(11) crushed it in 23+min, nephew2(14) in 29+min, dad in 38+min. #turkeyTrot2021
Arrived early at Mountain View High School to do a warm-up, my first “proper” warm-up before a 5k. ~10min moderate steady running, a 1min intense push, then 4x 30s strides, and walked it off.
Found my dad, niece, nephews and waited in wave 2 only a few minute before we got started.
First mile felt a lot stronger than any flat road mile I’ve run in quite some time, at least a couple of years. Passing the 1 mile marker at under 10 minutes felt really good. Paced slowed a bit, but still passed the 2 mile marker at under 20 minutes. That’s when I knew I had a chance at a 31-something time. Tried to keep pushing in the last mile or so, and it went faster than I expected.
When I reached the track for the last 300m, all my Kezar training kicked in. Gradually picked up the pace until I kicked as hard as I could on the final 100m straight, passing several, not being passed by anyone.
Stopped my watch after crossing both timing strips after the finish arch: 31:13. Official results pending. Feels like with some training I could get a sub-30 next year.
More: https://www.spartanturkeytrot.com/
Previously:
2017-11-23: 30:21 personal CR. No post, only a mention: https://tantek.com/2017/333/t1
2016-11-24: 31:27. https://tantek.com/2016/329/t1
2015-11-26: DNR. Recovering from injury. https://tantek.com/2015/330/t1
2014-11-27: Time unknown. https://tantek.com/2014/331/t1
2013-11-28: https://tantek.com/2013/332/t2
2012-11-22: https://tantek.com/2012/327/t2
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#TBT to the Rodeo Valley 30k and how good the first half felt, running uphill (1) and downhill (2). Then learning in the second half that I had what it took to endure hours of 90-95°F temperatures to run, jog, and hike to finish a five hour trail race. Race photos 📷 Chris Cleary @insidetrail
#optoutside #getoutside #run #trailrun #insidetrail #runner #rodeovalley #race #trailtuesdaythrowback #latergram #nofilter #2018_174
Previously: tantek.com/2018/175/t1/finished-rodeovalley-my-first-30k
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Yesterday: finished my first #DoubleDipsea #race in 3:59:26! 📷 IG jasonthepatsfan
Felt strong, especially on the downhill finish. When I saw the guy in front slow down with maybe 20 yards to go, I sprinted extra hard to beat him by mere feet: 620th of 691 finishers.
#dserunners #optoutside #getoutside #raceeverything #run #runners #trailrun #trails #Dipsea #Stinsonbeach #Marin #yestergram #latergram #nofilter #2018_167
Previously: http://tantek.com/2017/167/t2/went-double-dipsea-cheer-ran
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🌅 #100DoPP d8: #iwokeuplikethis #NPSF #sunrise6k done! 39:52 in ~42F. #nofilter.
I was finally in town (and not injured!) for a @Nov_Project_SF Sunrise 6k race, and finished, hitting my sub-40-min goal by mere seconds.
This morning was yet another exercise in facing my cold weather breathing demons and stubbornly overcoming them breathing through a buff the whole time til I sprinted to the finish to get my sub-40.
Pretty sure I was the “slowest” with my 39:52 finish (results at https://tracking.november-project.com/events/4504); our speedy co-leader Paddy O’Leary lapped me before I’d even finished my first of three laps! He ran literally more than twice as fast as me 😂. I’m grateful to hangout with such amazing (super)humans.
However, I got the satisfaction of finishing a 6k, and seeing *that* dawn & sunrise before most of my friends were hitting their snooze buttons. #whileyouweresleeping
Next up: In nine days I will race my ninth half marathon, the Surf City Half in Huntington Beach, California for the second time, with my dad (our fourth half together).
Previous recent adventures in cold air running:
* 31:27 TT 5k: tantek.com/2016/329/t1/ran-spartan-turkey-trot
* PR Wed. DNF: tantek.com/2016/335/t1/npsf-pr-wednesday-good-bad
* ECSCA PR: tantek.com/2016/338/t2/thenorthface-ecsca-marathonrelay-done and despite colder start: tantek.com/2016/359/t2/weeks-ago-ecsca-colder-start
* 8:59 track mile: tantek.com/2016/355/t1/timed-track-mile
#dawn #sunrise #6k #race #bay #sfbay #seenonmyrun #fromwhereirace #novemberproject #finisher #raceeverything #raceyourself
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I was visiting npr.org and saw a little bit about Rachel Dolezal and her situation. I'm trying real…