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Took this shot of Miguel Tellez crossing the line, 3rd overall in the marathon (2:49:12?). I train with him on Tuesday's usually, he's a monster.



They are going to post tons of photos soon, hopefully they have a few good ones of me -> ie, I hope i'm not a ghost like usual.

checked past photos.. they are heavily watermarked.. what a joke. fuck this race.

race day! half marathon! woot.


02/18/2018

bw = 144
bw before bed last night = ?
soreness = none
aches/injuries = right pinky toenail slightly
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose
morning calf flexibility = loose
feel = good
hours sleep: 7

wakeup = 04:00 AM

log:
04:05 AM: food: oatmeal + honey + pinksalt, GU, water
04:30 - 05:00 AM: food: sipping water while driving to the event
05:15 AM: race: 3mi w/u + Publix A1A Half Marathon: 1:27:11 official (PR) / 25th OA. 10k PR: 39:53 . first half marathon! .. course was ~13.06 (according to flyby's), so that's what jacked up my estimate. 8|
07:30 AM: food: water, juice, 2 small loaded chicken tacos (free! nice!)
08:30 AM: food: water, rxbar, GU
11:30 AM: food: jerk chicken, a bit of mac & cheese but I threw it out, water
03:00 PM: food: rxbar, water
05:30 PM: food: cashews, water
08:00 PM: food: prunes, banana, vanilla almond milk, water
08:30 PM: stretch: stretching the top of my right foot .. this will probably backfire.



race: 3mi w/u + Publix A1A Half Marathon: 1:27:11 official (PR) / 25th OA. 10k PR: 39:53 . first half marathon! .. course was ~13.06 (according to flyby's), so that's what jacked up my estimate. 8|
- https://www.strava.com/activities/1414131709
- http://www.wildsideonline.net/results/2018/a1ahalf.php
- half PR: minus ~5 minutes
- 10k PR: minus ~70s
- half PR: 1:27:11
- 10k PR: 39.52
- 9.16 mi in 1 hour (first time getting 9 miles in an hour)
- 10 miles in 1:05:42
- first 3 miles of the race were 18:52, cool.

first sub 1:30 half.

first sub 40 10k.

http://www.wildsideonline.net/results/2018/a1ahalf.php

kewl.

fun race.. enjoyed it more than a 5k. but I tried to just stay relaxed throughout .. so that probably explains it. Once I start pushing halfs harder, it'll probably get alot rougher.

**btw** don't trust my HR data. it's wrecked. very inaccurate when i'm sitting around resting etc.. it's way off.

also, warmup was fun. Saw Mason Elliot (crazy fast dude, got 4th in this race), and we (and a few others) ran ~3 miles to the start. I was supposed to take a bus to the start ... but the line was like, 300 people. So when I saw him I immediately asked how do I get to the start and he's like, "we're going to run there", and I was relieved.. i'd rather run 3 miles than wait in line for 40 minutes. LMFAO.





DON'T TRUST THE HR DATA. it's WRECKED.

Yesterday and today, my resting HR was often over 100, but manual testing had it sub 50 .. maybe my arms are too hairy for this optical HR monitoring bullshit. Anyway, there's no way my HR was that high, I was relaxing. lmfao.

Lots of people are telling me that's a solid first half race. Who knows, but i'm happy about it.

The last mile is considerably better because, the 3rd place female passed me and I just said nahhhhh, and went out in front of her and made sure she didn't pass again.

Prior to that, I had started coasting a bit. Most of this race I was on my own, due to how weird I pace. Leaving packs, not being able to hang with other packs, etc.

Anyway, I was like #8 or #9 OA at 10k.. lmfao.

had to do some work on my pinky toe tonight.. lmao. nail was really painful on the end. had to dig in there and remove a piece.

feels 1000x better now that I removed that.

still hilarious how I always do some dumb shit before a race.. I smashed it so hard into the door that the nail got a bit wrecked. ridiculous.

reokfsdpogkdg

rest #2/light walk.


02/17/2018

bw = 145
bw before bed last night = 148
soreness = none
aches/injuries = none (top of right foot good for now), in the morning: banged my right pinky toe into to door, hurts like a mfqr, it'll be fine tho.. had to cut some nail off and pop a blood blister that formed. LMAO. great timing.
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose
morning calf flexibility = loose
feel = tired
hours sleep: 6

wakeup = 04:30 AM
- tired

RHR according to new watch: 42
- lower than yesterday but, i don't trust this thing

log:
04:50 AM: food: oatmeal + honey, water
06:00 AM: workout: easy morning walk: 4.7 miles @ 17:XX-15:XX ::: half marathon race tomorrow! \o/
07:30 AM: food: prunes, banana, water
08:30 AM: food: 4 x triple decker egg sandwich, blueberries, raspberries, spanish olive oil, banana, pink salt/black pepper, water
02:00 PM: food: rx bar, water
05:00 PM: food: whole foods: cashew chicken, lemon yellow rice, one fried yucca, water
08:00 PM: food: tart cherry juice
08:30 PM: leg drain: 20 minutes

lol -> TODO: shave head/face, leg drain, lunch, WORK, oatmeal, sleep, wakeup, race





workout: easy morning walk: 4.7 miles @ 17:XX-15:XX ::: half marathon race tomorrow! \o/
- https://www.strava.com/activities/1412113792

Looking to destroy my 1:32:?? half marathon PR tomorrow. Just noticed that on Thursday, I actually hit a 1:33:?? half mixed in with all of my training and cooldown miles/jog laps etc.. 1:33:?? is about 1 minute off of my PR.. lmao. kinda cool.

Really looking forward to a half.. I plan on going out "fast" but, fast for me with half distance on my mind is like 6:1X. So that's pretty cool. Normally in 5k's i'm ready to try and drop some 5:3X or lower first few miles etc, which is a bit more stressful. I should be able to relax at 6:1X for a while at least, and just enjoy the race more, until I have to really start fighting (whenever that comes ). One of the most enjoyable races I did, was that Jingle Bell Jog 5k where I expected to have to go out crazy fast, and ended up just coasting out ~6:00 tempo for 3.1 for teh win. I remember that felt pretty cool. Hoping to get at least 10 miles like that at ~6:1X pace but who knows.

17-02-18

Notes

Had a nice bday yesterday.

happy belated birthday man@!)$(!@$)

Seem to have come down with a cold, though at present it is quite minor. Shall see how I feel later in the afternoon and maybe go for a run. Blargh hate being ill.

blah that sucks!

hopefully you kick it fast. I kicked mine fairly quick, a few other people I know kicked there's even faster.. dat runner immunity maybe dno.

15-02-18

Notes

Kind of zoned out for like a minute in near the start of the second tempo mile and ran at like an 8:30 pace, which was dumb as fuck!! Had to work pretty hard to bring that mile down to a 7:18 average. Lol. Not gonna make that mistake again.

for sure. battling back can get pretty rough, especially after a minute goes by.

those little "mistakes" can really derail you in races etc, they are so easy to make.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nScCkWX30eo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nScCkWX30eo</a>

^ v new photographer, he's good.