Turkey Trot

10 km. Houston Uptown Park. Race could have been better. But it was a morning run that is tough to wake up for and do like an afternoon/evening run. Less than 6 hours sleep overnight (not my fault :-) ). Also training really suffering from being sick over weekend. Body felt tired after first mile instead of ready to race. But after slow start with traffic (all the non-timed 5kers started with timed 10k and no-one respected the start pens), skipped water stops as felt hydrated OK despite heat, got some solid kms together. And geared up for a faster finish. Have to keep telling myself with so many runners this is not my specialty. Good to try and recognize local runners at the turnaround. Results: 669/2208.

Results by RunFAR; www.run-far.com

Div

Age

Sex

ChipTime

ClockTime

Overall

SexPl

DivPl

Total Pace

M 40-44

42

M

52:54

54:33

669

490

67

669

Iain Wallace

Houston TX

2047

42

67 M 40-44

52:53.6

54:32.7

1:39.1

8:31/M

Kenyan Way

9 miles. Memorial Park, progressive run. Slow start. Huring abit on second lap. Tried 3rd and got beter. Got better after hydrating after first lap. About 68F. Enjoyed last lap as not as busy. Good to get a descent run under belt.

Note: Garmin have just added a Player mode which has enhanced maps and graphs. Well done!

Coldplay

Coldplay were in town and I really enjoyed their show. Had seats close to the stage. Sound and stageshow were great. A class act.

Kenyan Way

7.4 miles. Including 10 x 2 hill loops to top path in 20 min session. No break btwn warm-up and hill session. Legs got tired.

Terry Hershey Trail

8.3 miles. Terry Hershey Trail from LFT. Solid run. Cool fall afternoon. All issues with Rocky Raccoon race resolved. Used iPod.

Recovery Run

6.2 Miles. Memorial Park. Nice and slow recovery run. Left knee slight overuse pain and should be OK. Back pain diminishing alot. Listening to iPod. Coolish. 66F.

No Kenyan Way

No training as raining and recovering from race. Weirdly after OK recovery day Sunday hurt back first thing this morning. Had a vacation day at home.