For the most part, August & the first half of September
have been uneventful. With only 6 races,
and 1 t-shirt, none of it has been anything outstanding. My concentration has been on training for the
half marathon in Montreal later this month.
The one t-shirt that I got was an interesting race; The
Wilbraham Peach Sundae 5K. Back in the
day it was part of the Wilbraham Peach Festival, and was a 5 mile race. Well, once again, the times are changing and
the decided to make this a shorter race.
As I said, my concentration is on the half marathon, so that day I
needed more miles. To pack in the miles, I did a 1.8 mile warm-up, and a 2.7
mile cool down. Those two coupled with
the 5K gave me 7.6 for the day. Not too
bad, and to top it off I ran the 5K in 24:08… my second fastest of the year.
As I ran in the “dog days of summer”, I kept telling myself
that this will all pay off in the cooler weather of the New England
Autumn. Now it’s time to see if this
philosophy is a good one. If all goes
right, I’d like to have a 1:55:00 to 1:58:00 in Montreal, but as long as I’m
under 2:15:00 I won’t be upset.
Running is really secondary on this trip. The main thing is that Brenda & I enjoy
the vacation, and our 17th Anniversary. Right back to the same city where we spent
our honeymoon.
