Bloomsday vs Bloomsday

2011 results

Finish Time: 1:53:19

Overall Place: 24,930 out of 50,611

Ran with a pace of 15:11 per mile

Placed 471st among 943 people the same age
Placed 256th out of 587 among 40-year-old females

 

 2010 results

Finish Time: 2:07:42

Overall Place: 30,912 out of 49,943

Ran with a pace of 17:07 per mile

Placed 603rd among 960 people the same age

Placed 368th out of 607 among 39-year-old females

Ok so I will quit kicking myself for my results of this yrs. Bloomsday.  Overall I did well…I just know I could have done better.  At least I am 15ish lbs lighter than I was last yr…maybe 15 more by next year.

Bloomsday 2011~and a PR

What is a trip to the city without a

bus ride?

Me and my bloggy friend Dawn

this was Dawn’s first Bloomsday

&

first race EVER

She kicked some serious tushblue section

of course if you get hot

just throw your clothes

up into a tree

you know

like you do

I started out pretty strong

although, again, lots of people dodging

then a complete bottleneck

where we just about stopped

I didn’t have to

stop to pee

until mile 3ish

then again at the top of the hill

as a safety measure

so I could

actually try to run

I need a running diaper

it was ridiculous!

Top of Doomsday Hill

Me and my man

he was hurt so we didn’t run together

he ended up only being 2-3 minutes behind me

note to self: check the bunching of the shirt

the ugly shirts

I don’t do yellow lol

Overall I am pleased

I did PR

last year was

2:07:42

this year

1:53:19

I didn’t enjoy the journey

I was so caught up in a PR

that I didn’t

‘stop to smell the roses’
Not that I would literally

Plus I wasn’t with my man

Next year I hope to break 1:30

No big deal if I don’t

Ya right!

 

Bloomsday!

 Sunday is Spokane’s Bloomsday 12K  where I get to run with 50,000 of my closest friends….Jealous?

I knew you would be!

I am way back in BLUE
Hope to change to at least Orange

Bloomsday 2010

So we survived Bloomsday

I wasn't sure what the hype was about

and since this was only

my 2nd race ever

I didn't have much to compare it to

Doomsday Hill was not that bad

the hills before it

SUCKED

There were a TON

of walkers

who I thought were

supposed to be in RED

as walkers

so we had to do a LOT of

dodging of people

like off the road

on the sidewalk

or whatever trail was there

dodging

We (DH ran with me)

got to

MILE 1

in record time

I thought

Oh this will be easy!

UH NOT!

Mile 2 and still dodging

Frustrating

and

energy sucking

I then had to pee

seriously I had to by

Mile 1

but really had to

at 2

(so did hubs)

and the lines were long

at least 8 minutes

SHOT!

Then there was a hill

finally water about 2.5

or felt like it

might have been sooner

another hill

then we finally get a groove

and are doing well

feeling great

another hill

more water

Mile 5!

don't remember if that

was after

Doomsday Hill

or before

Mile 6-7 totally walked

there were

so.many.people

half mile to go

walk another 1/4 mile

then I hear some guy say

only a 1/4 mile to go!

We.can.do.this!!!

We did manage to run across the finish line

it helped that the last 100+ yards was

DOWNHILL!

Overall it was a good time

liked that hubs went

learned:

~drink more water

the night before

not the morning of

~not to eat tacos

the night before

and

~to lie about how long it

will take to finish so

I can actually be

 with fellow runners

and not with the walkers

Bloomsday is near

Well

I have a 12K on Sunday

that is more than

twice

what my first race was

AND

I have yet to go farther than

5 miles

AND

DH hasn't trained

although we signed up together

I have more time to run

or I make more time to run

My knee wouldn't cooperate yesterday

AT ALL

I have not had any pain since my 3rd or 4th week

of running (which started in January)

My left knee,

which is jacked up anyway

due to surgery 14 yrs ago,

is not happy

whatever

I will finish

may end up walking most

I don't want DH to have a heart attack

seriously

So

I hope to get out

Thursday and Friday

and rest Saturday