hittin' the pavement, beating the clock

Still improving on my times.

Today's race (NYRR Scotland Run 10K) was dreadful. Six hours of sleep after a day of sitting down in front of a computer retouching in the dark. Biking to the start. Not stretching. Dreadful. I couldn't seem to keep anybody beat during the race. Started fine. Kept a good pace. Yeah, for the first three miles. Then nearly immediately I just kept hanging back and settling. I watched as my splits declined. I tried to keep my mind off the fact that I had to get to work immediately after finishing the race. Nothing could get me to speed up. Thighs burning and vision blurring, I crossed the finish line thinking I must have done better in the past. Only a couple minutes to think though. My bike was chained up on a pole just a block and a half from the finish line. I grabbed my bag. Hobbled a block and a half. Got to pedaling.

When I got to the studio, there was no time to think about running, but I thought it would not set me too far back to check my times.

...turns out I ran my best 10k.

Now that I got the road runs out of my system, I have this week to worry about 70 images for retouching.

Ready.....

GO!

15K down... several more to go

Just ran a 15K this morning. I've certainly felt better before, but it is nice to know that my masochism allowed for me to achieve my best 15K time yet (results below).

It was a good run, but I was feeling the effects of all of the biking I have been doing around the city. Right thigh and flexor were killing me half way through. Of course, we learn from our pain. I felt like walking for a bit, but there are times when I consider the Christian teachings over my Aethist beliefs. If He could create the world in seven days and just spend one day afterwards resting I should have no complaints running a little race in just an hour.

I wish I could say I am going to rest right now, but I am on my way to see Jake Murphy's "dirt floors and stone walls fundraiser" (http://on.fb.me/ghZ5sL). He is trying to raise money and awareness for the under educated children living in the slums of India. His photographs are absolutely stunning and it is remarkable what he has done so far, so it is certainly worth the support.

more to come.....