There were 107 runners yesterday.
I was 64th overall, 15th woman and 6th in my age group.
| Amy | Trenkle | F | 34 | 30-39 | 1:28:09 | 1:28:17 | 64 | 15 | 6 |
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Al Lewis 10 Miler Results
Well, the results are in:
There were 107 runners yesterday.
I was 64th overall, 15th woman and 6th in my age group.
There were 107 runners yesterday.
I was 64th overall, 15th woman and 6th in my age group.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
What's an Inch When You Run 10 Miles?
My second race of the year was this morning. It was the Al Lewis 10 Miler held at Ken Gar Park in Kensington, Maryland and sponsored by the DC Road Runners Club. The race was an out and back that ran along the Rock Creek Trail and then into a neighborhood on Old Spring Road.
There were maybe 100 of us there this morning. The forecast I imagined kept some people at home. We were waiting on snow--the same storm which had crippled the midwest and was heading toward us.
The race started at 9 am. It was 19 degrees according to my car's temperature. FREEZING! Most people were dressed with hats, gloves, and coats---yours truly included. Others were in shorts! In the first mile I kept thinking about how much I had wished for this cold weather when running in the 110+ heat index this past summer in Oklahoma. I felt like I was at the other end of the spectrum this morning. Some of that heat didn't seem so bad afterall.
The race was timed with D-tag system and with a few simple instructions, we were off! It went something like this:
"Good morning! I know it's cold out here so I won't keep you long. Thank you for coming out. I'm going to give you two commands: "Runners get set and then the G-word."
Literally less than three seconds later he said, "Runners get set," followed directly by a boisterous "Go!"
We were off!
The crowd divided itself quickly and I found myself after the first mile or mile and half running by myself in between the two groups. I could see some of the runners in front of me and tried to think of them as rabbits and then not to, for fear that I would exhaust myself with 7+ miles to go. There were three people wearing red in front of me though that I did keep my eye on.
At about the same time I realized that I had way overdressed! So, as I ran I first took off my hat, then my gloves, and within a few more strides, my coat. I wore the coat around my waist for the remainder of the run. The cool air felt good on my skin.
Somewhere between miles 2 and 3 it started to snow. Lightly at first. Then, with bigger flakes, and toward the end with a bit of a wind and more ice than snow. I know this because my eyelashes were collecting the snowflakes and I had to clear them off twice so that I could see. You can see from my self-portrait below (taken back in the car at the end of the race) that my hair was covered with the snow/ice crystals.
Leading up to the turn around I noticed that I was getting closer to one of the people dressed in red. She and I seemed to be pretty evenly paced. I finally caught up to her and passed her at mile 8--a little bit with chagrin because I had enjoyed pacing off of her.
Another runner wasn't far behind though and he kept me moving as he sat off of my left shoulder.
From the turn around point on it became more and more difficult to run. The snow which had started just a little bit before was now accumulating. Part of the course had undulating hills and the snow was just enough to make it difficult to climb the hills and just enough to have precaution on the hills when running down--fearing that a foot might slip out from underneath.
The race, was great and I enjoyed the opportunity to run in the park, in the snow, on a frigid Saturday morning. :) My pace was pretty consistent for the first four miles, right around 8.5 minute miles. Mile 4-5 was a wicked uphill that I had somehow missed with the pre-race course description and map studying. That mile was around 9.5 minutes and the downhill mile back returned my pace to 8.5 minutes. I think I might have been able to keep my 8.5 minute pace however the snow caused me to be cautious and frankly, it reminded me of running in sand. An inch IS something when you run 10 miles! Overall, I was pleased with my time and the run.
Time: 1 hour 28 minutess and 11 seconds
Two races down, 18 to go.
There were maybe 100 of us there this morning. The forecast I imagined kept some people at home. We were waiting on snow--the same storm which had crippled the midwest and was heading toward us.
The race started at 9 am. It was 19 degrees according to my car's temperature. FREEZING! Most people were dressed with hats, gloves, and coats---yours truly included. Others were in shorts! In the first mile I kept thinking about how much I had wished for this cold weather when running in the 110+ heat index this past summer in Oklahoma. I felt like I was at the other end of the spectrum this morning. Some of that heat didn't seem so bad afterall.
The race was timed with D-tag system and with a few simple instructions, we were off! It went something like this:
"Good morning! I know it's cold out here so I won't keep you long. Thank you for coming out. I'm going to give you two commands: "Runners get set and then the G-word."
Literally less than three seconds later he said, "Runners get set," followed directly by a boisterous "Go!"
We were off!
The crowd divided itself quickly and I found myself after the first mile or mile and half running by myself in between the two groups. I could see some of the runners in front of me and tried to think of them as rabbits and then not to, for fear that I would exhaust myself with 7+ miles to go. There were three people wearing red in front of me though that I did keep my eye on.
At about the same time I realized that I had way overdressed! So, as I ran I first took off my hat, then my gloves, and within a few more strides, my coat. I wore the coat around my waist for the remainder of the run. The cool air felt good on my skin.
Somewhere between miles 2 and 3 it started to snow. Lightly at first. Then, with bigger flakes, and toward the end with a bit of a wind and more ice than snow. I know this because my eyelashes were collecting the snowflakes and I had to clear them off twice so that I could see. You can see from my self-portrait below (taken back in the car at the end of the race) that my hair was covered with the snow/ice crystals.
Leading up to the turn around I noticed that I was getting closer to one of the people dressed in red. She and I seemed to be pretty evenly paced. I finally caught up to her and passed her at mile 8--a little bit with chagrin because I had enjoyed pacing off of her.
Another runner wasn't far behind though and he kept me moving as he sat off of my left shoulder.
From the turn around point on it became more and more difficult to run. The snow which had started just a little bit before was now accumulating. Part of the course had undulating hills and the snow was just enough to make it difficult to climb the hills and just enough to have precaution on the hills when running down--fearing that a foot might slip out from underneath.
The race, was great and I enjoyed the opportunity to run in the park, in the snow, on a frigid Saturday morning. :) My pace was pretty consistent for the first four miles, right around 8.5 minute miles. Mile 4-5 was a wicked uphill that I had somehow missed with the pre-race course description and map studying. That mile was around 9.5 minutes and the downhill mile back returned my pace to 8.5 minutes. I think I might have been able to keep my 8.5 minute pace however the snow caused me to be cautious and frankly, it reminded me of running in sand. An inch IS something when you run 10 miles! Overall, I was pleased with my time and the run.
Time: 1 hour 28 minutess and 11 seconds
Two races down, 18 to go.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Predictions 5K Results
The results are in for our New Year's Day 5k run:
There were 90 finishers for our run. Mark and I were 41 and 42 overall. Amy was 5th in her age group and Mark was 35th in his age group.
There were 90 finishers for our run. Mark and I were 41 and 42 overall. Amy was 5th in her age group and Mark was 35th in his age group.
| Amy | Trenkle | Female | 34 | 26:26.3 | 41 | 5 |
| Mark | Hannum | Male | 33 | 26:26.5 | 42 | 35 |
Friday, January 1, 2010
Amy's Plan
Twenty races.
I am not limiting how many miles or what type of races, other than official ones. The goal is to complete them. It comes out to just fewer than two races a month.
I've been busy signing up for races and plotting them out.
So,here are the races I have planned for, registered for, and/or am keeping an eye out for:
January
Predictions and Resolution 5K (January 1)--ran it! One down, 19 to go!
Al Lewis 10 Miler (January 9)--maybe?
JFK 20K (January 16)--maybe?
February
GW Marathon Birthday Relay (February 14)--registering...it's also the race that Mark proposed to me at 12 years ago! And yes, Mark's running one of the legs of the relay!
March
B&A Half Marathon (March 7)--thinking about it!
St. Patrick's 8K (March 14)--registered!
National Half Marathon (March 20)--registered!
April
Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (April 11)--I got in via the lottery!! :)
May
Cleveland Marathon (May 16)--registered!
June
ZOOMA Annapolis Half Marathon (June 6)--thinking about it!
July
Rockville Twilight 8K (July 17)--thinking about i!
August
Annapolis 10 Miler (August 29)--waiting to register
September
Parks Half Marathon (September 12)
October
Boston Half Marathon (Oct. 10)--fingers are crossed--registration opens in the spring!
Baltimore Half Marathon (Oct. 16)--registered!
Marine Corps 10K (Oct. 31)--thinking about it!
November
NYC Marathon (Nov. 7)--so I registered for the lottery again..I will find out in April if I got in again!
Philly Marathon (Nov. 21)--thinking about it! I loved it last year! Jon, you up for it again?
Turkey Trot 10K (Nov. 25)--this will be our fifth year or so of doing this race! Mark and I love it!
December
Jingle Bell 10K (Dec.)--never a favorite to get out of bed for but a great one for December! Who can resist the jingle bells for each foot????
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run New Year's Eve in Central Park (Dec. 31)--not sure it will happen, but sure seems fun! And what a way to end my 2010 year of running!
Stay tuned to see which ones I do and
I am not limiting how many miles or what type of races, other than official ones. The goal is to complete them. It comes out to just fewer than two races a month.
I've been busy signing up for races and plotting them out.
So,here are the races I have planned for, registered for, and/or am keeping an eye out for:
January
Predictions and Resolution 5K (January 1)--ran it! One down, 19 to go!
Al Lewis 10 Miler (January 9)--maybe?
JFK 20K (January 16)--maybe?
February
GW Marathon Birthday Relay (February 14)--registering...it's also the race that Mark proposed to me at 12 years ago! And yes, Mark's running one of the legs of the relay!
March
B&A Half Marathon (March 7)--thinking about it!
St. Patrick's 8K (March 14)--registered!
National Half Marathon (March 20)--registered!
April
Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (April 11)--I got in via the lottery!! :)
May
Cleveland Marathon (May 16)--registered!
June
ZOOMA Annapolis Half Marathon (June 6)--thinking about it!
July
Rockville Twilight 8K (July 17)--thinking about i!
August
Annapolis 10 Miler (August 29)--waiting to register
September
Parks Half Marathon (September 12)
October
Boston Half Marathon (Oct. 10)--fingers are crossed--registration opens in the spring!
Baltimore Half Marathon (Oct. 16)--registered!
Marine Corps 10K (Oct. 31)--thinking about it!
November
NYC Marathon (Nov. 7)--so I registered for the lottery again..I will find out in April if I got in again!
Philly Marathon (Nov. 21)--thinking about it! I loved it last year! Jon, you up for it again?
Turkey Trot 10K (Nov. 25)--this will be our fifth year or so of doing this race! Mark and I love it!
December
Jingle Bell 10K (Dec.)--never a favorite to get out of bed for but a great one for December! Who can resist the jingle bells for each foot????
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run New Year's Eve in Central Park (Dec. 31)--not sure it will happen, but sure seems fun! And what a way to end my 2010 year of running!
Stay tuned to see which ones I do and
My Game Plan
So I am working towards completing three Olympic distance triathlons in 2010. I tentatively picked The Rumpus In The Bumpus International (in April), The Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon (in June), and The Nations Triathlon (in Sept).
Amy's brother Jon and I completed the Hyannis Sprint 2 Triathlon last September, but had a disappointing experience when they canceled the bike portion due to heavy rain the night before. This not only was annoying because I feel like I actually haven't really completed a triathlon yet, but I was much more annoyed due to all the effort it took to get my bike up to Hyannis, MA.
The best part of this first race was my first open water swimming race. Not only was it open water, it was ocean racing (although it didn't seem long
enough for me). I completely misjudged the vectors...I was anticipating more current pushing me sideways, and I sprinted out from the start, and then had to backtrack towards the first turn. The waves looked bigger than I thought and I was having fun swimming up and over them! None of the three races I am planning on doing have ocean swimming with them, two are in rivers, and one in a man-made lake.
In any event this first triathlon (or duathalon) was fun and it sealed my interest in doing more - just from now on all three parts!
Amy's brother Jon and I completed the Hyannis Sprint 2 Triathlon last September, but had a disappointing experience when they canceled the bike portion due to heavy rain the night before. This not only was annoying because I feel like I actually haven't really completed a triathlon yet, but I was much more annoyed due to all the effort it took to get my bike up to Hyannis, MA. The best part of this first race was my first open water swimming race. Not only was it open water, it was ocean racing (although it didn't seem long
enough for me). I completely misjudged the vectors...I was anticipating more current pushing me sideways, and I sprinted out from the start, and then had to backtrack towards the first turn. The waves looked bigger than I thought and I was having fun swimming up and over them! None of the three races I am planning on doing have ocean swimming with them, two are in rivers, and one in a man-made lake.In any event this first triathlon (or duathalon) was fun and it sealed my interest in doing more - just from now on all three parts!
Race #1--And So It Begins!
We will not number each of our races for the blog titles, but there's something about that first race that requires a number label.
We kicked off the new year with a new race! We ran the Predictions and Resolutions 5K. This was a new race for us and we weren't sure how it was going to go. In preparation for our year of running we joined the DC Road Runners Club who was the sponsor of our race today. It was a nice, out and back course, starting at the head of the Mount Vernon Trail in Arlington, running toward Mount Vernon, under the Memorial Bridge and turning around just south of the Memorial Bridge.
There was still a little bit of ice on the course, but for the most part, other than standing water, it was clear.
The race was, what we thought, well attended--maybe 100 people--which made for not so crowded conditions. There were no t-shirts, but there was ChronoTrack-D tag timing which gave us our official times: 26 minutes, 22 seconds. Not a stellar time, but decent.
We realized we overdressed---it was near 40 when the race started at noon and by the 2 km we were both feeling the heat....however, we were happy with out choice of clothing prior to the start of the race and after!
This was the first 5K for both of us--ironic that we've done marathons, but never the shorter distance. Amy's not sure she's very fond of the sprint and Mark finds it amazing that he was a sprint swimmer in college and did not find the running sprint as rewarding.
We should mention that we ate a bit more than we normally would before a race. Amy cooked us a nutritious egg and cheese with fake sausage on whole wheat toast...tasty and maybe a bit heavy two hours before the race.
Regardless, we are excited to kick off our year of competition! Here's to a few more races....
The Goal
We decided to keep a blog of our year long adventure. Mark's goal for 2010 is to complete at least three Olympic distance triathlons. Amy's goal is to complete at least 20 running races, including at least two marathons (to bring her overall marathon total to 10 by the end of 2010).
How this blog will work:
When we write under the Run It Tri It contributor we are writing together, otherwise we will write in under our own emails and share our specific milestones, photos, thoughts, trainings, etc.!
2010 is a big year for us! On June 17 we will have been married for ten years (yahooo!) and so it is only fitting that we complete something outstanding together and yet separately--maintaining our individuality and our team spirit.
Follow us on our adventure and check back often!
How this blog will work:
When we write under the Run It Tri It contributor we are writing together, otherwise we will write in under our own emails and share our specific milestones, photos, thoughts, trainings, etc.!
2010 is a big year for us! On June 17 we will have been married for ten years (yahooo!) and so it is only fitting that we complete something outstanding together and yet separately--maintaining our individuality and our team spirit.
Follow us on our adventure and check back often!
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