Twin Cities 1 Mile

The Twin Cities 1 Mile came and went quickly last Thursday night.  

I have been running a few times a week for a couple months which I thought put me in a good place to run a little faster.  However, I still have not gotten any speed work in so I just wasn't ready for a fast pace.  

I worked until 6pm and picked Mom up before arriving to Nicollet Avenue with about an hour before the race.  I warmed up with 1.75 miles and stretched and off I went.  However, I didn't get as close to the front of the line as I wanted to, the corral packed in early I think.  

After getting going I did my best to stay strong and consistent with effort, though soon my mouth was so dry my spit solidified, I'm pretty sure, because I spit out once and it felt like I was spitting out a piece of sand.  About half way through I kept running strong and maybe for a close to two tenths of a mile I really thought hard about going hard to the finish but I just couldn't pull it off.  I just maintained as best as I could and finished up.  

Also, previously to running I asked people to tell me how they thought I'd do.  

I finished in 5:11.2 making Katy and Paul the winner because their guesses of 5:12.00 and 5:13.50 were the closest.  Megan guessed 5:07 and Eric 5:18.  Amanda guessed 5:15 and Lance said "best ever."  

It looks as if I owe Katy and Paul dinner.  

TC 1 Mile

I ran the Twin Cities 1 Mile again on May 12th.

Making excuses or telling the truth I didn't run very much beforehand because of poor Minnesota spring weather due to chilly temperatures, clouds upon clouds and rain I just didn't get out very much to run. So, I ran my slowest mile in 3 years, 5:25. However, I was okay with that because I really didn't run very much.

I've always set "goals" to try and be in the top 20-30 in the general masses but I can't maintain running in the winter here. Can someone keep me accountable next winter to maintain fitness so I can run faster next year?














The TC 1 Mile also served as the USA Road Mile Championships too and attracted a good crowd of professional runners. Sara Hall, Ryan Hall, David Torrence, Tommy Schmitz, Gabriele Anderson, Heather Kampf and more.

Sara Hall ran under 4:32 and David Torrence won in under 4:00 winning $10,000 each for the time prize in addition to the $4,000 for winning the race.

Here is Sara Hall.

Run for the Roses

I ran the Run for the Roses again this year. It was the last weekend in June, just before the Red, White and Boom.

Last year I did okay in the 5k but this year I ran the 10k to get some miles in before the half marathon.

Surprisingly, I got 2nd overall! There wasn't a huge bit of competition other than the young guy who finished first but I kept chipping away the whole race. I was in 10th or so after about a quarter mile, and by mile 1 I was in third. It took me a couple miles to get the older guy in front of me but I got him and didn't look back, though I was in second by like five minutes. Yikes, too bad I wasn't closer.

Anyway, I was 2nd in 39:48, 6:25 per mile.

Here is the link for the results. Run for the Roses 2010 10k Results.

Run For The Roses 10K Run
Roseville, Minnesota June 26, 2010

Place	Div/Tot	No.	Name	Age	Gen	City	State	Time	Pace
1	1/2	920	Steven Dado	17	M	Stillwater	MN	34:09	5:30
2	1/6	1834	Joel Dischinger	27	M	Roseville	MN	39:48	6:25
3	1/14	1000	Brett Churel	32	M	Roseville	MN	40:56	6:36
4	1/6	906	Darby Baranick	16	F	Woodbury	MN	41:05	6:37
5	1/13	1805	Edward Hudella	44	M	North Branch	MN	41:28	6:41
6	1/16	970	Katie Salvatore	22	F	Shoreview	MN	41:30	6:41
7	2/13	1824	Lawrence Callanan	40	M	St Paul	MN	41:41	6:43
8	1/20	922	James Doelle	55	M	Roseville	MN	42:58	6:55
9	3/13	995	Richard Ziegler	42	M			43:25	7:00
10	2/14	902	John Anderson	32	M	St Paul	MN	43:28	7:00
11	2/20	960	David Peterson	54	M	Shoreview	MN	43:28	7:00
12	2/6	968	Bill Rosenthal	29	M	Roseville	MN	43:33	7:01
13	2/16	901	Johanna Anderson	29	F	St Paul	MN	43:36	7:01
14	2/6	1818	Sophia Ristau	17	F	St Paul	MN	43:47	7:03
15	3/14	981	Christopher Vitalis	38	M	Hugo	MN	44:02	7:06

And here are a few photos from the run.

Red, White and Boom!

My first half marathon at the Red, White and Boom Twin Cities Half Marathon was overall a good challenge, a fun race and a good experience.

I ran 1:37:18, 7:25 per mile. I was 103 out of 2376 as this was the first running event for Twin Cities in Motion. (TC Marathon parent.) I was 86 of 1049 among males and 19 of 158 for males 25-29 years.

I was doing pretty well through 7 complete miles and okay through 8 miles. I salvaged miles 9 and 10 doing a 7:05 and 7:19, but then the wheels came off in miles 11,12,13. I ran 7:53, 8:35 and 8:34 for the final three miles. It was bad.

Weather was also an interesting factor. When Katy and I got there it was warm, humid and cloudy with a chance of rain after 8am. Well, that chance grew and between miles 3 and 4 it started raining and then it poured until about mile 7.5 before slowing down for a few miles and then picking back up for a couple of miles. The rain was so hard many steps were completely underwater and that made my socks and shoes giving me bruised toes and blisters because of all of the slipping and sliding my feet were doing in the shoes.

I will do another, hopefully with a training partner and a race partner and more of a training plan.

Here are the results from the mtecresults.com.

Location	Race Time	Time of Day	Overall Place	Division Place	Sex Place
Time	1:37:18	8:07:01	103/2376	19/158	86/1049
10 Mile	1:11:20	7:41:03	67/2355	11/158	60/1042
GunStart	00:00	6:29:39
ChipStart	0:06	6:29:44	76/2376	11/158	67/1049

Before the race, about 78 degrees with above 65% humidity, if memory serves me correct.













This is on St. Anthony Main, one-tenth of a mile into the race. I was doing okay at that point.













This is back on St. Anthony Main, going the opposite direction towards the finish.







































I ditched my shirt with Nick and Becca at mile 7.5 or so because it was so heavy. My shorts are still quite wet too even though it wasn't raining at the finish.













At the finish just across the street from the restaurants and facing the Mississippi River.













We walked to the Stone Arch Bridge after because it was trying to get sunny and I could walk just a little bit. I though we could get some good pictures but it stayed cloudy.

Upcoming Races:
August 1 Sunday Twins Territory 4K in Minneapolis. It starts downtown, runs by the Guthrie Theater, the Mill City Museum and finishes in front of Target Field.

October 3 Sunday Twin Cities 10 Mile (Hopefully, it's a lottery so I just have to hope I get in.)