Monday, September 10, 2007
Week of 9/10/07.
Workouts:
TUE. 9/11/07. 6:30am. YMCA course
TUE. 9/11/07. 9am HILL REPEATS/TEMPO group. Tenn. Vly.
Tempo workout today (3.5M and 4.5M groups)
TUE. 9/11/07. 9am HILL REPEATS. Ross Common gp.
Warmup run to Phoenix parking lot; do 6 x 15" (B/B)quick. Then up to Baldy:
2 X 1:30 (B/B); 2 X 1' (B/B); 2 X 30"(B/B); 1 X 3'(B/B)...then to parking lot easy run;
TEMPO to tennis courts; then recovery run to Ross Common. Those who are prepping for long dist. races add another 1-2M steady.
TH. 9/13/07. 7am & 9am TRACK at COM.
Those running Bananaman Chase 5K (10K) will do sets of 600/200's and 400/200's .
SUN. 9/16/07. BANANAMAN CHASE 5K, 9am, Golden Gate Park at Kezar Stadium (www.bananachase.com)...I will be able to take some in the van: meet at 7:30am- at Arch Rival parking lot. The start of the race is on Lincoln Ave, next to Kezar and GG Park border, goes counterclockwise around Panhandle, a bit into GG Park on JFK Drive and back to KEzar to finish on the track in front of the stands. The 10K continues into GGPark around Stow Lake and back to Kezar...
let's see if we can get some group photos in after the race on the infield. Some of our group are doing the 10K so it will be a bit later after the 5K finish.
RESULTS:
A busy weekend of races:
> I was at Lake Merced Half marathon on 9/9 and TIM MCCARTHY , who is training for Portland Marathon, ran 8M on Sat, then did a 1:34 on Sunday - and placed 3rd in his age group;
MELODY SCHULTZ, training for Melbourne Marathon, took 1st in 60+ for her training run;
FRANK RUONA, who is preparing for CIM, did his planned 6:48 (sub-3 hour pace)and took his age group.
> Meanwhile, at the BIG KAHUNA MARATHON in Santa Cruz(a half Ironman distance) most of the group did PR's:
DANIELLE CANE, who did not plan to do the run portion due to a bad hip, heard she was the oldest female competitor via the PA System - during the race. She suddenly decided she had to complete the run and won it in 6:57:03. That a way to hang in there,Danielle.
> her daughter, MacKENZIE CANE was 9th in her age group, (20-24) did a solid 5:40:45 performance.
> LEIGH KENNY placed 5th in 40-44 (would have been higher, but pros were mixed in with the open field) with a 5:15:45. This was her day to test her triathlon-specific bike.
> Placing 6th in 50+, GAYLE SHIMOKAJI, who has had very little training since Ironman Brazil, did a 6:03:12. She had a good push from JEAN SAWAYA who helped pace her during the run.
GAYLE's time was close to KEVIN PORTER'S time of 6:02:20- for 7th in 55+ division. Kevin had one of his better runs and hit a half marathon time very close to if he had only run the half distance.
> DAVE CHAMPAGNE, who has biked little since Brazil, got through this one in 6:41:38. His focus is now on more running and preparing for "The Run to The Sun" along with Kevin and Linda in March 2008.
The plan is run from sea level to top of that volcano on Haleakala (10,000 feet)- about 34 miles. I plan to be there to go along with our planned bike ride two days after they do the run to the top. Should be an adventure!
> The remarkable MICHELLI JONES of Australia, did this event as a tune-up for Hawaii Ironman in October. She did a remarkable 4:19:33 and was the top group overall in the race.
Also there to win her age div. of 50+, was JERI HOWLAND in 5:14:44. Way to go Jeri.
All in all, a delightful event, well run and drew about 1100 this year. ¶ 7:58 PM
Workouts:
TUE. 9/11/07. 6:30am. YMCA course
TUE. 9/11/07. 9am HILL REPEATS/TEMPO group. Tenn. Vly.
Tempo workout today (3.5M and 4.5M groups)
TUE. 9/11/07. 9am HILL REPEATS. Ross Common gp.
Warmup run to Phoenix parking lot; do 6 x 15" (B/B)quick. Then up to Baldy:
2 X 1:30 (B/B); 2 X 1' (B/B); 2 X 30"(B/B); 1 X 3'(B/B)...then to parking lot easy run;
TEMPO to tennis courts; then recovery run to Ross Common. Those who are prepping for long dist. races add another 1-2M steady.
TH. 9/13/07. 7am & 9am TRACK at COM.
Those running Bananaman Chase 5K (10K) will do sets of 600/200's and 400/200's .
SUN. 9/16/07. BANANAMAN CHASE 5K, 9am, Golden Gate Park at Kezar Stadium (www.bananachase.com)...I will be able to take some in the van: meet at 7:30am- at Arch Rival parking lot. The start of the race is on Lincoln Ave, next to Kezar and GG Park border, goes counterclockwise around Panhandle, a bit into GG Park on JFK Drive and back to KEzar to finish on the track in front of the stands. The 10K continues into GGPark around Stow Lake and back to Kezar...
let's see if we can get some group photos in after the race on the infield. Some of our group are doing the 10K so it will be a bit later after the 5K finish.
RESULTS:
A busy weekend of races:
> I was at Lake Merced Half marathon on 9/9 and TIM MCCARTHY , who is training for Portland Marathon, ran 8M on Sat, then did a 1:34 on Sunday - and placed 3rd in his age group;
MELODY SCHULTZ, training for Melbourne Marathon, took 1st in 60+ for her training run;
FRANK RUONA, who is preparing for CIM, did his planned 6:48 (sub-3 hour pace)and took his age group.
> Meanwhile, at the BIG KAHUNA MARATHON in Santa Cruz(a half Ironman distance) most of the group did PR's:
DANIELLE CANE, who did not plan to do the run portion due to a bad hip, heard she was the oldest female competitor via the PA System - during the race. She suddenly decided she had to complete the run and won it in 6:57:03. That a way to hang in there,Danielle.
> her daughter, MacKENZIE CANE was 9th in her age group, (20-24) did a solid 5:40:45 performance.
> LEIGH KENNY placed 5th in 40-44 (would have been higher, but pros were mixed in with the open field) with a 5:15:45. This was her day to test her triathlon-specific bike.
> Placing 6th in 50+, GAYLE SHIMOKAJI, who has had very little training since Ironman Brazil, did a 6:03:12. She had a good push from JEAN SAWAYA who helped pace her during the run.
GAYLE's time was close to KEVIN PORTER'S time of 6:02:20- for 7th in 55+ division. Kevin had one of his better runs and hit a half marathon time very close to if he had only run the half distance.
> DAVE CHAMPAGNE, who has biked little since Brazil, got through this one in 6:41:38. His focus is now on more running and preparing for "The Run to The Sun" along with Kevin and Linda in March 2008.
The plan is run from sea level to top of that volcano on Haleakala (10,000 feet)- about 34 miles. I plan to be there to go along with our planned bike ride two days after they do the run to the top. Should be an adventure!
> The remarkable MICHELLI JONES of Australia, did this event as a tune-up for Hawaii Ironman in October. She did a remarkable 4:19:33 and was the top group overall in the race.
Also there to win her age div. of 50+, was JERI HOWLAND in 5:14:44. Way to go Jeri.
All in all, a delightful event, well run and drew about 1100 this year. ¶ 7:58 PM
