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Birthday

John Roberts — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:07:38 +0000

This neglected blog (damn you, Twitter!) reached its sixth birthday today. This is the 1,435th post, but the pace has definitely slowed.

I’m glad to say that my birthday mile has not. Yet.

5:22 for the 4 loops (1:20 / 1:22 / 1:21 / 1:18) around Kezar is a second faster than 2008 and 2007.

I know it’s only a holding pattern in a “race” I’m going to lose, but still feels good.

Past birthday blog posts: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003.

Happy Birthday

John Roberts — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:59:00 +0000

Clock (this blog) is now 5, and I’m (cough) older than that. Still, I matched last year’s mile time of 5:23 (1:19/1:20/1:22/1:21 splits), which brightened the already-beautiful day a bit more. Only hiccup was Kezar was closed for pesticide application, which I found out after running over this morning. So I had to drive over to SF State’s Cox Stadium to find an open track. Cox is a pleasant facility sunk into a hollow, with a nice surface, and almost empty in the mid-morning. Kezar is home, but good to know about Cox.

Emerald Nuts Across the Bay 12K

John Roberts — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:44:33 +0000

I’m putting all training details over on WeEndure, but a race is worth noting. Emerald Nuts Across the Bay 12k was this morning. I didn’t spend more than a few strides enjoying the morning view on the Golden Gate Bridge, but the weather was pretty nice and the race felt good: 47:39. I last ran this race in 2000, running a 46:54.

Moving my exercise posts to WeEndure.com

John Roberts — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:26:42 +0000

Since Dennis finds it useful, and assures me I can get my data out, I’m going to move my exercise notes to We Endure. That will clean out some of the “noise” here at clock. Until I put a badge on this blog, you can follow my “progress” on my user page. No more exercise here unless I’m racing or something truly notable happens.

Exercise, 2007-Feb-10

John Roberts — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:16:02 +0000

Fifty minutes on the stationary bicycle, going up and down hills while going nowhere at all. But at least I finished The Atlantic and The Week. Lazy, lazy Saturday otherwise.

Exercise, 2007-Feb-9

John Roberts — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:25:57 +0000

Another almost-rainy run, this time downhill to work, with alternating fast/slow blocks as I ran down Market Street. 23:00.

This weekend, I’m going to take a closer look at We Endure as a training log.

Exercise, 2007-Feb-8

John Roberts — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:46:10 +0000

Gentle 25:00 run home from work, beating the real rain.

Super Bowl Sunday 5K

John Roberts — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:07:41 +0000

I don’t know if the rest of the country celebrates the arrival of Super Bowl Sunday with a running race. But San Francisco does, with the half-marathon and 5K race in Golden Gate Park. Once again yesterday, I chose the shorter distance. Actually, I never even considered going 13.1 miles. Age brings wisdom?

The 5K course shifted a bit again this year, but it’s still slightly downhill overall and therefore the time is a salve to the ego. Official results have me at 18:37, for a 5:59 pace, and 15th overall. Compare to 2006 or 2005. My first mile split was 5:57, when I mistakenly hit stop instead of lap, so later splits were erratic.

Not sure what the next race will be, but I was pleased with this one.

Exercise: 2007-Feb-3

John Roberts — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:51:52 +0000

47 minutes at a leisurely pace in Golden Gate Park on a clear, crisp morning with Carla. Great way to loosen up for tomorrow morning’s 5K.

Exercise, 2007-Jan-29

John Roberts — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:25:47 +0000

Twenty-four minutes on the run home.