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First bicycle race under my belt yesterday, and I’m happy enough with the results. Official time, 20:03, which put me 115th out of 228 overall. I was 21st out of 37 in the Master 35+…which seems less competitive (slightly) than the Elite Men 5 results. I don’t really understand these groupings yet, but it was [...]

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The boy joined me this morning for the first road race using his own muscles. (His earlier efforts were riding in the jogging stroller, not always happily.)
The “Miracle Mile” was the right distance in the right location (Golden Gate Park). The crisp, clear weather (40+ degrees) meant hat and gloves for the boy — but [...]

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The post-Thanksgiving tradition continues. I ran the 5K in the Run Wild event this morning. A month ago, I was targeting the 10K, but a few weeks out of commission due to a back strain left me less confident of my fitness, so I stayed with the familiar.
I finished in 18:46 officially, 29th place overall [...]

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The San Francisco summer (September) delivered another beautiful morning today. The Bridge to Bridge 12K race is a local fixture I’ve never run. Starting at the Ferry Building, the race has only one short, steep hill, as it stays along the water almost the entire race, finishing in the Presidio. The official results are not [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Been a light training period since racing three weeks ago, so I was tentative going into this morning’s Christmas Classic races, another 1 mile race followed by a 5K a half hour later. Both races are in Golden Gate Park.
The mile is blessedly downhill most of the way — just a gentle slope up in [...]

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Three days after running 5K in 19:22, I put in an 18:57 at Run Wild. According to the official results, 29th place overall, 7th in the M30-39 age group, with a 6:07 minutes/mile pace. I’d have to drop 90 seconds to get to top three in the age group. Not gonna happen.
The dinosaur T-shirt is [...]

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On Thanksgiving morning, I started by being thankful that Golden Gate Park is home to so many road races, including the 2006 Run for the Hungry. I entered both the mile, run at 8am, and the 5K, run 30 minutes later. I am running the Academy of Sciences race later this morning, again doing the [...]

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I was sore yesterday, and I’m sore now, and we’ll see about tomorrow, but yesterday morning’s triathlon went well. The Santa Cruz Sentinel Triathlon is an Olympic distance race, which means it’s officially a 1.5K swim, 40K bike, and 10K run.
Update: The organizers sent an apologetic email after the fact letting all racers know that [...]

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