Italian Stallion

Mon, 11/11/24-slept in and took off.

Sun, 11/10/24-Tempted but not bitten! I wanted to take off most of today on account of yesterday's half-marathon. Today I joined the crew, stretching and hopping into only a few runs on the track. A large group decided on 8x400 with 60' rest and a 400 job after the 4th effort. The pace was 95 sec for the first four and 92 for the second four. I ran #s5,7, and 8...in 91, 91, 83. Andrew, Chuck, and a new guy (I'm blanking on his name, but he lives on Bucks Co. and is originally from Milan, Italy) decided to do 4x200 with 60 sec rest in 38. Their efforts were faster than the stated pace, though. I hopped into the 3rd and 4th one. I ran 36 and 35.

Sat, 11/9/24-Rocky Run...Italian Stallion. I woke up at 5am to get myself together for what would be a half-marathon. I left closer to 5:30, navigated my way through cordoned-off roads, and parked in Fairmount Park, not too far north of the start of Boathouse Row. After walking beyond the Museum of Art, I picked up my packet and soon began my warmup with my backpack in tow. I eventually checked my bag, removed a layer of clothing, and made my way to the start line. I was in Carousel A. The 5K was up first. I thought to run the 5K in a 6:00-6:10 pace, for a sub-19:00 performance. On account of a slow first mile (6:25), I ran a disappointing 19:45 (3.13M-Garmin). This earned me 79th/13,834.

I set my sights on the 10M. I figured I would jog this at my training pace (8:00/mile) and run 1:20 (80 min). Turns out my body wanted to move more quickly. I covered the course (10.08M) in 75 min (1:15:23). This got me 262nd out of 8,262. The combined half-marathon performance: 1:35:13, 104th overall for the Italian Stallion.

Fri, 11/8/24-took off