Hello readers! Sorry I stopped blogging since July last year
due heel injury. I was running, but very
minimum miles and I had nothing notable to write. Time went by and my foot finally feel better,
I started running once per week in October, then every other two days in November,
and then every other day in December.
By end of December, I logged about 20 miles per week. I summed up my running log for 2014 and I ran 996 miles – that is not even half of distance I logged in 2013. Injury sucks!!! But I racked up tone of miles on my bike by commuting to work, 2155 miles! That isn’t too bad.
As usual, I visited my family during holidays in southern Cal, running two days in a row just before Christmas, and three days in a row started on second week of January. By the end of January, I averaged 30 miles per weeks and foot stay strong. I felt good and confidence.
Morning of February 1, I ran MCRRC Country Road Five Miles. I planned to run easy at 7:12 pace and that was a cold day with icy spot on the road. I didn’t want to get hurt from it, so I started it easy and tried to hold back on the downhill mile one, but I clocked 6:22. Road turned into hills and clocked 6:46 for mile two. We turned around at halfway and I was just seconds behind new MCRRC teammate Sarah, I tried my best to stay with her. We passed miles three together with a time of 7:03. Roll around to mile four, we clocked 6:29 and passed her soon after. I ended up with a time of 33m’29s’ for the race, which averaged out 6:42 pace.
By end of December, I logged about 20 miles per week. I summed up my running log for 2014 and I ran 996 miles – that is not even half of distance I logged in 2013. Injury sucks!!! But I racked up tone of miles on my bike by commuting to work, 2155 miles! That isn’t too bad.
As usual, I visited my family during holidays in southern Cal, running two days in a row just before Christmas, and three days in a row started on second week of January. By the end of January, I averaged 30 miles per weeks and foot stay strong. I felt good and confidence.
Morning of February 1, I ran MCRRC Country Road Five Miles. I planned to run easy at 7:12 pace and that was a cold day with icy spot on the road. I didn’t want to get hurt from it, so I started it easy and tried to hold back on the downhill mile one, but I clocked 6:22. Road turned into hills and clocked 6:46 for mile two. We turned around at halfway and I was just seconds behind new MCRRC teammate Sarah, I tried my best to stay with her. We passed miles three together with a time of 7:03. Roll around to mile four, we clocked 6:29 and passed her soon after. I ended up with a time of 33m’29s’ for the race, which averaged out 6:42 pace.
This
took me by surprise. The race time was
far off from my personal record, but my fitness was good enough to put me on
track to races. I jogged two miles with
Miles on ICC trail as warm down. Next race is RRCA Ten Miles Challenge in Columbia and that
will serves as a tune up for Cherry Blossom; but I will be traveling the week
before and probably hard to squeeze a workout in. So I’ll see …
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