A New Beginning

I felt a little bit let down after running the Victoria 8K. After planning and training for half year for 40 minutes of glory, life has been a little empty. But I now have another challenge and life is good again. My new goal race is the Provo Freedom Run 10K.

The 10K race takes place on the 4th of July during Provo's Freedom Festival. I haven't been to an American 4th of July celebration in a long time and look forward to spending it with my family. The race starts at 7AM. Last year's winning time was 32:41. I am looking for 35 minutes, and hopefully top 20.

It won't be easy because Provo's elevation is 4500 feet, while I train in Victoria with a whopping 30 foot elevation.

I did get a chance to run the course with my brother last month. He has been a real inspiration to me so it was an extra special run. Besides discussing various weird running styles (Jar Jar Binks, crabwalking) the best part was running down this old lady. We were finishing the last kilometer at a leisurely pace when this short skinny lady passed us. I told Aaron that I usually don't let that happen to me, but since this was a training/social run, I would let it go. Anyway, she got about a hundred yards ahead of us when we decided to stretch our legs a little at the finish. I caught her quickly and savoured the sweet scent of her despair as I dusted her. Yes lady, you really are that slow. Priceless.

Anyhow, the plan is to get my winter aerobic base up to 80km (50 miles) per week by January. Then I'll start sprint and VO2 Max training as well as hill training with my bike. Let the pain begin!