San Jose Mercury News Press Run 10k - 03/11/01
Time (by my watch) : 0:42:23
Official Time : 0:42:33 - Placed 231
Warmup : 0:31:00 @ 9'30" / mile pace (3.25 miles)
Mileage : 9.5 Miles
Laps : 6'44" - 6'36" - 6'39" - 6'54" - 7'06" - 7'00" - 1'23" -
Pace : 6'50" / mile
Wght : 151
Feeling a little sick : Sore throat
Compaq's Up & Running 10k - 04/22/01
3 Miles warmup
Mileage : 9.2 Miles
Overall : 160 (out of about 850) - Male 35-39 : 25 (out of 102)
Time : 0:39:43
Pace : 6'23" / mile
Splits :
5'58" - 6'44" - 6'26" - 6'25" - 6'15" - 6'39" - 1'20"
Wght : 149.5
RHR : 43
Good Race : Fulfilled my goal which was to finish under 40'. Feeling confident before the race. Started too fast, although mile markers may have been off. Adjusted pace immediately for mile 2. Struggled and felt like quitting in last two miles, esp. last. Did not sprint at the finish (but could have). It may be that I haven't done enough tempo runs in training. Now the plan is to drop competition and focus on cycling until the Death Ride.
Solo Ride (65 Miles) - 05/28/01
Home to Moody [0:35:52]
Page Mill via Moody [0:43:22 (1:19:14)]
Skyline - Down 84 W. - Part of Pescadero - Alpine [1:34:39 (2:53:53)]
Alpine [0:51:09 (3:45:02)]
Home via Page Mill / Moody [0:49:42 (4:34:44)]
Time : 4:34:44
Distance : 65 Miles
Speed : 14.2 mph
Avg HR : uncertain, but could be 148 (climbs only).
Wght : 148.5
Good ride. Not much strength in the legs in the later part of Alpine.
Training Ride "Double Hammy" (70 Miles) - 06/30/01
- with Gary Auten & Philippe Denis -
Up Mt. Hamilton [1:41:38]
Down Mt. Hamilton [0:56:40 (2:38:18)]
Up Mt. Hamilton - stopped @ 3/4 of last climb [1:41:53 (4:20:12)]
Down Mt. Hamilton [0:57:51 (5:18:02)]
Time : 5:18:02
Distance : 71.5 Miles
Speed : 13.49 mph
Avg HR (climbs, including short downhills) : 168
Wght : 149
Severe Insomnia. Started way too fast trying to follow the others. Heart rate extremely high. Second climb much slower, but had to turn back near the top feeling awful. Strong signs of overtraining. Need rest.
Training Ride "East Zayante" (110 Miles) - 07/04/01
- with Philippe Denis -
Home - HWY 9 via Stevens Gulch -
Down HWY 9 - 236 through Big Basin to Boulder Creek -
HWY 9 to Felton - Graham Hill - E. Zayante - Upper Zayante -
Summit Road - Bear Creek Road - Skyline past HWY 9 to Fire Station -
Back the other way on Skyline to bottom of Black Road -
Black road - Skyline - down HWY 9 - Pierce - Mt Eden - Home
Time : 7:36:55
Speed : 14.18 mph
Distance : 108 Miles
Wght : 148.5
RHR : 49
Great ride, confortable pace. A hard time climbing Black Road.
Training Ride "Bonny Doon" (120 Miles) - 07/08/01
- with Philippe Denis -
Edgewood / Canada - Kings Moutain (0:32:39) - Down 84 -
Pescadero Road - Cloverdale Road - Gazos Creek Road - HWY 1 -
Bonny Doon - Pine Flat - Martin - Ice Cream Grade - Empire Grade -
Jamison Creek - 236 through Big Basin - HWY 9 - Skyline - down 84
Back to Edgewood / Canada
Time : 8:09:32
Distance : 120 Miles
Speed : 14.7 mph
Wght : 149.5
RHR : 48.6
Started with a group of other people. Fast pace up Kings. Tired in Bonny Doon / Empire Grade area, but recovered and finished strong
The Death Ride, Tour of The California Alps (130 Miles) - 07/14/01
Turtle Rock - Bottom Monitor [0:28:26]
Front Side Monitor [1:03:08 (1:31:34)]
Bottom Back Side Monitor [0:21:09 (1:52:44)]
Back Side Monitor [1:23:35 (3:16:17)]
Bottom Monitor [0:15:13 (3:31:32)]
Bottom Ebbets (Food Rest) [0:23:59 (3:55:32)]
Front Side Ebbets [1:06:05 (5:01:37)]
Bottom Back Side Ebbets [0:13:07 (5:14:44)]
Back Side Ebbets [0:44:08 (5:58:53)]
Bottom Ebbets (Lunch Stop) [0:24:37 (6:23:31)]
Pickett's Junction [1:34:15 (7:57:47)]
Top of Carson [1:04:55 (9:02:42)]
Back to Turtle Rock [0:51:18 (9:54:01)]
Time : 9:54:01 (about 11.5 hrs including stops)
Distance : 126 Miles (129 according to Death Ride)
Speed : 12.73 mph
Wght : 149
Slow start, felt fresh on both sides of Monitor.
Felt great and pushed a bit on Ebbets, despite the 25.
Slowed down on Carson, but still a manageable effort.
Great ride, especially given lack of training this year.
Next day took a great solo hike near Kirkwood, on the Emigrant's Trail.
Fantastic feeling to be there by myself in the mountain, with endless views.
Training Ride "Tunitas" (70 Miles) - 08/18/01
With Philippe Denis -
Home - Bottom of Kings via Sand Hill [1:02:02]
Kings Mountain [0:33:04 (1:35:05)]
Down 84 [0:57:20 (2:32:25)]
To Tunitas via Stage Road [0:21:19 (2:53:44)]
Tunitas Creek [0:48:28 (3:42:12)]
Down Kings - Back Home via Sand Hill [1:13:45 (4:55:58)]
Time : 4:55:58
Distance : 73.5 Miles
Speed : 14.9 mph
Wght : 151
Los Gatos Vasona Park 10k (Chiropractic Challenge) - 10/07/01
Time : 0:42:17 (1/2 split : 0:20:38)
Placed 6th overall (out of 55 men, 25 women)
Placed 1st in age division 30-39 (out of 16 men)
Best time for the race was 0:38:01
Warmup : 0:29:35 ( @ 8'50" pace = 3.4 Miles)
Mileage : 9.6 Miles
Pace : 6'49" / mile
Wght : 150.5
Good race. Kept an even effort. Sprint at the end. Obviously good ranking, in spite of lackluster time. This was not a very competitive field. The organization wasn't top, so the exact mileage may have been wrong. I suspect that the distance was likely superior to 10k, so my time may have been better than this.
Training Run : "Los Gatos Creek Trail" (15 Miles) - 10/20/01
Los Gatos Creek Park in SJ to Lexington Reservoir Alma Bridge Road
Time : 2:07:31
Pace : 8'40" / mile
Mileage : 14.75 Miles
Avg HR : 155
Wght : 151.5
Very good conversational pace confortable run. HR a touch high.
Silicon Valley Half Marathon DNF - 10/28/01
Warmup : 0:12:00 (@ 9'00" pace = 1.35 Miles)
Race :
6'25" - 7'06" - 6'55" - 6'49" - 7'00" - 7'01" -
6'47" - 6'46" - 7'02" - 7'21" - 7'21" - 1'12" - (mileage : 11.15 Miles)
Quit the race and walked for about 8 minutes, then resumed :
3'32" - 7'11" - 0'41" - (mileage : 1.1 + 0.4 = 1.5 Miles)
(Note : sprint over last 0.1 mile @ 6'50" pace)
Total time : 1:37:38 (including walking)
Total running time : 1:29:11
Time over 10 Miles : 1:09:13
Time over 11 Miles : 1:16:34
Total Mileage : 14 Miles
Overall Pace (including walking) : 7'27" / mile
Pace over 10 Miles : 6'55" / mile
Pace over 11 Miles : 6'57" / mile (kept as official)
Average Running Pace : 6'59" / mile
Wght : 150
Bad counter-performance. Started too quickly, pushed too hard in some of the middle miles as effort felt easy. Started slowing down dramatically in the last miles. Did not hang on to try to finish (although probably could have). Did not want to go through the same pain that the Marathon had been (same place). Feeling frustrated that I blew the race and decided not worth it to go on. Now feeling very disappointed that I didn't hang on though. I probably still could have made it under 1:35. Most of all, did not stick at all to my race plan and pace prediction. In spite of all this, still finished 141 overall (out of 736 men) and 28th in age division (35-39). Had I kept a 6:57 pace, I would have finished in 1:31:02. Had I run the last miles at 7:20, I would have finished in 1:32:26.
Training Run : "Stevens Creek / Baylands" (15 Miles) - 11/03/01
Time : 2:08:36
Sample Miles : 8'48" 8'42" 8'58" 8'44" 8'40" 8'53"
Pace : 8'48" / mile
Mileage : 14.55 Miles
Avg HR : 151
Wght : 150.5
Excellent run. Very good heart rate, especially through the first half. No pain or after effects.
Training Run : "Crystal Springs" (17 Miles) - 11/10/01
Time : 2:27:37
Miles : 8'57" 9'06" 8'52" 8'53" 9'04" 8'55" 8'48" 8'50" 8'50" 9'22"
9'23" 8'25" 8'12" 8'25" 8'14" 7'49" 7'28"
Pace : 8'41" / mile
Mileage : 17 Miles
Avg HR : 157
Wght : 150
Good run : Started slow but picked pace at the end.
Santa Cruz Turkey Trot 10k (13 Miles) - 11/17/01
Warmup : 0:27:00 (3 miles) - Strides : 0:9:00 (1 mile) (9'00" pace)
Cooldown : 0:22:31 (@ 8'45" pace = 2.5 Miles)
Mileage : 12.7 Miles
Time : 0:41:03 (official; best was 0:35:12)
Pace : 6'37" / mile (best was 5'40")
Placed : 27th overall (out of 247), 6th age division (out of 22)
Laps : 6'31" 6'51" 6'44" 6'40" 6'33" 6'32" 1'13" (6'05" pace)
Wght : 150
RHR : 44.4
Good race : Fulfilled exactly my race prediction : 41 minutes and negative splits. 4th mile was the hardest, but still able to pick up the pace in last miles. Cooldown run felt really good.
Training Run : "The Tempest" (20 Miles)
- 11/24/01
La Avenida to Rinconada -
La Avenida - Stevens Creek Trail - PA Baylands - turn back before 4m. -
Oregon Exprwy Overpass - Rinconada - Bryant - Middlefield - Shoreline -
Time : 3:01:13
Mile Samples : 8'48" 8'55" 8'57" 8'51" 8'41"
Pace : 8'50" / mile
Mileage : 20.5 Miles
Avg HR : 159
Wght : 149.5
RHR : 43.5
Severe stormy weather !! Extreme gusts of wind and heavy rain.
Had to turn back between 3m. and 4m. mrkr as the wind was getting
too strong (was almost thrown into the water !).
Went into Palo Alto streets instead. Severe storm hit
the area : Tree branches and power down in many places.
In spite of this, very good run. Heart rate too high, but probably
because of extreme conditions and extra layers of clothing.