Long Run!

18 clicks Today.  The hips is sore!  So are my feet.  I tapered a bit for my 10 k, so its my body protesting a bit.  Wonderful run, the kind that I realize how much  i love the long run, perfect conditions.  Mild weather, beautiful scenery, good energy.

Those Two Seconds COUNT!

CHAD TEIGEN OLIVER M 35-39 00:41:46 06:43:00 04:10:28 19 I stand corrected!  YIPPEE!!  I was 16th overall, 5th in my age category!

10 KM time 41:49

41:49It was a good day to run.  The second half had a stiff wind into your face.  I petered out from a strong sub 4 minute km by km 6.  By Km 8 I was feeling a wee bit queezy.  All in all a strong run, I beleive I will need to lose about 8 or so pounds to top a sub 40 minute 10 km race.  My last years race time was 43:40, so that shaves off almost 2 minutes, a good improvement in a year. :)

OLIVER Wine Apital 10Km Race Today

Well, wish me luck!Not sure what my time will be.  I know it will be in the 42 minute area, although I am not sure ow I will feel today, Im pretty nervous as usual, which can work for me.  I have a couple of friends in this race, and probably quite a few colleagues and people I know there.  It is not my favorite route to run in Oliver, as there is a large section near the end 3 km that is all really loose gravel and big rocks mixed in.   

I will post pictures when they come.

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Have you everjust got a run 'over and done with'?  When your week is overly concentrated with comings and goings and your run is the thing you want so desperately to enjoy, and yet you need to squeeze it uncomfortably between family appointments work and soccer practices it is just the thing you end up either giving up or not enjoying thoroughly.  By the way, I have started my first gig ever as a soccer coach.  5 and 6 year olds, yikes.  One of the joys of running I that I have the energy to start up this kind of challenge without any concern for energy.However,  being a dad and working full time makes running at times a real squeeze.  And yet I know I will regret not running.  I will be more stressed with less relief from it.  So its my job to squeeze it in and its also my job to make the room for the occasional leisurely run with no restrictions.  One thing I have done to do this is get up earlier.  Much earlier.  Now that it is getting lighter out this is more possible.  However, when things are really draining and stressful I want to protect my sleep. So it comes down to priorities and being more in touch with my own energy, life and balanced sense of time.

I will be getting up tomorrow morning to do my 10 k and I will be enjoying it.