Friday afternoon Chris met me at work and we headed over to
Liz’s apartment for the Fireman’s Parade.
The Fireman’s parade is
approximately 2 hours of firetrucks, bands and random cars.
We may have watched
the parade for roughly five minutes and spent the rest of the time catching up
with friends including two of our good friends, the Beatley’s. I don’t get to
see Jen as much as I used to since she got tired of doing Ironmans, so it was
great to spend some quality time with her J
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| Parade |
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| Hangin' with Jen |
After the parade, Chris and I met back up with the Beatley’s
who had party hopped and we headed to another friend’s house before going to
the firework display. This is the first
time I had gone to the fireworks and I was pretty impressed with the display. I
was pleasantly surprised to be in bed around 11 this year as opposed to 1 am
last year. I would be at least somewhat rested for the Apple Blossom 10K.
The Apple Blossom 10K is a lot of fun since I grew up in Winchester and know so many people doing or watching the race. Since Chris and I met at the Apple Blossom 10K last year (yes, you can gag), we obviously had to do it. Pre-race we had about an hour at the race site so we both saw and caught up with a lot of friends. Some highlights of the race:
The Apple Blossom 10K is a lot of fun since I grew up in Winchester and know so many people doing or watching the race. Since Chris and I met at the Apple Blossom 10K last year (yes, you can gag), we obviously had to do it. Pre-race we had about an hour at the race site so we both saw and caught up with a lot of friends. Some highlights of the race:
1) I
had friends all over the course cheering. It definitely helped keep my mind off
the fact that I was super uncomfortable with my heart rate at 187 for 30
minutes of the race.
2) My
new Powerbar Team Elite shirt was super comfy.
3) I
ran 6.2 miles under a 7 minute mile pace.
When I started with CTS in the fall of 2009, my 8 minute field test was
exactly the pace I ran on Saturday. Thanks Lindsay!
4) Chris
ran with me for the first three miles even though he wasn’t feeling well. Lucky girl.
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| A little over 3 miles in |
5) I
finally got an Apple Blossom 10K Jefferson cup after many years of trying
(placed third in my AG). Next goal is
sub 40.
I opted to skip the Grand Feature parade this year and do
something I rarely do, rest. I even took a nap Saturday afternoon. It was definitely needed after three straight
weeks of hard workouts and one last hard bike workout Sunday before taper. Sunday I set out on my bike with the
intention of riding for 3 hours with 2 x 20 minutes at tempo power.
Unfortunately within 20 minutes, I realized my head and legs weren’t into that,
so I decided to just ride my bike (sorry Coach!). 
95 miles later, I arrived at home very tired and very happy. Have a great week doing the things you love :)!
3 comments:
Ahhh!!! Love it!! You are conquering that run! Progress is awesome congrats!
Congrats on the awesome 10k! Did you bike home from Winchester?? Awesome.
That's awesome that you got the age group award, and you are super speedy! Good luck this weekend!
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