Race Report: San Francisco Marathon 7/26/2009

Short: Chip time: 3:29:27 OA 406/5036 Gender 353/3326 AG 45/470 (Unofficial) I ran well, and got a good time! The end. Long: Prelude: I was a little concerned about running this race after the crazy running I did two days out on the hills of SF. Turned out the concern was for nothing. My legs [...]

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Quick Stop at the San Francisco Marathon Expo

My teammate came by so we could go to the expo together.  We had lunch first, since she hasn’t had anything to eat.  Stopped over at Momo’s across from the AT&T Park.  Had great food and good conversation. Right around noon, we headed out to the expo at 622 7th Street.  We took Bryant going [...]

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Running the Hills of San Francisco

So I came searching for hills to climb and sure enough–San Francisco served them up. I found Hill Boulevard in a convoluted way via Stockton. Checked out Coit Tower at Telegraph Hill. That was cool. I then went down and started searching for some more hills to climb. So let me just list these: Climb [...]

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A short run on the Embarcadero it wasn’t!

My running spirit is just plainly irrepressible. I headed out for a planned short run on the Embarcadero. I headed south to AT&T Park and went further to the UCSF campus. So 2.25 miles one way makes it 4.5 miles back to the Ferry Terminal. I thought, ehh–let me go ahead and run the mile+ [...]

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Running the Streets of San Francisco

Hey all, I ran the hills of San Francisco today!!! Ran from the Ferry Terminal at Embarcadero to the Aquatic Park (enclosed cove for swimmers!). I then ran up Hyde and then ran down the snaky portion of Lombard. I followed Leavenworth into Market, made a right to Duboce and up to Buena Vista Park [...]

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Post-race examination for Vineman 70.3

First–you got to have a goal buddy! Second–I looked at the results to see how much faster I could have done the race if I was the least bit motivated.  I figure -6 minutes in transitions, -5 in the swim, -10 in the bike, and definitely -20 in the run.  Third–Respect the elements and come into [...]

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Race Report: Vineman 70.3 7/19/2009

Short Version: Swim + T1 0:49:22.6 56M Bike 2:55:45.4 T2 0:04:19.9 13.1M Run 2:00:43.6 Race 5:50:11.9  114/320 AG 577/1517 MEN 742/2286 OA Summary: In theory, this could have been a 5:30, but my late race goal became to finish under 6:00. Had no solid goal for this race. Spent 10 minutes(!) at T1/T2. My run [...]

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Report from the road: 7/18/2009 Pre-race setup for Vineman 70.3

I hooked up with the group at Windsor High School this morning.  We went out as a team and did a bike ride over the run course.  A few hills in a shaded country lane, right along the La Crema Vineyard.  Very nice, but not exactly a walk in the park.  After, I lined up [...]

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Report from the road: 7/17 Long trip but a good dinner made up for it

Spent the better part of the day driving from southern California to the Bay area.  I didn’t hit major traffic until I queued to cross the Golden Gate bridge.  On my way to Santa Rosa, I saw the aftermath of what looks like a horrible side-swipe accident of a guy on a Ninja bike and a [...]

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Headed to the Bay Area

I get to do Vineman 70.3 this weekend.  Next weekend is the San Francisco Marathon which I’m also doing.  I’m sure it will be fun! What’s not fun is driving all the way to NorCal.   Since I’ll be up there for a while, then having a car is more sensible than renting one. I’m planning [...]

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