Rants, Inc. » Running

Big Chill 5K: FAIL!

dalegaspi — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:29:02 +0000

I haven’t fully recovered from my marathon when I joined this race (not doing more than 3 runs before the race didn’t help, either)…but regardless…I will never fall below 25:30 again in a 5K race. This is beyond embarrassing!

Next Year

dalegaspi — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:26:38 +0000

So I completed all the races I planned to join earlier this year. I feel great!

For 2012, here is my short list:

NYC Half-Marathon (if I get in)
Silver Lake 5
Princeton 10K
Boston Half
Philadelphia or NYC Marathon (if I get in). GOAL: To beat 3:50

I’m probably going to join a Duathlon (bike + run). I’m most likely skipping Bike New York. If I get insane enough, maybe another marathon, but NOT Atlantic City Marathon.

Philadelphia Marathon

dalegaspi — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:18:01 +0000

Somewhat better. 4:41.

Atlantic City Marathon

dalegaspi — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:27:20 +0000

Finished. Barely. 5 HOURS.

It’s quite apparent that at mile 18 or so that I have not prepared enough for this. My longest run before the race was 17 miles.

I felt hitting “The Wall” more than once. I didn’t have the energy even to lift my legs! I have no idea how I managed to pick up my pace around mile 22!

I’m running the Philly Marathon next month…Hopefully I’d fare better…at least I know what to expect. I think.

5K FAIL

dalegaspi — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:40:20 +0000

I wasn’t even expecting to do OK today because my leg muscles were still stiff from a long run yesterday. Still a FAIL, though. No excuses.

Minimalist Running Progress

dalegaspi — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:34:00 +0000

I think I’m getting the hang of going minimalist…I ended up with a VivoBarefoot Neo. 8:30 minute-mile! YEEEZZZ!

Newton Running Misses the Point

dalegaspi — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:53:03 +0000

I got an email the other day from Newton Running about their zero-drop MV2 shoe announcement. What perfect timing since I’m trying out minimalist running again. But unfortunately, along with their Manolo-Blahnik pricing ($125), they somehow had a lapse of judgment…and made the toe box narrower…just like any other big-name shoe manufacturer that jumped the “minimalist shoe bandwagon.” FAIL for Newton.

I ended up ordering two other shoes to try out: the Vivo Ultra, and the SoftStar RunAmoc Dash (Road version). Both have wide toe box. Because, you know, minimalist running is supposed to emulate barefoot running…you can’t do that with a constricted toe box.

Minimalist Running

dalegaspi — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:45:55 +0000

It’s probably a phase right now…I started going minimalist tonight with my Vibrams FF Classic which I bought maybe a year ago. Now I know why I never got accustomed to this thing; it gave me lotsa blisters. :-/

ETS Firecracker 5K

dalegaspi — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:00:09 +0000

New 5K PB 8:17. Although I felt I should have gone 8:00 or better.

Princeton Healthcare 10K

dalegaspi — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:04:31 +0000

8:30

Goal for next year: hit below 8-minute mile.