I would just like to take a minute to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
I hope that the new year brings many great things to all. Lets hope that our jobs remain secure and hope that the economy stabilizes. I am looking forward to a good (but challenging) year and plan on continuing to run in 2009. I have already signed up for a 25K (about 16 miles) Endurathon in January and I have signed up for the 2009 San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon.
Hope that everyone has a great 2009!!!
Chad
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Reindeer Run
The Alamo Series is putting on its final race of the year and it is called The Reindeer Run. The Alamo Series is a group of races that were put together to help prepare people for the San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon. They have awards for people that ran in more than 7 of the races. This run is a 5k fun run and there will be no official times. In fact all of the bib numbers are the same number - 2008.
This race is extra special to me for two reasons:
The first reason is that I will be running with Arin. This is Arin's first 5k race and I am looking forward to running with her. I plan on staying with her for the entire race. This will be the farthest distance that she has run.
The second reason that this race is special is that we will have a large cheering section as Jill, Larry, my Mom, Benn, and Mindy all got up super early to come and cheer us on. Any of you that know Benn then you know that anytime before noon is super early for him.
Benn and Mindy flew in late the night before the race from Michigan. They are spending ten days with us to celebrate the holidays. My mom and dad are also in town for a couple of weeks for the holidays. Add Jill's dad and Josh being home from college and that adds up to a house full. Glad we bought a big house when we moved here so that we can fit all of these visitors.
Okay back to the Reindeer run...
I reminded Arin that we needed to pace ourselves because we had to run 5k. When Arin and I did the SARR Fun Run she ran in the 1/2 mile and 1 mile runs and took off like a bat out of Haiti and ran out of steam before the finish line. I also reminded her to save a little near the end for a big finish.
Shortly after we started we were greeted by everyone and picked up a bottle of water for the rest of the run. We were on our way after the short break.
After about another half mile we came across everyone again.
It seems that Larry had done a really good job of staking out the race course and found a couple of places that they could meet up with us. This was not easy as we were running on a trail and they had to park in the business that were in front of the trail. On the way back we came across them again at the first location. It was definitely nice for everyone to see Arin run and for Arin to see everyone out there supporting her.
We took a couple of walk breaks along the way and seemed to be swapping places with a group of older ladies. As we were about a mile from the finish line I said to Arin that we got to beat these old ladies. She cracked me up when she said "I know that is what I am trying to do!!!" In this picture you can see the ladies that we were trying to beat in the background.
We took the lead from them about 1/2 mile from the finish and they were not match for us when we kicked in the BIG FINISH!!!
I could tell that Arin was having a hard time, but she kept going and finished real strong. Here are a couple of picks from the finish line.
Every one was very proud at how well she had done. Great Job ARIN!!!
May the Force Be with You!!!
Chad
This race is extra special to me for two reasons:
The first reason is that I will be running with Arin. This is Arin's first 5k race and I am looking forward to running with her. I plan on staying with her for the entire race. This will be the farthest distance that she has run.
The second reason that this race is special is that we will have a large cheering section as Jill, Larry, my Mom, Benn, and Mindy all got up super early to come and cheer us on. Any of you that know Benn then you know that anytime before noon is super early for him.
Benn and Mindy flew in late the night before the race from Michigan. They are spending ten days with us to celebrate the holidays. My mom and dad are also in town for a couple of weeks for the holidays. Add Jill's dad and Josh being home from college and that adds up to a house full. Glad we bought a big house when we moved here so that we can fit all of these visitors.
Okay back to the Reindeer run...
I reminded Arin that we needed to pace ourselves because we had to run 5k. When Arin and I did the SARR Fun Run she ran in the 1/2 mile and 1 mile runs and took off like a bat out of Haiti and ran out of steam before the finish line. I also reminded her to save a little near the end for a big finish.
Shortly after we started we were greeted by everyone and picked up a bottle of water for the rest of the run. We were on our way after the short break.
After about another half mile we came across everyone again.
It seems that Larry had done a really good job of staking out the race course and found a couple of places that they could meet up with us. This was not easy as we were running on a trail and they had to park in the business that were in front of the trail. On the way back we came across them again at the first location. It was definitely nice for everyone to see Arin run and for Arin to see everyone out there supporting her.
We took a couple of walk breaks along the way and seemed to be swapping places with a group of older ladies. As we were about a mile from the finish line I said to Arin that we got to beat these old ladies. She cracked me up when she said "I know that is what I am trying to do!!!" In this picture you can see the ladies that we were trying to beat in the background.
We took the lead from them about 1/2 mile from the finish and they were not match for us when we kicked in the BIG FINISH!!!
I could tell that Arin was having a hard time, but she kept going and finished real strong. Here are a couple of picks from the finish line.
Every one was very proud at how well she had done. Great Job ARIN!!!
May the Force Be with You!!!
Chad
Friday, December 12, 2008
Post Marathon Running
Well I have continued to run after the marathon. Since the Marathon I have run in the SARR Turket Trot 4 mile run and a the SARR 10 Mile Missions 10k run. I did well on both runs. The 10 mile run I did at about a 9:12 min/mile pace, which I was very pleased with.
I had thought about stopping running at least for a while shortly after the Turkey Trot. I dreaded the though about going running once I got home, but I went ahead and ran that night anyways. I took it easy on the run and when I finished I felt great and liked running again. I think that I had been pushing myself too hard and needed to stop and slow down a little. That was all it took and I am back into it.
Although I am not as dedicated as I was when training for the marathon. There have been a couple of nights that I decided to not run or cut the run short because of the weather. One night I was about 1 1/2 miles into my run of 4 miles when it started to hail. Yes that is right HAIL!!!! in Texas can you believe it. I kept going for a little while and figured why put up with this (it stung pretty good being hit by the hail) when I am not training for anything so I called it a night.
On December 13th I will be running in the Reindeer Run 5k with Arin. This will be Arin's first 5k race!!!!
Anyway that it all for this update.
May the Force be with You!!!
Chad
I had thought about stopping running at least for a while shortly after the Turkey Trot. I dreaded the though about going running once I got home, but I went ahead and ran that night anyways. I took it easy on the run and when I finished I felt great and liked running again. I think that I had been pushing myself too hard and needed to stop and slow down a little. That was all it took and I am back into it.
Although I am not as dedicated as I was when training for the marathon. There have been a couple of nights that I decided to not run or cut the run short because of the weather. One night I was about 1 1/2 miles into my run of 4 miles when it started to hail. Yes that is right HAIL!!!! in Texas can you believe it. I kept going for a little while and figured why put up with this (it stung pretty good being hit by the hail) when I am not training for anything so I called it a night.
On December 13th I will be running in the Reindeer Run 5k with Arin. This will be Arin's first 5k race!!!!
Anyway that it all for this update.
May the Force be with You!!!
Chad
Monday, December 1, 2008
Post Race
After the race Gill and I met up with my Wife and kids and went back to the AT&T Center to pick up our cars and head home. Gill and I stopped and got some ice so that I could take my ritual ice bath and Gill could ice his knees. They did have ice available after the race and I did ice my knees there while waiting for Gill to finish.
After we chilled out (HA HA - get it chilled out and ice), we went out to eat at Chama Gaucha, a Brazilian steakhouse, that had recently opened in San Antonio. I had been to one other one in Chicago and it is pretty neat. It is all you can eat and they have a nice salad bar that is filled with Brazilian dishes and they walk around to the tables with different meats on a stick and shave some off. It is a pretty neat concept, but it is pricey. It was all you can eat, which was really good after just running a marathon. Gill is from Brazil and he was able to speak to the wait staff in Portuguese and was able to explain to me what some of the dishes were. I had to laugh as we were both soooo sore from the marathon that we were walking around like stiff old men. LOL!!! I am sure the other people in the restaurant were wondering what the heck...
I took the day after the marathon off from work, but still had to get up early to take Gill to the airport and take the kids to school. I came back home and took a nap. When I woke back up I decided to go and see the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace and treated myself to some ice cream at DQ.
I was sore for about the next two days, but after that I was pretty much back to normal.
May the Force be with You!!!
After we chilled out (HA HA - get it chilled out and ice), we went out to eat at Chama Gaucha, a Brazilian steakhouse, that had recently opened in San Antonio. I had been to one other one in Chicago and it is pretty neat. It is all you can eat and they have a nice salad bar that is filled with Brazilian dishes and they walk around to the tables with different meats on a stick and shave some off. It is a pretty neat concept, but it is pricey. It was all you can eat, which was really good after just running a marathon. Gill is from Brazil and he was able to speak to the wait staff in Portuguese and was able to explain to me what some of the dishes were. I had to laugh as we were both soooo sore from the marathon that we were walking around like stiff old men. LOL!!! I am sure the other people in the restaurant were wondering what the heck...
I took the day after the marathon off from work, but still had to get up early to take Gill to the airport and take the kids to school. I came back home and took a nap. When I woke back up I decided to go and see the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace and treated myself to some ice cream at DQ.
I was sore for about the next two days, but after that I was pretty much back to normal.
May the Force be with You!!!
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