Mexico City

My latino identity. I enjoyed chattng with students and other faculty last night at the ALMA panel. It was interesting to hear about the strugles some students confront while striving to survive in college. I enjoyed learning about the Ana Merino's passion on what she does.

Tuesday 4 M

Start to feel better.  Ran only four miles.  My body is slowly recovering.

Made plans to meet the Olivo Family this Friday in Mexico City. Excited to see some family members after so many years.

Week # 18

I had pain at night, particularly on my knees and my hip.  However, I feel my body is slowly recovering.  I hope I can get up tomorrow and go for a short run.

Results from the Doc Dash 5K are supposed to be up, but I cannot display the page in my computer.  Something appears to be wrong.  Can somebody fix it?

Domingo South Route

I ran docdash 2012 5K yesterday. There were 728 runners (not all my age, of course). I started pretty good, but by mile 2, I noticed I didn't double tie laces in my shoes and my right shoe's lace was untied.  I thought it would be a bad idea to stop and fix the problem.  I have run with untied shoes in my practice runs.  Third mile was tough going uphill on Grand Ave (la avenida del demonio!).  Ross S shouted at me, go Horacio, the finish line is just around the corner.  So I speeded up and gave it all. I was glad with the results.  Ross took a couple of pictures of me and others.

Today I met Andy in my house and we ran together to RunningWild, then joined the group and ran with Ben and Dave. We went all the way to the end and around the lake (South Route).  I was felling pretty tired after that and slowed down.  Drank all my water an the two gu's I took with me (smart idea). Decided to complete my training at RW. Met some other interesting runners there. Ben was vry kind and gave me a ride home. No more long runs!  This was it!  I experienced pains I hadn't experienced before. I guess it's all part of the training.

Viernes

Rest day. Getting ready for tomorrow's 5K.  Not sure how fast to run...  probably as fast as I can, right?

The LNACC hosted Jesus Chuy Negrete singing Mexican-American Corridos.  It was a lot of fun and a great cultural event. Wished more students showed up for these great events. I listened to El Barzon, a folklore song that I really enjoy.

Miercoles 4 Millas

Feel tired.  I am thinking twice before I get out of bed. I am nervous thinking I need to run 26 miles on Sunday.  Feel I cannot do it.  Need tu run slower.

Week # 17

Starting week #17 of the training program. Went for a short bike ride in the afternoon.  Assen was sick and I stayed with him most of the day. Registered for Doc Dash.  Race starts at 9:00 AM on Saturday. Hopefully, I should have enough time to finish the race, go home and take Assen to his first swuimming class of the Spring.