Sophia's 4X50m race

The Borlaug school competed in several events yesterday. Sophia was able to run in the 4X50m heat. She was the fourth runners and she did awesome. I am so proud of her. It was a long day at City High.  Weather changed from cold to warm.

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Dinner with Sophia

I felt lucky to have Sophia for a couple of hours on Saturday. We played checkers and jenga. Then, I cooked some meatloaf with rice and avocado, and a flour tortilla. We also ate a cucumber and orange juice. Tried to eat as healthy as we could.

I also asked her to get me a picture of Assen. He went to prom last night. He told me he did not have a date, but he went with some friends.

Fixed my bicycle!

Last week I had problems when riding my bike. The chain kept falling off!  I wasn't sure why it was doing that.  I believed that the wheel was just really dirty, so I tried to clean it.

Had to remove the wheel and disassemble a few parts. Found out I needed some special tools. They were easy to order them in Amazon dot com. Tools arrived right away, and then found out I needed another tool. Thankfully, I was able to find it at Scheels. Then, it took me a few "trial and error" attempts to get it right. I also got a bearing ball it was missing. Since it was raining and I couldn't use the bike, I decided to disassemble the wheel again and put the missing bearing ball. Now, the job is finished and the bike is ready to go!

CRANDIC

Decided not to run CRANDIC. I signed up for the marathon, not sure what was in my head at that time. I gave my bib number to Andres and he ran the half marathon. My right leg is still hurting. I have no idea where the pain originates.

Got my new shoes, highly needed. Got the same model I had before. Altras-Escalante.

Took some video of the half marathon runners and also took many pictures of the fast runners. Erik Bandy won the half marathon in 1:12:12 (YouTube Video). Way ahead of everybody else.

Spring Mile 2019

Sophia accepted my invitation to go to Washington High School and run the "mile." I wanted her friends Julieta and Melissa to come along but it didn't work out. We arrived to WHS and Sophia felt intimidated when she saw all the runners. Shyly she told me she did not want to do it anymore. But, she was just a little bit nervous. People were very nice and made her feel welcome. We ran a few 400's to warm up and then did some calisthenics.

Tuesday Night Track, TNT, organized this chipped time mile check. There were 19 runners doing the mile. Some runners did not show up, I believe they might be hurting or tapering for Sunday's CRANDIC Marathon.
My right leg has been bothering me a lot lately. I wasn't able to run Monday night. I have pain on my right leg when I try to run, however, I can do jumping jacks with no problem. I believe this pain has to do with some nerve on my back. Thank God, I was able to run on Tuesday night.

Sophia did awesome. She ran behind me most of the time, and sometimes she passed me, but then I passed her. It was a very even race between she and me. We both finished with one second difference.

1 mile, 7:15 min (splits: 1:50, 1:54, 1:49 and 1:42).
400 m, 1:24 min, 5:34 mpm.

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Kewash Half Marathon

This year, Kewash Trail Race included a 5K, a 10K, and the half marathon.
There were a total of 395 runners.
Half marathon, 205 runners (91 male runners and 114 female runners)
10K race, 67 runners.
5K race, 123 runners.

Some pain has been bothering me for the last couple of weeks, left leg first, now it's the right leg. Pain was so bad, I even thought about not running Kewash. But, pain was bearable and I survived 13.1 miles. Thought about not following any pacer but instead run on how I was feeling. Well, it turned I was feeling good.

Andres and I started together. He was taking care of me holding a good pace and telling me to slow down sometimes (just to save energy, I knew he could run faster). I always thought he was in better shape than me. But, he could not hold my pace after mile 10. I never looked back, but I thought he was running not too far behind me.

Got third place in my Age Group.

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Race started at 9:00 am this morning. It was very cold, but weather improved during the race. I did not know the course, so I didn't know what to expect. Tried to follow Craig B. Followed him for about a mile, but I noticed he started to slow down, so I tried to use somebody else as a rabbit. Not too long after that, I was the one being the rabbit.
I knew Craig was behind me. I was also running with John Scroggins, but eventually he sprinted and I couldn't stay with him. Tried to catch him at the end, but he was too ahead of me.
My quads were hurting this morning, but I was able to warm up enough before the race. I was surprised two other 50's runners were ahead of me. The overall winner was in his twenties and he finished in 17 min.

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