Leo hoping to improve, crazy ending at the Fargo Half Marathon, this idiot woman got caught in her workman's comp claim when she was actually running the Boston Marathon, another weird runner news story, Mo Farah is a stud, don't count Haile out, Bak and the lovely Miss Kara Goucher triumph in Portland, Shalane (sha-love), and Abel Kurui wants to follow in Sammy Wanjiru's path.
Friday, May 18th - 5 miles easy. Did after work on the trail. Don't remember the splits, but it was slow.
Saturday, May 19th - 13 miles (A.M.: 2 up, GRANT ILLINI 5K (19:15) - 1st Place!, 2 down. P.M. 1.5 up, FERGUSON TWILIGHT 5K (24:15) - ? place, 1.5 down). Pretty crazy day of running, and decided to double up for fun and hoping that I could get good morning weather for a potentially fast day since it was going to be hot that evening. Got to the first race pretty early and warmed up with Tim before running the race. Already sweating bullets, and uber-sunny. Not good. Not much competition, and literally led wire to wire. We started at the school, and looped around a neighborhood before coming back in (out and back). Anyways, went through the first mile in 5:50 and felt ok but the sun was brutal. Neighborhood was fine, but the volunteers were not quick on the uptake of directing me, so wasted some energy shifting directions and having the guess on where to go. Towards the turnaround point, went down the steepest hill I have ever raced on, and there was loose gravel everywhere so eased up substantially to avoid wiping out. Well, thought I was going to keep going on the same road to loop around (since it was curving back towards where we came from), but then was yelled at by the volunteers to turn around (seriously, tell me before I get past you!!!), so had to climb up that mountain. Just brutal, and it effectively ended a great time for the day because I had to slow down so much. 2nd Mile split was 6:45, if that's any indication. Last mile, had a huge lead and literally soaked it in. Thanked all the volunteers, put it on cruise control, posed for the cameras, and coasted in for the win. Cooled down with Timmy (he finished 2nd and won the age group - congrats!), and enjoyed the spoils of war. Quick meal, engagement party, then off to Ferguson for round 2. Was pretty hot at this point - warmed up with Pat, Crystal, Matty D, and John Fenley. Legs were just dead - earlier race, being on my feet all day, and the feat just zapped me. Started out with Crystal, but half a mile into the race, I knew I was pretty much done (legs were noodles), so fell back and ran Pat in for a good PR. Tough course, and it did cool down during the race but was still a little warm. Cooled down with Crystal, Matty, and Joe Lyons and celebrated into the night. 6 Row Brewery for dinner, then guy's night out in STL! Congrats to Crystal on her HUGE P.R. and win in the morning (17:09), and doubling back for the win at night! 3 wins for Team Sullentrup in 1 day - I consider that a big success :)
Sunday, May 19th - 0! Late night plus early impromtu golf tournament in Lake St. Louis equals 0 miles. The round took almost 6 hours, then we had a huge crawfish boil and hung out. Didn't get home till almost 10 p.m. Was completely dead by then. 42 miles this week, 115 miles for May, 817.5 miles in 2012.
Monday, May 20th - 6 miles. Didn't feel very well and worked from home so missed group run. Ran in the evening - just perfect outside and a lot of people on the trails. Ran the first 1.5 miles with Megan, then finished out my workout. Was flying coming in (not intentional), but always nice every now and then to let go. 47:28 total (25:57, 21:31 (7:40, 7:32, 6:19)).
Tuesday, May 21st - 7 miles (2 up, Reverse Ladder (1600, 1200, 800, 400), 2 down). Megan and I did on the track after work. Felt really sluggish, but wanted to get in some good work. Reverse ladder is my favorite track workout - start with a mile, then keep working down in distance as you speed up. My intention was to hit 5:50-6 on the mile, but went a little too fast. 1200 was fine, 800 was fast but felt pretty easy, and I let it loose on the 400 when I realized I was waaay ahead of pace on the 200 meter split (34 seconds). Fun times, cooled down afterwards and did some mega-stretching. Splits were: 1600 - 5:44; 12:00 - 4:16; 800 - 2:39; 400 - 1:09.
Easy running the rest of this week, then headed to Chitown for the weekend. Running the Soldier Field 10 Miler on Saturday - effort depends on weather, which looks hot so far. Looking forward to getting up there, and enjoying a fun Memorial Day weekend on my favorite trail, Lakeshore!
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| Timmy and I leading the charge |
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| Victory Stroll |
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| Post race |
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| Franklin with his new toy |
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| Ferguson Start |
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| The Killer P's - Pat and I |
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