I participated in the Capitol 10K yesterday, and I was kind of scared because one, I’m obese, and two, I finished 2nd to last of all males in my previous 10K. I know that a lot more people run the Cap 10K, and my results weren’t going to be that bad, but my pretty putrid results were in the back of my mind.
The conditions during the race were pretty bad, I guess. It was humid and it rained for most of the race. The powers-that-be don’t consider that “optimal running conditions” for some reason. I’m so glad Team Zen hooked me up with a tech shirt, because I know if I had been wearing cotton, it would’ve been a disaster.
I ran with my Team Zen homie, Anjie, and although I probably would’ve finished sooner if I did it truly solo, I think it felt better to push each other. She wanted to flake out on the running a few times, and we would take a lot of walking breaks, but in the end I was still able to blow my previous time out of the water. I shaved 17 minutes off my previous 10K! Now, to most people, 1:22 would be an abomination, but this is a crazy breakthrough for me. I know that if I had done it by myself, it could’ve easily been 1:15, but I don’t care. I’m a part of a team, and I just did what teammates do.
My next race is the Bun Run in two weeks. I’m hoping for a sub 13 min/mi pace. We’ll see.
Yesterday, I played a little bit of the street football with Mike, Pete and Kendall. Although we won, about four hours later, I started feeling immense soreness in my legs, especially in the areas around my hips. I don’t know what that’s officially called, but I know that I haven’t felt this kind of pain since I started going to the trail. The only things I can figure out is that I need to start adding drills to my routine. Maybe some more balls-out sprints and horses. You know - all the stuff that I absolutely hated in high school. I guess all those coaches really did have a valid reason for putting us through all that shite.
Tonight I start a weigh loss contest with la familia segunda, and I think that this is the one where I really take it. Of course, you can keep track with me if you want to. I promise to be a little more consistent with my workout postings, too. The diet log just doesn’t work for me at this point, though.
Fortunately, for all of humanity, he’s getting resistance from many of his neighbors, who are kind of going outside of the box and wanting their kids to play outside and not stay inside all day and play Xbox so that they can get fat like Bill.
Instead of asking him stupid questions about his ultraposh Lake Travis neighborhood, the Statesman needs to ask the important stuff. Namely, what was it like working with Jamie Luner? Va-va-vavoom!
The funny thing is, I still wear a shirt when I go swimming. More to cover the stretch marks, but I’m working on that. Anyone out there have a good remedy for stretch marks? And please don’t tell me about how cocoa butter works wonders. I can’t stand that smell.
