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Rescue Run photos

Well my race stunk, but I got some good pics out of it (always a bonus). Thanks to Tom Dewane.

The best part of the day was going to Olive Garden with the family. The hostess was making conversation with Jessica (1st grader) asking her how her New Year’s celebration went, and did you have any resolutions? Jessica replied, “No, we just had some doughnuts.” Too funny.

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Race Report: 2010 Rescue Run 10K

Jan 1

Posted by chrisboyack

I was really looking forward to this race. The weather was cooperating nicely and I was feeling good. Stepped on the scale and was back to my pre-Leadville weight for the first time since August. This is a hilly race and I have been doing a lot of hill work on the treadmill to supplement my normal runs. In short, I was expecting to fly.

I sucked.

Legs didn’t hurt, they just wouldn’t go. I worked as hard or harder than I did the previous two times I’ve done this race and came away with my slowest ever time. Nice.

Was disappointed for a while, but it doesn’t matter. On to the next one! Good training, anyway. I think my legs were still a little flat from my first big run of this training cycle last weekend. That run was awesome – cruised 21 hilly miles with an avg HR of 130. I think it took more out of my legs than I thought. Only way to deal with that is go do another one tomorrow!

44:45
29th place out of ~700

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Race Report: 2009 Rock Trot

Nov 26

Posted by chrisboyack

For the third year in a row, we started our Thanksgiving Day by running a family 5k down in Castle Rock. It’s turning into a great tradition. The race is laid back, but organized well. It’s fun for the kids to get the matching T-shirts.

2009 Rock Trot

Prior years have been cold and dreary – not today! Beautiful and warm. It seems the crowds were out in record number, raising a lot of money for a good cause. The course was mostly on a bike path, so I didn’t get much running in trying to navigate through the crowds pushing Jessica in the stroller. With a little less than a mile to go, the course opened up and we were able to get up to speed. Then I let Jessica get out and run the rest of the way to the finish – she did great!