Archive for September 9th, 2010

Beach Getaway

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

This past weekend, before I ran the Labor Day Road Race, we snuck away to the beach.  I somehow managed (after much persistance) to score an awesome deal on Hotwire for Jekyll Island during Labor Day weekend and off we went.  It was our last chance to get away since our fall schedule is totally packed, thanks mostly to soccer.

Since I neglected to post the Myrtle Beach pictures from our July vacation, I thought I might post a few from this getaway:

Running Update

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve updated on my running progress.  As you can see from the chart below, my running took a huge hit in July.  We did have temperatures above 95 degrees for pretty much the entire month.  Vacationing didn’t help either.  While most runners would love to go running down the beach, I would rather vacation.

I am still doing better than last year.  This Monday, I set a new 10K personal record at Macon’s Labor Day Road Race.  The temperature couldn’t have been more perfect.  I shaved 5 minutes off of last year and 15 minutes off of my time from two years ago!  Next year, I want to do it in less than 50 minutes.

If you follow my running saga page, you know that I have a half marathon in just four weeks!