Firenze - part 1

The race is over and I am about to go to dinner. I have napped for three hours and feel a lot better. I started off strong and had a 2:01 half marathon, but then fell apart at mile 20. I needed more and more walk breaks and my calves started cramping. the weather was hot and sunny and humid (92% at the start of the race), but not as bad as Honolulu. that, plus water stops only every 5k, made my average pace go from 9:30 to 11:20 in those last 6 miles. I will post the GPS data later on. but first I need food. Here are the official results from the firenze marathon site. lots of calf cramps from dehydration slowed me down too. next time 2! water bottles. enjoy. btw, Florence is beautiful!!!
love,
doug

4875 MOORE DOUGLAS 04:33:13

Here are the results from my GPS watch. I forgot to stop it when I crossed the finish, so the time is a little off at the end.

runnnin' to the gate.

One thing that is nice about working in the presidio is only being a short distance from the Golden Gate bridge. It makes for a nice lunch time run.

Marathon partay and other things

Thank you to all of you who came to the fundraiser on Saturday night. It was a great time. Over $300 was raised for AIDS Marathon. Please keep the donations coming. I still have not reached my fundraising goal but with your help everything will come out perfectly. It is not too late to donate! You can still donate here. For those of you who couldn't make it, you were missed. I miss all of you in L.A. SF is not the same without you.

On Sunday I did a little 8 mile run down on REDondo Beach. It was one of the hardest runs I have ever done. Running with headache after a party the night before is not easy. Especially not on the beach on a very warm and sunny day. I started off the run dehydrated and then drank too much water and felt ill for a while. Mile 3 was probably the slowest mile I have ever done, because half of it was sitting down, trying to feel better. The shade was my friend for the rest of the run as I actively searched it out. You can find my run here.

I flew back to SF Sunday night.

No training run this last week :(

Ok. I admit it. I was unable to do my training run this past week. Why? Because I was at a conference all weekend and there was no time to run. I wont be running with my team this week either because I will be heading to LA for my final fundraising party, hosted by my friend Mary. Instead of running with the team, I will be running by myself, on the beach. It'll be tough.

When Geeks Run

My brother just sent me an article about how geeks are getting into running with help of the new toys, er tools. cuz if you are gonna run, you gotta stay connected.

10 mile recovery

Why did this run hurt so much? ow ow ow ow ow. it was like I had never even run before. every step hurt forthe first 3 miles. it was like my muscles were frozen and they didn't want to wake up. I guess this pretty normal after a long run like last week's 23 miles. This was my first run with my new watch. it isn't as comfortable as the timex, but it sure works well. Here is the route. The GPS gives the weather, as well as all the hills I ran. It gives my heart rate graphed against speed. It is so much fun!