DATE: March 29, 2008
LOCATION: Green Lake, Seattle, Washington
After running the 24 hour race, I took a few weeks to recover. When I heard
that Jonathan Bernard was going to organize a 50k at Green Lake around a 3 mile loop, I decided it was a great way to follow up the 24 hour race. I was looking at ways to cut cost, and decided to sleep in my car on the way up. I did this a few years back and decided this would be a good way shave a look cost. I drove upto a rest stop near Olympia and slept in car for the max 8 hours that they allow. After waking up I drove the remaining distance to Green Lake. I arrived at about 6:20am. I got my stuff and got ready for the 7am start.
The course was 10 laps around the 3.2 mile loop. In the first lap, I started out strong. I ran it in 27:52. I seemed to be in the front of the pack which kind of made me wonder if I was running to fast.
In the second loop, I ran even faster. The weather was great, and I was just enjoying the day. In some ways I figured this was just a marathon. I ran in 26:21. In lap three I ran a 27:23 on track for a 3:43 marathon which is average for me. Leading up to the half way point I ran 25:52 in lap 4, and 26:06 in lap five. This gave me a 2:13:33 first half. There was only one person in front of me. We finished the first half together, but he was still running strong. I knew I couldn't keep it up. So I let him run ahead.
In the second half, I just kept running strong. I was passing the other runners right and left. I was running between 27 and 30 minute loops. I ended up with a marathon split of 3:43:11. I ran the second half in 2:22:14. I ended up with a time of 4:35:47. I finished in second place to Jake Lin.
I stuck around for hours helping out with recording times, and helping the other runners. I left after Jonathan Bernard finished his 100k in 11:30. It was a fun day, and enjoyed it all.
LOCATION: Green Lake, Seattle, Washington
After running the 24 hour race, I took a few weeks to recover. When I heard
that Jonathan Bernard was going to organize a 50k at Green Lake around a 3 mile loop, I decided it was a great way to follow up the 24 hour race. I was looking at ways to cut cost, and decided to sleep in my car on the way up. I did this a few years back and decided this would be a good way shave a look cost. I drove upto a rest stop near Olympia and slept in car for the max 8 hours that they allow. After waking up I drove the remaining distance to Green Lake. I arrived at about 6:20am. I got my stuff and got ready for the 7am start.The course was 10 laps around the 3.2 mile loop. In the first lap, I started out strong. I ran it in 27:52. I seemed to be in the front of the pack which kind of made me wonder if I was running to fast.
In the second loop, I ran even faster. The weather was great, and I was just enjoying the day. In some ways I figured this was just a marathon. I ran in 26:21. In lap three I ran a 27:23 on track for a 3:43 marathon which is average for me. Leading up to the half way point I ran 25:52 in lap 4, and 26:06 in lap five. This gave me a 2:13:33 first half. There was only one person in front of me. We finished the first half together, but he was still running strong. I knew I couldn't keep it up. So I let him run ahead.
In the second half, I just kept running strong. I was passing the other runners right and left. I was running between 27 and 30 minute loops. I ended up with a marathon split of 3:43:11. I ran the second half in 2:22:14. I ended up with a time of 4:35:47. I finished in second place to Jake Lin.
I stuck around for hours helping out with recording times, and helping the other runners. I left after Jonathan Bernard finished his 100k in 11:30. It was a fun day, and enjoyed it all.
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