Race Recap: Rock N Roll San Jose Half Marathon

This past Sunday, I completed my third Rock N Roll half marathon for the year in San Jose. This was a special race for me because I also had the opportunity to run with my friend/play cousin Martinus aka 300 pounds and running. It was fun vising the expo, pointing out my name on the list of women running the half marathon and seeing Martinus represent the Oakland Marathon as a race ambassador.

 

 

The morning of race day was exciting as well as daunting since this was going to be the first time I was planning to complete a race using walk run intervals. Although me and Martinus discussed running a 90/30 (90 seconds running and 30 seconds walking,) after completing this interval once, we decided to instead run a 60/60 (60 seconds running and 60 seconds walking.) Unfortunately, I chose to run to fast during the 60 second running intervals so I burned out by mile 10 while Martinus stuck with a steady 60 second run and 60 second walk and was able to finish 3 minutes ahead of me so he finished in 3:23:42 while I finished in 3:25:19.It was a great race that I'll definitely do again and from now on, I'm gonna follow the run/walk intervals to a tee and focus on being steady while I run versus expending all my energy before the race is over.

 

Race Recap: Rock N Roll San Diego Half Marathon

Earlier this month, I ran my second Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon race for the year in San Diego. The course was a good mix of flat and hilly and the neighborhood course support was fabulous. Here are some photos from race day. 

Me at Rock n Roll San Diego start line

Funny race course sign on

Mini bar set up on race course

Me after half marathon with finisher medal

Close up of Rock n Roll San Diego finisher medal

Celebrating my 39th birthday and Rock N Roll San Francisco 1/2 Marathon Recap

Yesterday, I celebrated my 39th birthday and did so by running the Rock N Roll San Francisco 1/2 Marathon. I actually started celebrating on Thursday by getting a free birthday pretzel from Auntie Anne's then going to see a one night showing of the plant based movie "Eating You Alive." This was a wonderful film and I can't wait for this movie to be available for sale to the public.

This Sunday, I ran my first half marathon for the year which was the Rock N Roll San Francisco 1/2 Marathon. I picked up my bib for the race on Saturday and I stopped by Ike's to enjoy a free birthday sandwich followed by stopping at Loving Hut for a slice of Oreo Chocolate Cake for my birthday. 

Sunday was the day of the half marathon and although it was a tough run at times, I was happy to complete it and was surprised to see a running buddy while running the race. Overall, it was a great weekend and a birthday overall.

Race Recap: Rock 'n' Roll Carlsbad 5000 5K

Yesterday I participated in my first Rock 'n' Roll race which was the Carlsbad 5000. The race was a fun one and I was happy to finish in a faster time than my last 5k time which was in January and was a tine of 39:51. I feel good that the more often I run, the better my finishing times will be and also I made hubby happy by not falling during the race. It was a good course in that it was flat and fast so I finished feeling good. Below are photos from the expo, before and after the Carlsbad 5000.

Me at Carlsbad 5000 expo and seeing name of banner

Me at Carlsbad 5000 starting line

Me after Carlsbad 5000 5K  with finishing time

Carlsbad 5000 finisher medal