Well I’ve put off writing this race recap for about as long as I can. It’s not nearly as much fun going into a race when you’re not prepared and for some reason it’s even more intimidating when it’s a one mile race. Go! Mile was the 10th race in the Arkansas Grand Prix schedule this year and the only one mile race in the series. This summer marked my 5th consecutive year for running it. So what were my…
Saturday was my third time to race in the Wildcat Road Mile. This is a small, local race that benefits my daughter’s cross country team. The mile is an intimidating distance for me and coming off a marathon recovery cycle was not the ideal time to race it. I started a little too aggressive and then lost focus on the third quarter and really ran out of steam. I pushed through and finished with a 5:30. I probably won’t be…
Racing an all out mile is by far the most intimidating distance to me. For the last three years I have raced the mile once each summer. My time has gone from 5:17 in 2013 to 5:20 in 2014 and then even slower this year with a 5:31. For whatever reason I was a little off this June at GoMile in Little Rock so I was very tempted to redeem myself when I had the chance. I had already registered…
If you think the expression “digging deep” applies to solely to marathoners I would have to disagree. I don’t think you can truly appreciate the term until you have raced ALL OUT in a ONE MILE RACE. Photo courtesy of Arkansas Outside When I first saw this picture I was tagged in on Facebook my initial thought was “Oh no- I’ve got to untag myself.” But the more I thought about it I realized this picture says it all. At…
My kids know I’m a runner. They know that if they wake up early (before 7) on any given morning I will most likely be running. Even my youngest (who is 2) assumes that whenever I’m gone and it’s just daddy here that “mama’s at runnin.” Deep down I know that I am setting a good example for them and I do my very best to minimize the time I run while they are awake but why do I still…
On Saturday I ran in a one mile race. Yes, you read that correctly- ONE MILE. The last time I raced an all out mile I was 18 and a senior in high school. That was over 16 years ago. In college I ran the 1500 a few times but usually the 3000. When I first read about this race a few months ago on Arkansasrunner.com I honestly didn’t think much of it. My first thought was- why would I…