Happy hour should last forever…
That’s right… Green Bay, WI! I’ll be participating in the Green Bay Half Marathon, but I don’t really expect to run all that fast. My current PR at the distance is basically untouchable for the moment. The weather isn’t going to be great, but not horrible. I’m just going to play it by ear.
I won’t be the only FRC’er there either…
I’ll post results sometime next week, until then.. Adieu!
What a beautiful day for the New Prague race; last year we were wearing mittens and hats and this year, it was a windless seventy-degrees. My friend and co-worker, Jessica, and I ran again and improved on our race times quite a bit–which was truly an awesome feeling. Last year, I clocked in at 2:09 and some change and my race-time this year was just below 1:54. We booked it throughout the whole race and were so pumped when we realized how much we improved.
Now, I know that not many of you in the FRC have run the NP race before, but I’ve officially warned you that unless you run next year, you will receive spankings. Cindy, since you’re already into spanking, I’ll have another adversive punishment waiting.
Due to popular demand here is my Get-In-Gear race report. I’ll keep is short, simple, and sweet.
Get in gear had great weather this year, quite possibly the best weather for this race ever. There was a slight wind, but nothing that was really detrimental to the race. Before the race antics included:
fanny packin with my stuff at bag check which caused him to have to wear it
fanny packand having to tie it in a knot to wear it in the race. (wouldn’t want him to be without his juicy-juice)
We lined up in the chute WAY to late and ended up at the butt end of the world. The first two miles were spent dodging the various walkers/runners while trying to move up. It was a user problem, one of these days I’m going to have to get closer to the start line. (and perhaps warm up)
Without the watch and HR monitor to control the effort, I was just going to run hard and see what happened. I’m not really trained up this year, so I didn’t have high expectations. The race went about as expected through mile four or so, then I was stuck trying to decide if I should let off the gas or damn the torpedoes full speed ahead. I sort of wavered a bit between those two options for a while, then I found some motivation. Someone was complaining about how horrible their race was going, then they passed me and kept right on going. This happened far enough from the end that I was worried about having a meltdown in the finishing straight, but it was also right on the verge of where I should be winding it up anyway. So, I sucked it up and tried to keep horrible day
lady in sight.
I rolled across the finish line with a time that I knew was very close to my PR. It was a good race; I was happy with the result. Later I found out it was indeed a new PR by a few seconds. My 10K PR now stands at 43:19, down 18 seconds from last years result.
I have a super secrete source of guaranteed entries to the Marine Corps Marathon. I’ll have to attempt to get more information once we find out how many want/need them. More discussion tonight at the FRC.
No Refunds Theater Co. is presenting a GREAT MOMENTS
show this weekend. This group is associated with one of our members room-mates, and I have seen a presentation of Kung Fu Hamlet which was very entertaining. There are multiple dates for this coming weekend, but I have added the 2PM showing to the calendar.
The following is from the show announcement…
GREAT MOMENTS OF KUNG FU THEATER HISTORY— May 4–6, 11–13Come join No Refunds Theater Co. as we celebrate the rich, chewy, cream-filled goodness of Kung Fu Theatre throughout the ages. From Kung Fu Greek Tragedy, to experimental Kung Fu Theater of the Absurd, to the bleeding edge of modern Kung Fu Theatre. Featuring excerpts from:
- Oedipus the Kung…Fu!
- A Streetfighter Named Desire
- Waiting for Judo
- RENTfist
- 12 Angry Monks
And Much, Much More!
Fri, 5/4 @ 8pm
Sat, 5/5 @8pm
Sun 5/6 @ 2pm
Fri, 5/11 @ 8pm
Sat, 5/12 @8pm
Sun 5/13 @ 2pm
Tickets are $15 for normal people, $12 for students (with ID) fringe
button holders, black belts, clergy, and certified Ninjas.
All performances at Intermedia Arts 2822 Lyndale Ave S. Mpls
For directions, check out www.intermediaarts.org
For reservations call: 651-341-5882 or email info@norefundstheatre.com
(no credit cards, just cold hard cash, please)
No reservations are complete until a No Refunds representative has
replied with confirmation.
I’m working on a compilation of Minneapolis/Twin Cities-themed music. First on my list is ssuth’s suggestion for Here Comes a Regular. Any other suggestions??
