Sorry for being so slack with the updates, I have been caught up in the World Cup. However now that the USofA has been eliminated I am good to resume my blogging.
My training has been going, not well but not terrible either. Today I tested to see where my fitness is at the Run Around the Lake 4 Miler in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY. Talk about a tough course, for a South Shore Long Islander. I wanted to go out and run conservative at first and then try and work the back half of the course.
So I did the complete opposite of that. I went out in 5:15 and progressively got slower each mile after that. The hills hit me hard in that last mile. What I am taking from this is that it was a good rust busting workout.
I have a few more weeks till my next race and I hope to get in some solid mileage and workouts in to help with the leg turnover. Keep checking for updates on the blog.
On June 19th the 2nd race in the Sayville Summer Series took place, the Diamond Dash Race for a Cure 5k. Here are a few links to race video, results and much more, well not really much more.
I know there is not much here to go on, I promise I will update with my actually training during the week, when I have a free moment. Till then Hit The Crete...
So this past weekend was a big one for the Sayville Running Company. The Keith Nintzel 5k, the 1st race in the Sayville Summer Series, came and went. SRC also had a staff member up in Boston running the New Balance Twilight Meet. Overall the weekend was a great success for the crew at Sayville Running Company.
Keith Nintzel 5k
Top honors of the race went to SRC team member Shawn Pollard, clocking in with a time of 15:50. Shawn took the race from the gun and led wire to wire. Check out the race video here:
Here are the results from the rest of the crew from SRC:
1-POLLARD, Shawn 24 PORT JEFF STATION ... Overall Male 15:50.676
4-GREEN, Christopher 24 STONY BROOK NY USA M20-24 16:10.155
5-BARRETT, Casey 20 SAYVILLE NY USA M20-24 16:30.229
7-SIEPIELA, Adam 30 LONG BEACH NY USA M30-34 16:38.713
9-MCCRISTALL, Mike 22 HAUPPAUGE NY USA M20-24 17:00.780
10-SOLTAN, Ryan 26 SAYVILLE NY USA M25-29 17:08.867
12-BARRETT, Brendan 26 SAYVILLE NY USA M25-29 17:15.374
13-MURPHY, Paul 46 SAYVILLE NY USA M45-49 17:16.087
14-GRABOSKY, Jeffrey 27 ALEXANDRIA VA USA M25-29 17:34.000
17-CONNORS, Matt 35 BRIGHTWATERS NY U... M35-39 18:13.173
23-HENDERSON, Tim 40 SAYVILLE NY USA M40-44 19:29.793
28-NOLAN, Michael 47 SAYVILLE NY USA M45-49 19:47.11
36-MULLANEY, Bill 45 SAYVILLE NY USA M45-49 20:04.047
65-CARVER, Eric 44 PATCHOGUE NY USA M40-44 21:13.967
Also a big Thank you and Job well done needs to go out to Brendan Barrett, the guy bends over backwards for the race. I got to see him behind the scenes and he is as dedicated as they come. Great Job!
We also got some other sweet footage from the Race. Check out the finish line camera:
There will be more videos to come from the Keith Nintzel 5k 2010, you can find them on the SRC YouTube Channel. Here is a link to all photos taken at the race from Discover Sayville. Thank you for all the support and we look forward to 2011.
Keep a look out as I will be at the Diamond Dash 5k which is the 2nd race in the Sayville Summer Series on June 19th 2010.
New Balance Boston Twilight Meet 4
Also on Saturday June 12th was the NB Twilight Meet 4 where we had fellow staff member and my wife Leonora Joy-Petrina run in the Featured Women's 5000 meter race. Leo ran a 35 second personal best of 15:50 to win the event by 43 seconds. Check out the Results Here.
You can also check out my previous blog where Leonora ran a very fast workout the Tuesday before this race. Keep checking back to see what Leo decides to do with the rest of her season.
As for me my running is coming along, I will be sure to blog about it shortly. Until the next post Keep On Running!
In this workout Leonora ran 4x800 in 2:30 with 3 minutes rest and then finished it off with 2x400 in 1:10 with 2 minutes rest. Her actual splits from the workout were 800's - 2:27, 2:29, 2:30, 2:29 and 400's - 1:10, 1:09. Leonora did this workout after she got back from Boston where she raced in the New Balance Invitational Women's Steeplechase on June 5th.
Here are the results:
1 Shayla Houlihan Women Talk S 10:03.73
2 Roisin McGettigan New Balance 10:07.36
3 Leonora Joy-Petrina Saucony/Sayv 10:11.16
4 Jacqueline Wentz MIT 10:13.28
5 Stephanie Reilly NB Boston 10:20.55
6 Andrea Parker Women Talk S 10:26.19
7 Dana Buchanan New Balance 10:55.66
8 Lesley Higgins New York AC 11:02.58
9 Lydia Willemse Canada 11:13.21
10 Stephanie Perleberg Women Talk S 11:44.38
The workout is getting Leonora ready to race at the final New Balance Twilight Meet running in the Invitational 5000 meter race on June 12th. Wish Leonora luck as she heads to Boston for the weekend race.
