Running With Jack

Last night I went for a nice easy 9K/5.5M recovery run. My legs felt surprisingly good for just having run a marathon the day before. Of course this is what I had hoped for, as the real event that I am training for is coming up on October 6, a 50-mile race in Canandaigua, New York. I plan on going on another shorter run on Wednesday, then probably wait until Saturday morning and run a 2-3 hour run at ultra pace, practicing my walking breaks etc..

Here are a couple race stats from the marathon this past weekend:

My chip time: 4:23:53
My overall ranking: 1097 out of 1688 finishers.
My age group (M45) ranking: 240 out of 307.
First half: 02:02:47
Second half: 02:21:05
Average pace: 6:15/K (10:04/M)

Winning male: 02:14:36
Winning female: 02:39:01 (course record)
(both are from Kenya – is anyone surprised)

I am still processing/searching for pictures, I should have some in the next day or two. Here are two of yours truly:

Beautiful day for a run, right ;-)