I haven't swam much lately... it's trail running season!
So Saturday, I ran the WhoosIn El Moro 25k trail races. I clocked it at 15 miles with over 2500 feet of climbing and a mix of fire road and single-track, but mostly a lot of steep sections and a two mile downhill finish that drops nearly 750 feet (oh my quads!). I bettered my time by over 5 minutes from last year and I didn't cry in pain at the end - could actually walk! And, for the third year in a row, I placed first in my division (geezers). 21st overall.
On Sunday there was a road race, a 5k and 10k race known as Dino Dash. Last year, I won the 5k in 21:07 and won a highly coveted whimsical ceramic dinosaur trophy made by the high schools students of the school district that puts on the race. This year I did not race, but my GF has not won a dino trophy in two years of trying. She did this year, also in the 5k, with a 20:54. I checked my age group winning times - 5k: 22:47; 10k 1:00:and change. Crap, I should have raced and gotten myself another dino!
This Thursday and through the weekend, trail racing takes a back seat to Catalina Swim Camp where 65 open water swimmers from around the world converge to swim, party, swim, party and eat occasionally. We will get in one swim to a cave, that'll be about 3 miles round trip and then another as our boat takes us to a destination (last year it was Doctor's Cove) and we can elect to swim back - about 4 miles. There will be a lot of other swims, some running, SUP, yoga and alcohol. Oh yes, of course, food, too. The GF and I will probably practice some SwimRun, too.
Oh, and we had the best compliment... we were asked, "Do you guys have an 'off' button?" nope!
Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.
So Saturday, I ran the WhoosIn El Moro 25k trail races. I clocked it at 15 miles with over 2500 feet of climbing and a mix of fire road and single-track, but mostly a lot of steep sections and a two mile downhill finish that drops nearly 750 feet (oh my quads!). I bettered my time by over 5 minutes from last year and I didn't cry in pain at the end - could actually walk! And, for the third year in a row, I placed first in my division (geezers). 21st overall.
On Sunday there was a road race, a 5k and 10k race known as Dino Dash. Last year, I won the 5k in 21:07 and won a highly coveted whimsical ceramic dinosaur trophy made by the high schools students of the school district that puts on the race. This year I did not race, but my GF has not won a dino trophy in two years of trying. She did this year, also in the 5k, with a 20:54. I checked my age group winning times - 5k: 22:47; 10k 1:00:and change. Crap, I should have raced and gotten myself another dino!
This Thursday and through the weekend, trail racing takes a back seat to Catalina Swim Camp where 65 open water swimmers from around the world converge to swim, party, swim, party and eat occasionally. We will get in one swim to a cave, that'll be about 3 miles round trip and then another as our boat takes us to a destination (last year it was Doctor's Cove) and we can elect to swim back - about 4 miles. There will be a lot of other swims, some running, SUP, yoga and alcohol. Oh yes, of course, food, too. The GF and I will probably practice some SwimRun, too.
Oh, and we had the best compliment... we were asked, "Do you guys have an 'off' button?" nope!
Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.