Heart and Sole 5K

I took an involuntary week off of running because of the ice and snow. I wanted to run last week in a Dallas Running Club race, but it was canceled. This week, I decided to run in the Heart and Sole 5K on February 12, 2011 at Winfrey Point, White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. This was the first race I've run since the end of my Run-On training program, and I was eager to see the results. This race took place just two days after my younger son Edward got married at Walt Disney World in Florida. The race was started by (ASC) Attorney's Serving the Community, and benefited Avance - Dallas, which is a nonprofit organization that provides foundational education to at-risk children and their parents.   Lear J., Race Director of Run-On Racing Systems, did a great job with the race. On February 22, Run-On will start a new 6 weeks training program. Special thanks to Jennifer Kimble, training class coordinator and RRCA certified running coach, and Mitch Hayes, the 101-201 speed class coordinator, who made it possible for me to train at Run-On!. My coach, Daniel Hagelberg, does a great job and is also the Assistant Manager at Run-On Richardson. I've decided to take the early speed development class again, and build on what I've already learned. They had a 1 mile fun run that started at 8:30 AM with children and their parents; it seemed like they enjoyed it very much. I cheered them on and gave the runners high fives after they crossed the finish line. They all had big smiles on their faces.   The 5k race started at 9:00 AM. I lined up on the first row ready to go down the hill. This was the same location as the Texas Half and 5k a couple of week ago, but they changed the turnaround spot for this race. I took a few pictures before and after the race including one with Gregg Gomes who a few months ago moved up to the 60 age group. I will be their soon myself. He has been very supportive of me and I enjoy talking with him at many of the races we run together. He runs a 5k in under 23 minutes most of the time and usually picks up an award. He always tells me that I am looking slimmer and running better now, which always makes me feel good. Another friend of mine, Ryan Smith, who is in my Run-On early training group, had a personal best time at the race. Congratulations Ryan. I also spoke to Earl Henly who is a trainer and works at the Dallas store.   Knowing this course pretty good, I started real fast down the hill, then moved on a trail for a little while, eventually making my way to the pavement. The first turnaround was less than a mile into the race. I arrived at the first mile marker in the time of 8:09. With all the ice and snow I could not train like I normally do. My Thursday morning Run-On class was canceled and rescheduled for Friday morning. I never run on Friday before a race on Saturday, so that may have affected my time. I came to the 2 mile in 16:48 (8:38 pace). There was another turnaround after crossing the bridge, then I moved to the other higher side of the trail. I started to push hard because I knew I had that hill to climb up to get to the finish. My bad hips really slowed me down on that hill. When I got to the 3 mile marker, my time was 24:55 (8:06 pace) . A little further was the hill that lead to the finish line. 2 or 3 people passed me up going up the hill and my finishing time was 26:14 (1:18 for that final .1 mile), which is 4 tenth of a second slower going up the hill than the last race here. I always pick a race where age groups are awarded for every 5 years, but this race awarded had age groups separated every 10 years. I was the oldest runner in the 50 to 59 age group.   Results can be sen here.   Place   Bib#   Men Overall   Overall    Chip Time    Gun Time    Pace 6/18     323        30/121       41/303     26:14:00    26:114:00     8:27 I run to raise awareness for prostate cancer and to benefit my community. www.runningforacause.tumblr.com