Great Compromise 10Five Map Revised

i just rode the route, and made some revisions.

please see the updated route map.

the Great Compromise 10-miler

ok, so some people are not such huge fans of running on the street, for valid reasons like surface cushioning and, um, being wusses. others of us, me, for example, like running on streets because, well, we're superior or something. it's not for me to say.

so, saturday's long run will be a compromise - five on the trail, followed by five on the road. we'll run the trail miles first, which should get the joints loosened and lubricated to be better prepared for running on asphalt. plus, it's really tough to go from the street to the trail - the difference in efficiency becomes really obvious, and annoying, at the end of a run.

for anyone not ready to go 10 miles, you can run either half with us - if you want to just run the road portion, you need to be at our starting point at about 7:45, and wait for us to come around.

we're meeting at 7am at The Rock, near the water coolers under the Mopac bridge, right by the lovely Roberta Crenshaw Pedestrian Walkway. we'll run the Mopac-Congress loop, which is about 4.6-4.7 miles, then we'll come back across the walkway and onto Stratford. there'll be a short, pretty challengingly-hilly stretch, then we'll be running up throuh my old stomping grounds in Rollingwood, and right by the house i lived in as a teenager. if you're very (un)fortunate, i'll tell you stories of my childhood, which was, you know, typical. summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. in the spring we'd make meat helmets. but i digress (and plagiarize).

here's a map

i'll have water out at about mile two of the road course, and mile four is right by the water fountains at Barton Springs.

oh, and from now on, there's a two-minute time limit on water breaks. we're dawdling too much. no more dawdling.

Wednesday's plan

sorry to let things slide this week - i just started a new job (more contract work), and things have been a little hectic. so, i'm pushing back the time a bit for those that can make it.

let's meet tonight at 6:30, at the parking lot of Bicycle Sport Shop on South Lamar, just south of Barton Springs Road. we'll get a warmup, run a full Marsh, and a cool down, for a total of between four and five miles.

hey i would like to run 4 miles or so today and i am down for marshes on wednesday....can't wait to run on saturday....i did run 7 miles by myself all running no walking on saturday......so who wants to run around 5:30 or 6 tonight?

World Wide Half Marathon....

This looks awesome:

http://www.worldwidehalf.com/cgi-bin/wwhalf/home

We should form a team and do the half. It's free. Would be a fun thing to do.

Does anybody listen to his podcasts?
Good stuff.

http://steverunner.com/

what to do, what to do...

ok, i was thinking we need to get our mojo back... we've been putting in the miles, but slacking a bit the last few weeks on our speedwork and hillwork. so, i was thinking about doing the Marshes this Wednesday.

on the other hand, Mandy is, i believe, without obligations for once, so we could do a pub run, instead... i know paul is out of town, sadly. but this won't be our last pub run, unless, like, we all get hit by the same bus or something.

so, who would be down for a pub run this wednesday? it would only be 3-4 miles, and 3-4 bars...

I did it

I got to jump today - best thing ever! can't wait to jump again.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jenklang/30thBirthday02

here are some pics