Liz and Steve finishing the 2010 Houston Half Marathon, 01/17/10
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Pictures from the 2010 Aramco Houston Half Marathon
Steve finishing the Houston Marathon on January 13, 2008.
Liz finishing the Houston Marathon on January 13, 2008.
Take a Hike Ike Sprint Triathlon
This is a video Liz took of me crossing the finish line.
Today, I ran on a relay team in the Take a Hike Ike Sprint Triathlon at Deussen Park on Lake Houston. It was a lot of fun, despite being cold and windy.
The team was Linda (a coworker of mine) – 500m swimming, Viroj (our boss) – 10.8 miles cycling, and me – 3 miles running. However, due to today’s weather, they cut the swimming portion (something about whitecaps in the lake), so the race was run 3 miles/bike 10.8 miles/run 3 miles. Linda hadn’t brought her running shoes, so I did both of the running legs of the race. I’m not sure what my times were, but I know that they were decent considering the cold wind blowing in my face and the fact that I couldn’t feel my toes for the first half of the first three mile run. I’d like to someday do a triathlon myself, and so would Liz.
We got second place in the Co-Ed Relay division.
Here are the pictures that Liz took before, during, and after the race.
We finished in 1:57:55, though I don’t know our splits because (I’m guessing) we didn’t have the chip on our ankles (both Viroj and I carried it in our pockets).
Liz and I have some more races planned; stay tuned.
T-shirts and such from the 2008 Chevron Houston Marathon, 01/13/2008
Marathon Tomorrow!
We went today and picked up our packets (bibs, t-shirts, etc.) at the Marathon Expo. Now it’s time to eat a high carb dinner and go to bed. We have had a pretty relaxing day and a relatively relaxing week, training-wise (which is the goal, according to the training program we’re using), so now we’re ready.
Beginning at 7am, ABC-13 in Houston is going to feature live coverage of the race. They are also going to show a finish line recap on Sunday night at 10:35pm. If you happen to be in Houston or get Houston TV, you could/should watch for us, if you were so inclined. Regardless of where you are, if you would like to watch us cross the finish line, check out the “live finish line cam.”
If you’re interested in the course we’ll be running, here is a map. If anybody would like to track our progress during the marathon, click here and fill out the necessary info. to receive e-mail/text messages as we cross various milestones along the course. Our last name, of course, is “Myles,” hah.
We want to again thank everybody for their support, both those who donated to the ACS on our behalf and those who have given us kind words of encouragement. We’ll be thinking of you as we run tomorrow.
T-minus Seven Days and Counting
The marathon is next Sunday, and we’re both excited. We did our last long training run today, 9 miles. That’s not that long, considering, but the program we’re doing calls for tapering off on the lengths of the runs in order to ensure that runners have adequate energy and rest before the marathon. This week, we have two three-mile runs and a three-mile walk; that’s probably going to be one of the hardest training days of all, I think, since now we’re used to running much greater distances than that; it will be hard to slow it down to a walk and not go very far.
We have to go pick up our race packets and our bibs on Friday or Saturday this week, then we’ll have fun at the Marathon Expo.
Thanks to everyone who has donated, we’ve brought in more than $1500 for the American Cancer Society. We really appreciate your support of us and of the ACS. (By the way, it’s not too late to donate if you’re so inclined.)
Liz came across this video the other day; it’s pretty inspiring, I think. It’s called “No Excuses,” and it’s about how there are, well, no real excuses for not doing something when you put your mind to it. It focuses on doing something physical, but this really applies in all areas of life. (Incidentally, it’s a Nike commercial. Nike may not be your favorite company, but the message is still good.) Check it out!
One week until the marathon!
Marathon Training, Week #1
This week, we really started training. We’re using The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer
The 16-week program consists of four runs per week, two of them the same distance (Days 1 and 3) and the other two being longer (Day 2 is a longer run than Days 1 and 3, and Day 4 is the longest of all). The “long” run distances increase each week, and the other days’ distances increase periodically as well. The most that the plan ever has you run in a single day (until the marathon) is 18 miles, but the total that week is about 35 miles. The book recommends taking off the days before and after Day 4, so we’re going to do the long runs on Sunday and take off Saturday and Monday (with the exception of this week, since we started on Monday). Most weeks, we plan to run on Tuesday (Day 1), Thursday (Day 2), Friday (Day 3), and Sunday (Day 4).
Week 1 is 15 miles, total. Monday 9/17 we ran 3 miles, then 4 on Tuesday. Four miles is disproportionately harder to run than three. Today, we’re going to run in the Marathon Kickoff 5k that I mentioned previously, so that’ll be Day 3. Then it’s 5 miles on Sunday.
So far, so good. Time for some new shoes.
T-shirts, bibs, and such from the 2007 Aramco Houston Half Marathon, 01/14/2007
2007 Aramco Houston Half-Marathon
We ran in the 2007 Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on 1/14/2007. Liz and Steve both finished in 2:36:40.
Watch us cross the finish line here!
Liz’s results: text | graphical | pictures
Steve’s results: text | graphics | pictures
T-shirts and such from the 2006 Aramco Houston Half Marathon, 01/15/2006
2006 Aramco Houston Half-Marathon
We ran in the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on 1/15/2006. Liz finished in 2:48:15 and Steve finished in 2:55:39.
Liz’s detailed results: text | graphical | pictures | video
Steve’s detailed results: text | graphical | pictures | video
