2010 - A Year of ups and downs

Seeing as I totally slacked on even bothering to maintain my blog since I started it I am going to cover 2010 in one small post!

Training Summary

My 2010 running training was on and off all year long. I would get into it then slack off then back again. We started house hunting last April and that took up much of 2010 after finding one place in Rancho for that to fall through at the last minute and then finally finding a place in San Dimas and all sorts of issues coming up with the seller. We finally moved into our place in December.

So this is my 2010 training stats (ones that I remembered to log): 106 Miles :-(

Racing Summary

I did manage to get a few 5ks in last year, I was hoping to get at least a 10k in there but ended up missing the one I signed up for because of real life getting in the way!

07.11.10 - MLB All-Star Game Charity 5k

This was held at Angels stadium (Go Angels!) as part of their hosting the All-Star game. I had done zero training for this one and just aimed to try and run it all without walking. The course went inside the stadium and was jam packed with people stopping to take pictures.

Result: 36:59

09.25.10 – 6^th Annual Megan Savage Memorial Race for a Cure 5k

This was held in Upland. The course was in North Upland with a brutal long slow climb. I had just gotten over a head cold for this one and felt awful during the run. One the day of the race it was crazy hot at that time of the morning as we were in the middle of a baking hot heat wave. The entry went to a great cause though!

Result: 35:00

10.17.10 – 2010 Run Forrest Run 5k

This race is held every year as part of the ICB Long Beach Marathon weekend. This was my second year running it. Nice flat course and decent weather.

Result: 27:32 (New PR)

Missed races were the Mission Inn 10k (Real life stuff to do) and the Mt. SAC Heritage Hall 5k (Ended up moving that weekend)

Tracking

I’ve been using the Nike+ sportband for a year now and have now switched to the Nike+ GPS app for my iphone, I like their website, challenges, trophies etc, makes tracking my runs lots of fun. I can also import it over to mapmyride.com to keep it all in one place.

Summary

All in all a bit of a let down year in terms of running but being able to get our own place in San Dimas made the year overall awesome!