2005 Road Races (4 total)

2005 road races (4)...

Race on the Base 10k

By the start of 2005 I was well into my training for the L.A. Marathon. (I have to give a shout out to John Bingham's book "Marathoning for Mortals" as I used one of his training programs from the book).  5k races didn't really fit into that training but I did find a 10k that fit perfectly into it.  In February of 2005 I did the Race on the Base 10k at the Los Alamitos Air Force Base.  This was another race that I hated every step of.  It was an extremely boring course around the tarmac on the base.  I remember it being hot (no shade), long and boring.   My time was 1:14.22 with a pace of 11:57.  No race photos and no finisher's medal.  I don't think they allow cameras on the base.

My next race was the Los Angeles Marathon!  Nine long months of training to get there.  The plan was to run 5 minutes and walk 1 minute for the entire race.  About the half way point my knees gave out and somewhere around the 20 mile mark I had blisters the size of Texas.  I think I ended up walk most of the last half of the race.  Oh well I didn't care.  I was just thrilled to finish.  My time was 6:32.59 with a pace of 15:16.  I came out of this race with two infected toes.

Los Angles Marathon 2005

Finisher's Medal Los Angeles Marathon

A week later I ran/walked/crawled the Run for Education 5k.  My son wanted to do the race so I did it with him.  My son isn't a runner so this race was realllyy sllooow. Finish time was 52:13. No race photo, no finisher's medal either. 

Run for Education 5k

My next race was the Santa Anita Derby Day 5k this would turn out to be my last race. I wouldn't do another 5k until July 2011.  I did this race for no other reason than it was at Santa Anita.  Being an avid horse racing fan how could I pass it up.  Plus I was meeting an old buddy afterwards for a day at the races.  This race set my 5k PR (personal record).  I ran this race in 35:05 with a pace of 11:17.  No finisher's medal for this one.

Santa Anita Derby Day 5k