Time Just Keeps on Slippin, Slippin

Wow. I'm not very good at writing about my life. So, what's new since March? I've been to California on a bike ride. It was great, as was the weather. Gotta love San Diego. I'd live there if I could afford a house bigger than a pop up camper. The riding was just what the doctor ordered for early season but with perhaps slightly more traffic than one would desire. All in all though, it was pretty great. Their hills may not be as long as we're used to in Summit, but they make up for it with steepness. Wasn't sure I would make it once or twice.

I did a fair amount of running while we were there. Running at sea level when it's 60 degrees is just about perfect. I actually enjoy it. And in fact have been continuing to run since I'm back in Colorado. Being in Denver makes it a little more pleasant than in the mountains. Not just weather but altitude! Jill and I ran as a "Mother/Adult" team in the Title 9K Mother's Day Run out at the Boulder Rez. We finished 2nd in the category. Wow. Who'da thunk it? We didn't even hang around for awards so don't know if our feat was acknowledged or not. We were so hyped about the experience (even though we were unaware of our finish) that after we left the Rez we went to Bolder Boulder HQ and signed up for that.

So, the BB was yesterday. The weather was a little iffy but it held out and was pretty close to ideal the whole time we were running. Here's our results:

Jill Benbow bib number: G144
overall place: 20783
division: F26
division place: 347 out of 775
gender place: 8378 out of 26287
mile 1: 0:10:32.98
mile 2: 0:10:33.03
mile 3: 0:10:33.16
mile 4: 0:10:26.18
mile 5: 0:10:17.36
mile 6: 0:10:14.38
net time: 1:04:48.32
pace: 10:27 (based on net time)

Monique Mustard bib number: G145
overall place: 23547
division: F54
division place: 67 out of 301
gender place: 10020 out of 26287
mile 1: 0:10:33.33
mile 2: 0:10:33.40
mile 3: 0:10:32.55
mile 4: 0:10:26.42
mile 5: 0:14:43.02
mile 6: 0:08:46.75
net time: 1:07:35.60
pace: 10:54 (based on net time)

As you can see I had a little problem at mile 5. We were right near the mile marker and I had a bout of bad butt. I was hoping to hop in and out of the nearby porta potty but unfortunately it didn't quite work out that way. I tried to catch up to Jill so we could enter the stadium together but couldn't do it. Hopefully next year we can finish together as running into Folsom Field is such a rush and it would be nice to have someone to share it with.

Next weekend we run the Steamboat Half Marathon. I'm hoping it goes as well as our first two races. I did 1.5 hrs on Friday with Mary Ellen so I'm feeling pretty good about it, but Jill hasn't gone more than 10K yet. I sure wish she had gotten in a longer run.

All this running has gotten in the way of my riding and I have some biggies coming up. I sure hope cross training pays off. June 15 is the start of Ride the Rockies. If I make it through that, I can do anything. As I said, Time just keeps on slippin, slippin.