WSSAC - 4 Miler - Jennings Beach, Fairfield,Ct

Threshold races at this time of year are not something I look forward to running. After a long winter with no speed work and limited anything else intense I'm just not ready. Add in some extra pounds, reduced mileage, paranoia,the other usual excuses and I was really dreading the rescheduled Warren St. race today. Since I'm slow to begin with I can get pretty dark in the low expectations department, so today an 8:50 pace would have been good enough to keep me off the ledge. I was around 25:30 at 3 miles and even though I ran out of air in the last mile I finished at 34:22 (8:36), 4 whole seconds better than last year's 10th place in age group finish. I grabbed a bagel, shot the breeze with a friend, hopped in the car and drove to Westchester with Ray Davies doing "Kinks Choral" and Amy Winehouse saying no to rehab. Later when I saw the results I found out I was second in age group. Obviously with these kind of times I don't get many trophies and I had just left one on the table, literally. All in all (I did another 5+ in the afternoon) I feel like things are looking up for S.F. Got the Bunnie Boogie 3 miler in 2 weeks and the Danbury 1/2 in 3. Long runs, some tempos, speed work, and a few races that's the plan.

WARREN ST 4 MILE CANCELLED

Sunday was to be a test of aerobic fitness at this 4 miler I've run the last few years, but the massive windstorm Saturday forced it to be cancelled (today it was rescheduled for next week). So I did an 11 1/2 mile long run dodging fallen trees and downed power lines everywhere. What a mess. Temp was high forties and it rained the whole time. All in all a good training run, at least on the mental side. Check out the storm at one of my favorite spots to run, Rye Play Land.