Congrats Mitzi!

09/06/09 - Today was the Disneyland Half Marathon and one of my first running campers ran it.I started the running camp at the beginning of August, when I got the green light from Joe. That first Tuesday morning, I was sitting in the dark waiting to see if anyone would show and they did. Mitzi and Katt were my first athletes to sign up.

Since then they have been there most mornings and Mitzi was training for the Disney Half that was coming up soon. A couple weeks ago, Mitzi did three loops of the bluffs (10.5 miles) and she looked pretty good doing. So I figured she was good to go and today she ran real well. She finished in a time of 3:05:56 (14:11 pace) using the walk/run method and says she feels great. Her splits were:

5k - 00:43:47 (14:07 pace) 10k - 01:26:57 (14:02 pace) 15k - 02:10:52 ( 14:05 pace)

09/05/09 - Our Saturday bluffs run was pleasant (weatherwise) and everyone did at least 7 miles for the most part. I took Kelli on trials on the return trip to the cars. Diana was like the energizer bunny and ran the entire first lap and only slowed done for me for a bit and then she was off.

09/04/09 - Saturday we will meeting at the Panorama Bluffs at 7am for a long run. If you can not make Saturday or want more, I will be doing a hike with friends Sunday too. We will start around 6:15 am at the bottom of the Pistol Range at Hart Park for a 2 hour hike.

09/03/09 - Tuesday we ran 5 x 400 and found out that a few of you have some wheels. This Thursday we will be doing a tempo run and Saturday we will meet at the Bluffs at 7am to do a long run on the bike path. Remember to bring your watch and a water bottle to Saturday's run.

Speaking of Saturday's, next Saturday (Sept. 12th) is a busy one. I will be shooting the Move Your Tail race at Brite Lake and hope you can attend it. If you can not, the BTC has its Fun Run at 7am at Yokuts Park and I just found out about this race too:

Safari Run at 8am - 5K and 10K runs starting at the corner of Calloway Dr. and Stockdale Hwy in Bakersfield. Entry Form

09/01/09 - The heat won't leave us but at least we do not have fires. Tuesday we will do some intervals and Thursday we will a tempo run. Then on Saturday, we will meet for a long run at the Bluffs at 7am.