Fuel Belt Sprint 10 0z Bottle Review

I did this review on YouTube some time ago; it’s the first hand carry bottle I ever bought. I have since been using a Nathan bottle which I like.

Catching Up on 2013 Races

Well I have seriously let my blog posts fall by the wayside but will now do some catching up. As for the Marathon I wanted to do last December – I did run it and finished with a time of 4:10:00, overall place of 140 out of 608 runners.  My average pace was 9:32 per mile. For the first 18 or so miles I was able to maintain a pace around 8:40 to 8:45 per mile but at around 18 miles I got a pain in my left hip and groin area that really slowed me down. I later learned it to be the Psoas Muscle; it was preventing me from lifting my left leg to run so I slowed down more and more the further I went.

I was determined I was going to finish this race so I sucked it up and kept going. I did a couple of 20 milers leading up to this race not to mention the 15 to 18 mile runs I did and had no problem with this at all. After the race it took a couple months for my hip to get back to 100 percent again but I kept running just enough so as not to lose too much fitness and give my hip a chance to recuperate.

Here I am in May and have been training with no problems. I ran the Save the Tiger 5K on May 17 and did pretty well with a 21:56 finish time. This is only 2 seconds faster than my last 5K last August but it felt much easier, I think I could have pushed it harder. My goal is still to get down to 19 minutes and this year I am doing the proper speed work to help me achieve this goal. I plan on doing at least 2 more 5K’s, a 10 miler and a half marathon this year.  The half marathon is part of the Marathon of the Palm Beaches. I may try the Marathon again next year (2015) but will skip it this time around so I can get more miles on my legs for a better finish.

                             Finishing the "Save the Tiger 5K" (in the white shirt)

Anyway, I am satisfied with my 2013 races and look to make improvements at all distances this year.

2013 Races:

5K -24:13

Half Marathon - 1:54:42

5K – 22:53

5K – 21:58

10 mile – 1:15:00

Marathon – 4:10:00