November 1, 2008: Koloa Sugar Mill Race. Karen: 10 miler. Brady: 5K. Zachary: pre-6am wake-up.
I seriously went out planning to win this thing. Last year, I was able to take it for the girls (as you note from the picture above, this is not terribly impressive considering the numbers running...), and I fully intended to race for it again. There was a lady from San Diego that I ran with (read: labored to keep up with) for six miles, before I finally had to let her go. I ran my heart out, but only finished at a 1:15, or 7:30s. Boo. Lesson learned: you can't train at 8 min miles and run 7 min miles. The real kicker? The lady who beat me ran a slower time than my time last year. Boo.
Brady ran the 5K. He enjoyed it, but was hoping for something in the 18s. He ran a 20:15, which is two minutes off his best time. However, his best time happened to come after months of training for a half marathon with me years ago, and currently his workout regimen consists of two runs and basketball once a week. He's happy with the way things are, and I'm happy he's running with me every Monday night! Zac loves the jogger, too.
We ate breakfast, chased Zachary around (who chased this water container around), and had fun talking to people while we waited for awards.
Good things come to those who wait! We may not be terribly thrilled about our mug and metal, but we were ecstatic to win a free night at the Hilton! Not many people stayed after the awards for the door prizes, so the man went around and started handing them out. Brady yelled, "Over here...FOR THE BABY!" and suddenly we found ourselves with a difficult decision: $10 Kauai Athletic Pass, or a free night at the Hilton.
Afterwards, we did some cow-tipping.
11 comments:
Go Team Edwards! I'm impressed as always!
Chinese proverb:
Free hotel stay better than running fast.
Dang girl you are FAST!!! How you break the 8 min mile is beyond me!! I wish I could train with you...I could learn a lot I'd bet. Even still...I don't know how you run that fast for that long! I'm so impressed! Tell me...how many miles do you tread in a week??? Never mind...don't tell me. I don't want to get depressed! :)
Any sport that requires a "pre 6 am" wake up call is not the sport for me! Kudos to you two for doing it though!! You guys are so freakin' awesome!
Ok so I am training for my 1st 1/2 marathon, and you guys would smoke me! Good thing I am not running against you! Wau to go!
Wow, looks like Mr. Zac is getting bigger!
Don't worry, Karen, you'll take that girl next year. Man, I need to get back into running!
Karen, its because your treadmill didn't let you train for anything less than a 8 min. mile... (he, he he)
I'm sure Zac broke some kind of record. Number of cows tipped on least amount of sleep maybe?
I'm still immensely impressed with your times!
oh, and does that mean that since I've been marathon training at 10min I probably won't qualify for the Boston? Shoot.
Thanks for inviting me to view your blog. I must admit that I'm behind the times, but what's cow tipping? ^o^
Kathey A.
And congratulations on winning the hotel stay. ^o^
Running in Hawaii sure beats running in Battle Mountain, Nevada.
(Kristen knows what we mean)It sounds to us like you both did great.
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