[7/14/12] Post-DR updates + 10K Davis Moonlight run :)

Hi Everyone!

I haven't posted a lot recently because I've been traveling all over NorCal doing a lot of random (but awesome) stuff! I also wanted to make sure that the top post detailed my trip to the Dominican Republic for the medical mission (Read the post below in case you missed it!)

So! Updates from training these past 1 1/2 weeks! I've been doing a lot of groundwork (so far I've run about 50 miles while in NorCal) but there are a lot of challenges that I'm going to be facing for this tune-up 10K race. First, I rolled my ankle this past Monday and have been dealing with a swelling ankle as well as some minor achilles tendonitis. Still, I've been taking some ibuprofen to knock out the swelling and I've been icing regularly so it shouldn't affect this race too much!

My goal for this race is to attain a sub-45 minute 10K (7:20-7:25 mile pace). The race starts at 7pm in Davis and it's a paved road race. Since Davis is freaking hot right now (90+ degrees), I'm expecting race conditions to be close to 80-85 degrees because the sun doesn't set until like 8:30-9:00pm! Since I've been consistently training under those conditions anyway, however, I should be alright. I'm going to aim to go faster but we'll see what happens... Praying for a good and positive result!!

I'll post the official results of the race in my next post when it comes out. Till then... praying for a successful race!

Motivated and focused. Ready!

Marc