Basic run
Got up at the crack of dawn today to do three miles in my local park at a 9:30 pace. The humididty really, really sucked.
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I'm Richard Stanford, a fit, happy runner. Of course, that wasn't always the case. Dip into the archives to follow my progress from couch potato to sub-four hour marathoner.
I also like to cook, write, code, and play with power tools...
Personal Records
| Distance | Race | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon | 2006 Freescale | 3:54:07 | 8:56 |
| 20 Miles | 2006 RunTex | 3:00:08 | 9:00 |
| 30K | 2005 RunTex | 2:42:44 | 8:45 |
| Half M | 2006 3M | 1:42:57 | 7:51 |
| 20K | 2005 Decker | 1:40:42 | 8:06 |
| 10 Miles | 2005 Pervasive | 1:20:13 | 8:01 |
| 10K | 2005 Dublin Dr Pepper | 48:43 | 7:51 |
| 5 Miles | 2005 Turkey Trot | 37:01 | 7:24 |
| 5K | 2005 Margarita Run | 22:32 | 7:15 |
| 4K | 2006 Fila Relays | 17:24 | 7:15 |
| 1 Mile | 2006 Congress Ave | 6:23 | 6:23 |
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| George W. Bush | 3:44:52 | 8:35 |
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| Carrie Sapp | 3:29:06 | 7:59 |
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Oct 21st 2004
10:54 AM
Humidity? Wait, where are you again?
Oct 21st 2004
10:59 AM
Austin. 78 degrees, 90% humidity, “calm”. And that was pre-dawn.
http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/hourly/78701?stn=0&when=102104
Oct 21st 2004
12:16 PM
How’s my day going? The first line read, “I got up on crack today”…
Go back to sleep Mark.
Oct 21st 2004
10:46 PM
HUMIDITY! Uh hello I ran with GLOVES on tonight! Mark had to SHOVEL his drive way earlier this week.
On the other hand…I would run in the snow any day over humidity.
Oct 22nd 2004
12:12 AM
I’m glad it wasn’t just me! Today was my first run back in Texas after spending several days up in Ohio. I figured either I got really used to the cool weather really fast or the humidity today was simply AWFUL. From talking to a couple people, it was simply awful, but it was supposedly even worse yesterday. I’m glad I missed that one!
Oct 22nd 2004
7:44 AM
Every Xmas ( I guess 2 now), a friend and I go to Olympia Washington to Run the Xmas Marathon. The air is so thick with moisture there you could chew it. We always struggle on that marathon because we can’t get enough oxygen. At 5 km we are breathing like we just finished running from the cops!
Oct 22nd 2004
9:03 AM
Note to self: Don’t move to Texas.
Oct 22nd 2004
10:21 AM
have a good run this weekend despite the humidity. I could use a bit of that humidity it’s too darn dry up here.
Oct 22nd 2004
10:50 AM
Have a great run this weekend!!Keep us posted we will be thinking about you.
Oct 22nd 2004
11:42 AM
Hey now, Texas is quite nice (Jon, I’m sticking my tongue out at you)… at least Austin is. The humidity hits us a few times a year. Having grown up in Virginia, where a wall of water hits you when you step out the door in the summer, I can comfortably say, “poo” to the Texas humidity.
Speaking of the crack of dawn… The other night, I really couldn’t sleep, so I got up at 1am, went to the gym, pounded through a fast 3 miles, came home, dropped into deep sleep for 5 hours and was none the less for the wear.
It’s the weirdest thing… I’ve never done that before. I felt like a zombie driving home (safely, of course… a safe zombie that wears a seatbelt, drives slowly and brakes for night cats).
Oct 22nd 2004
4:59 PM
Good racing this weekend, Richard.
Oct 22nd 2004
5:23 PM
Good luck this weekend! Don’t stress, just run!
Oct 22nd 2004
6:19 PM
I was a little annoyed yesterday and it may have sounded like I didn’t appreciate the weather here in Austin. Let the record show that I am oh so thankful I no longer live in Houston! :-) That place has some serious humidity. But the last couple days were the worst it’s been here in quite some time.
Oct 22nd 2004
7:47 PM
Good Luck on Sunday! I can’t wait to read your race report–that is, if I can sneak home to use the Internet. I still can’t figure out how people live with out a computer? :)