Running Towards Fitness

Personal Awareness
The ancient Greeks used to believe that a healthy mind and a healthy body not only went together, but were both critical for happiness and a successful life. They were also intertwined, meaning that a weakness in either area would affect the other. When I started this transformation I was overweight and full of excuses. And by overweight I don't mean just a few pounds - I weighed over 70 pounds more than I do now. I finally took my life into my own hands and started exercising. At the time, I had no idea where it would lead - to a stronger body, a happier, more nimble mind, and a chest full of race medals. Healthy mind, healthy body, indeed! It hasn't been easy, or without issues, but I wouldn't trade the experience for the world.

Possible Freescale Course?

FreescaleCourse2006.pngWARNING: The following post is not, at all, official. Really. I don’t speak for the Austin Marathon in any way, shape, or form.

We’ve all been waiting eagerly for the final Freescale course to be announced. John’s been dropping little hints here and there, but there’s still nothing official (for very good reason - he’s waiting for final certification of some parts, and doesn’t want to have to change it).

Having said that, well, there are now enough hints out there to come up with a reasonable estimate. Based on my familiarity with the old course, this post, and this comment, I bring you my best guess as to the 2006 Freescale Marathon Course. It may, of course, be completely wrong. There are some parts of it that are flat out guesswork, and the distances are off a touch, due to my bad assumptions and my less than perfect google-map skillz.

Its probably pretty close.

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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

DistanceRaceTimePace
Marathon2006 Freescale3:54:078:56
20 Miles2006 RunTex3:00:089:00
30K2005 RunTex2:42:448:45
Half M2006 3M1:42:577:51
20K2005 Decker1:40:428:06
10 Miles2005 Pervasive1:20:138:01
10K2005 Dublin Dr Pepper48:437:51
5 Miles2005 Turkey Trot37:017:24
5K2005 Margarita Run22:327:15
4K2006 Fila Relays17:247:15
1 Mile2006 Congress Ave6:236:23

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2 total comments, leave your comment.
  1. Mike J.
    Oct 19th 2005
    7:30 AM

    I like everything except that damn out and back the last 4 miles!

  2. Jay pointed out that we run East on North Loop rather than Northland; doing that does make quite a bit more sense. So you see, there’s a glitch in my map already.


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