10k

"I thought you weren't running this", said John Victoria at the start line of the Evergreen Town Race. Hm, well if I'd known just how hard it was going to be, maybe I'd have stood by my original decision... so a word of explanation...

It's a crucial phase in the Colorado Runner Racing Series,. We've had nine events ranging from the opening 5k in January to a half-marathon, and there are seven to go before the Series finishes with the Panicking Poultry 5k in November.

Zersenay Tadese, world cross-country and half-marathon champion, may be the most "economical" runner in the world according to a new sports science study.

Researchers in Madrid say that Tadese's uses less oxygen per kilometre than any other athlete ever studied -- and that includes other elite Kenyans. Frank Shorter in his prime tested out at 192 ml/kg/kilometer (running at 3:06/km); Tadese's figures: 150 ml/kg/kilometer (running at 3:09//km and at at 2:51/km).

You ever decide to run a race the day of when you hear about it on a long run with some friends?

Last week, the Silicon Valley Marathon sent out an email announcing a "Hat Trick" prize for completing the Almaden Classic 10k (Sept 23), the San Jose R&R Half Marathon (Oct 14), and the Silicon Valley Full Marathon (Nov 4). Since I was already signed up for the half, and was planning on the full, it was a no brainer to run the 10k.

75 degrees and humid.... did a comfortable 40:58, wasn't even breathing hard for the first 5k; then picked it up -- my head was tingling by the end. 101st in a field of 10,000 and, as far as I can tell, I won the age group -- but they have not organized the results in a way that I can confirm that.

Splits: 6:24, 6:41, 6:41, 6:31, 6:37, 6:09, 5:28 (pace) last .2m.

Sore throat (still sound like Roger Moore), used glycerine.