Summit Rock Half Marathon, 10K, 5K 2010

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Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K

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Come join us in the beautiful redwood groves of the Santa Cruz Mountains! Tucked away just outside Silicon Valley, Sanborn County Park features miles of single-track trails dappled with filtered light through lush canopy. Walkers/hikers and runners of all levels are welcome! ... All finishers will receive custom finisher medals and custom shirts (cotton and tech shirts available). More info on shirts/awards page. Road Runner Sports of Campbell is providing free shoes to the male and female winners of all three distances! The Oakland Running Festival is providing free entry to the Oakland Marathon to the male and female winners of the half marathon race. An entry will also be raffled off to one runner and one volunteer at the race! Age group awards will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in 5 year categories (less for the younger ages). All races will be professionally timed. read more

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  Summit Rock Half Marathon

  I've kinda put off writing this today, because I'm not very thrilled. I ran for about a mile an three quarters, and then I twisted my ankle. After walking to the next aid station, my ankle wasn't feeling up to walking back down to the start, much less finishing the half marathon. So I iced my ankle and ended up getting a ride back down. So pretty much, this race was a complete failure.

  While I contemplated giving up on my goal to run a half marathon every month, I think a better approach is to do a few things:
  1) Stop being lazy about strength training. I'm going to start doing some strength training every day, for at least 15 mins, and I'm going to post it here. If anyone sees a day when I haven't done so, feel free to give me a hard time.
  2) Work harder on my form, since I have to be doing something wrong in addition to not being strong enough.

  I am open to any suggestions, especially if you are or know of someone that tends to be way too good at twisting ankles, and has found out why that is happening. I'm also going to see if I can go see someone that specializes in running injuries... any suggestions for good people to see in the SF Bay Area would also be welcome.

  Phew, that was a long post. I am doing my best to be positive about all of this, and use this setback to just get better.

  by Bem J.

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