Congratulations to Jianhui Zhang, winner of May's raffle prize of Megabounce! Many runners missed out on the opportunity to show up on Monday because it was Memorial's Day. Alas, since only 9 runners showed up, this was your BEST chance to win the raffle! :)
Also congratulations to Brinda Avadani, winner of April's raffle drawing.
Show up every Monday for your chance to win on the last Monday of the month. Details of the next month's prize will be up shortly.
-Adrian
Living an active and healthy lifestyle
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
adidas SF Urban Run - Monday, May 28, 2007 (show up 6PM and start running at 6:30PM)
This Monday is an easy, flat run along the Embarcadero to AT&T Park and back!
ROUTE – AT&T Park http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=991006
• Start at the adidas Sport Performance store • Right on Market Street • Right on Embarcadero
o Turnaround at Ferry Building for 2 mile run
o Turnaround at AT&T Park for 5 mile run
• Return onto Embarcadero • Left on Market Street
• Finish at the adidas Sport Performance store
RAFFLE (THIS MONDAY!!!)- May Drawing –adidas Megabounce shoes. If you want more information about the shoes send an email to adidassfurbanrun@hotmail.com
Eligibility - Must run twice in May and be present to win.
ROUTE – AT&T Park http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=991006
• Start at the adidas Sport Performance store • Right on Market Street • Right on Embarcadero
o Turnaround at Ferry Building for 2 mile run
o Turnaround at AT&T Park for 5 mile run
• Return onto Embarcadero • Left on Market Street
• Finish at the adidas Sport Performance store
RAFFLE (THIS MONDAY!!!)- May Drawing –adidas Megabounce shoes. If you want more information about the shoes send an email to adidassfurbanrun@hotmail.com
Eligibility - Must run twice in May and be present to win.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Memoral Day run?
Yes, the adidas SF Urban run will still go on as usual on Monday, May 28, even though it is Memorial Day. This time it will be a FLAT course. The tentative route will be from the store to AT&T park and back. I will provide more details soon. Hope to see everyone at the upcoming run!
Saturday, May 19, 2007
adidas SF Urban Run - May 21, 2007
This Monday (May 21) is a mostly flat run that passes by Mission Dolores and Dolores Park with one short climb up Douglass street. Then it’s all downhill back on Market Street to the store.
ROUTE – Dolores Street (5.6 miles)
ROUTE – Dolores Street (5.6 miles)
- down Market Street
- left onto Dolores
- right onto 20th St
- right onto Douglass
- right onto Market
Link to map: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=969341
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Move Over, May!
This month has been particularly busy with a hectic work week on top of the racing spent on the weekends. I really can't wait till this month is over!
On May 5-6, my 11 man team, Dolphin South End Runners, and I ran for a total of 199 miles in The Relay, clenching 2nd place overall
(finishing time of 21:49:30) after a tight bid with 3rd place, Sandbaggers Track Club, by two minutes! Team Google wins overall with a time of 20:43:26. They won fair and square; I mean how can you compete with guys who used to run for Stanford! Also Team Sandbaggers (finishing time of 21:51:10) were Dartmouth alumni. So the top 3 teams were highly competitive, even though the other 180+ teams were just out there for fun.
http://penndesign.smugmug.com/gallery/2849426#152834304-M-LB
The Relay had not been an event I was aiming to do well. My teammates produced better results than I could have since I was trying to salvage every bit of energy for the Lake Merritt 12 Hour event on Saturday, May 12. I had managed to shell out 59.9 miles that day. Ouch, so close to 60 miles but there's no point to do another lap when you just stepped onto the timing mat (yes, it was chip timed) at ~11 hrs. 55 min. The following lap wouldn't have counted since it would exceed the 12 hour mark. Originally, I was aiming for 70-75 miles, but I had to redefine my goal since the overall winner could only muster 76 miles, which I would later find out. Perhaps a 100K would have been possible, but it was my first 12 hour event and I would just let the day play out as it did. It wasn't a super easy loop, but very managable and quite pretty. It sounds crazy, but the day went by fairly quickly from sunrise to sunset. There are certain tricks to fool your mind so that your legs don't seize up and make you give up. You really have your highs and lows and there are people who are in their 60s who can give you great advice as well as place higher than you. Sometimes you'd see musicians bang on their drums or a guy play on his saxophone during some of your loops and then move to another part of the lake and then they would be gone. Life really does flash before your very eyes! Either that or I was hallucinating or zoning out...which has happened in a blip before reality kicked in. Sarah and Wendell of PC Trail Runs are the organizers of this event made possible, who help the runners finish (either the 6 hour or 12 hour race) with great aid stations and friendly volunteers. As you can imagine, I was not running as smooth as I could have on the following Monday adidas run. But as any other Monday, it should be a rest/easy day and noodling the run would be fine.
This Sunday is Bay to Breakers 12K. Now I wouldn't normally do this event because it's not particularly one of my favorite ones, but I'm in a centipede this year. The centipede is sponsored by VegNews to promote vegetarianism and veganism. It will be fun since I won't be going all out like the sub-seeded centipedes.
And finally, on the last Sunday of May (thank god!), I will do a 5K. I haven't done a 5K in a year 'cause I hate them. But it's good to see where you stand and if you've made any progress. I'd like a sub 20 minute 5K, but we'll see. All the conditions have to perfect!
-Adrian
On May 5-6, my 11 man team, Dolphin South End Runners, and I ran for a total of 199 miles in The Relay, clenching 2nd place overall
(finishing time of 21:49:30) after a tight bid with 3rd place, Sandbaggers Track Club, by two minutes! Team Google wins overall with a time of 20:43:26. They won fair and square; I mean how can you compete with guys who used to run for Stanford! Also Team Sandbaggers (finishing time of 21:51:10) were Dartmouth alumni. So the top 3 teams were highly competitive, even though the other 180+ teams were just out there for fun.
http://penndesign.smugmug.com/gallery/2849426#152834304-M-LB
The Relay had not been an event I was aiming to do well. My teammates produced better results than I could have since I was trying to salvage every bit of energy for the Lake Merritt 12 Hour event on Saturday, May 12. I had managed to shell out 59.9 miles that day. Ouch, so close to 60 miles but there's no point to do another lap when you just stepped onto the timing mat (yes, it was chip timed) at ~11 hrs. 55 min. The following lap wouldn't have counted since it would exceed the 12 hour mark. Originally, I was aiming for 70-75 miles, but I had to redefine my goal since the overall winner could only muster 76 miles, which I would later find out. Perhaps a 100K would have been possible, but it was my first 12 hour event and I would just let the day play out as it did. It wasn't a super easy loop, but very managable and quite pretty. It sounds crazy, but the day went by fairly quickly from sunrise to sunset. There are certain tricks to fool your mind so that your legs don't seize up and make you give up. You really have your highs and lows and there are people who are in their 60s who can give you great advice as well as place higher than you. Sometimes you'd see musicians bang on their drums or a guy play on his saxophone during some of your loops and then move to another part of the lake and then they would be gone. Life really does flash before your very eyes! Either that or I was hallucinating or zoning out...which has happened in a blip before reality kicked in. Sarah and Wendell of PC Trail Runs are the organizers of this event made possible, who help the runners finish (either the 6 hour or 12 hour race) with great aid stations and friendly volunteers. As you can imagine, I was not running as smooth as I could have on the following Monday adidas run. But as any other Monday, it should be a rest/easy day and noodling the run would be fine.
This Sunday is Bay to Breakers 12K. Now I wouldn't normally do this event because it's not particularly one of my favorite ones, but I'm in a centipede this year. The centipede is sponsored by VegNews to promote vegetarianism and veganism. It will be fun since I won't be going all out like the sub-seeded centipedes.
And finally, on the last Sunday of May (thank god!), I will do a 5K. I haven't done a 5K in a year 'cause I hate them. But it's good to see where you stand and if you've made any progress. I'd like a sub 20 minute 5K, but we'll see. All the conditions have to perfect!
-Adrian
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Welcome adidas SF Urban Runners!!!
We will be trying out this thing called a blog to post maps and other information regarding our Monday evening runs. Adidas San Francisco is proud to be part of the running community and as such, you--the runner, help make the adidas SF Urban Run what it is. If you would like to share your running stories, goals, achievements, learning experiences and what not, please send them to adidassfurbanrun@hotmail.com and they will be posted ASAP!
Even though Warren and I are pace leaders for adidas, we are no different to you. We both share the passion for running and daydream at work about the next running adventure. I will periodically post my running stories with you and I hope you will as well.
Thank you and this will be a great beginning for all of your running endeavors.
-Adrian
Even though Warren and I are pace leaders for adidas, we are no different to you. We both share the passion for running and daydream at work about the next running adventure. I will periodically post my running stories with you and I hope you will as well.
Thank you and this will be a great beginning for all of your running endeavors.
-Adrian
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