Marc Wolfson's Race Listing

Easy run today after a hard workout in the weight room. Toning the upper body - it is almost swim suit season here! :-)

Telework day - ran from home. Wore my Sketcher's Go-Run shoes - nice change of pace for my feet.

Telework day so I got to run from home on the rolling hills of Maryland - always a welcome change from the flat land running in DC!

Ran with Steve again today on the National Mall. The rain helped reduce the number of tourists and allowed us a chance to really kick out the jams on the last couple of miles!

Ran at lunch time with my running pal Steve. We did a brisk tempo run down the National Mall, past the Washington Monument, the WWII Memorial, up to the Lincoln Memorial, down along the Potomac River, past the Jefferson Memorial, the Tidal Basin the Holocaust Museum and back down the National Mall past the Smithsonian Castle, the Hirschorn Art Museum, the Air Space Museum and the American Indian Museum.

I am so lucky to have such an interesting running route! Of course this time of year we have to share it with thousands of tourists and school tour groups! Of course I guess you could say it is good training for running in big races with a crowded field!

Did a quick 5 after a good workout in the weight room. Got to get that upper body ready for swim suit season! :-)

Worked out in the weight room then did a quick 4 miler.

Post-race recovery run today. Nice & easy!

Tapering for the Frederick (MD) Half Marathon on Sunday May 6.

Teleworking today so I got to run from home and do the rolling hills of Maryland. Beautiful weather - sunny & in the 60's.

I am trying again to post my recap of the Frederick (MD) Half Marathon I ran yesterday. Starting where I left off... The race started promptly at 7 AM and the weather was great - it was misty & cool for the first 6 miles – in the low 60’s. Then the mist lifted but it stayed cool. After the first mile’s craziness, I found and ran with the 1:40 pace group for about 8 miles. Since my goal was to break 1:40, I pulled ahead of them around mile 9 and kept them behind me for the rest of the race. The race course is very nice - much better than when I ran it last in 2008. We toured the historic downtown area and then went through some beautiful old residential areas and around a park with a nice little lake. It wasn’t too hilly – but there was a challenging hill in the final mile before you finished with a lap around the horse racing track at the fairgrounds to finish right in front of the grandstand full of cheering spectators.. I carried a gel pack pinned inside my shorts - vanilla with caffeine. I felt myself starting to fade a little at the 9 mile mark. So I pulled out my gel and ate it. What a nice power boost it gave me! I could myself accelerate. I came across the finish line with a gun time of 1:40:01 & a chip time of 1:39:57. So I made my goal of breaking 1:40 - barely. I finished 3rd in my age group (2nd place was less than a minute ahead of me). There were 4,009 finishers. I was 236th overall and was the 193th male finisher. My Garmin watch kept my splits and I am proud to say that my fastest mile was Mile 13! The finisher's medal is very nice and they gave everyone a really nice warm-up jacket. One other nice stat - at the 8 mile mark I was in 261st place – which means I passed 25 people in the last 5 miles. That’s my report – next big race is the Baltimore 10 Miler on June 16.
Marc Wolfson 5/7/12 1:14 pmNice race report...like to see more of those on here.
Richard Stiller 5/7/12 1:27 pm Marc, this is great and ties in well with one of my planned tips. Hope you don't mind if I use your race feedback as an example. Richard is right! We need to see more of this type of information on our site. Keep up the great running.
Barry Anderson 5/8/12 9:05 am Barry You are more than welcome to use my experience in one of your tips. Thanks for asking!
Marc Wolfson 5/8/12 11:03 am reply to comment

My Race Recap continued: it was misty
Marc Wolfson 5/7/12 11:54 amYou really got my interest going Marc...can't wait to hear the rest of the story. Are you having a technical problem with your posting?
Barry Anderson 5/7/12 12:26 pm I want to read more too...I am having our webmaster figure out why it cut you off...it is being fixed now!
Bob Anderson 5/7/12 12:32 pm it looks like some characters from copy/paste on a Mac, can you try clicking on the red button at the top left of ujena fit club home page, which reads "Personal Updates and Comments" then put the race recap in the box at the very top that reads Click here to post your comment... - then we can see what you are posting. thanks!
Waitman Gobble 5/7/12 1:07 pm reply to comment

Yesterday, I did the Frederick Half Marathon. This is the third time I have run this race, but the last time was 4 years ago. Here is a race day recap that only fellow runners would appreciate reading. I got up at 3:50 AM, had a light breakfast and left for Frederick at 4:30. I was parked at the county fairgrounds at 5:30. I did my pre-race routine potty break, muscle massage with my roller "stick" and meditation/breathing relaxation with my I-pod. The race started promptly at 7 AM and the weather was great - it was misty.
Marc Wolfson 5/7/12 11:52 am reply to comment

Also thank you for the $50!! It is certainly positive motivation to keep posting my daily workouts! Running is a big part of my life
Marc Wolfson 4/17/12 12:50 pmYou are welcome...we issue $50 per week just as long as you workout and posted each day...would have been $100 if you were a 2-star or above member...good to have you on our team!!
Bob Anderson 4/19/12 5:04 pm congrats!!!
Shari Mernett 4/21/12 7:34 am reply to comment

Thank you for the Award Certificate
Marc Wolfson 4/17/12 12:47 pm reply to comment

Good luck in the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler April 1st...I have always wanted to run this one!
Bob Anderson 3/27/12 8:49 amYes, the Cherry Blossom is truly one of the great East Coast races. Bill Rodgers still comes down every year for it.
Marc Wolfson 3/27/12 12:44 pm reply to comment

Marc, good to have you part of the Ujena Fit Club. That's cool that you started reading Runner's World in 1975. Our computer found a lot of your races. Check to make sure we didn't make any mistakes and add those that are missing. Keep us posted on your workouts...Bob
Bob Anderson 3/26/12 10:28 pm reply to comment

Wk #	Log Date	Entry Type	Actual	Day Avg	Wk Tot	Wk Points	Acc Pnts
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