Marines, Submarining, and Semper Fi Fund

MARINES:

Latest update is a PR for the Chest Puller 5K. The race is run by folks at Smith Gym on Henderson Hall and I always have fun in these races. The race honors Lt. Gen Chest Puller and the 26^th was his actual Birthday…Ooh Rah!

 
I was very relaxed and did a quick jog of about a half mile before the start. My goal was to run as close to a 7min/mi as possible. First mile is relatively flat and I settled down and ran a 7:15. The second mile include running partially down Ft. Whipple Hill and then running back up past the Ft Myer Old Post Chapel and I maintained my 7:15 pace. Mile 3, running along the Arlington National Cemetery western wall I really felt good and kicked in and ran a final mile in 6:26. This tied my PR for this distance and PR for this race of a 20:50 or 6:51/mile

 
I’m never going to be able to catch the speedy Marines that run the races but it is always a test and I was really pleased on how I finished.

 
Submarining:

My first Tri on Sunday…just going to go out and have some fun…

 
Semper Fi Fund:

I received a great note from the Community Athlete coordinator of Semper Fi Fund, that they put together a Facebook post about me https://www.facebook.com/groups/562143307141552/?ref=ts&fref=ts.

 

So I'm going to do Tri....

I am signed up for the Tri for the Environment at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) on the Rhode River in Edgewater, MD. http://www.triannapolis.org/events?eventId=641561&EventViewMode=EventDetails

800 m swim, 10 mile bike and a 5K run... Bobbi is doing this one too. I am pretty sure she will beat me out of the water...since I will have beat the water into submission and then bike and run.