Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Flash Back Friday!
Here we go again!
Remember this time last year?
Tonight I'm resting up for year two of the Haunted Half!
Training has went okay. Had some good long runs, and increased my speed work. It was a slow start after the Bluegrass Half in September. But overall there has been more training throughout the year.
This week was a busy one at work, but I did manage to finish my last week of training. We entertained the Paul Ryan Victory Rally at work this week. That translates to a lot of meetings with Secret Service, a lot of "secret" meetings, early mornings, and late nights. It was a very successful event.
After the rally rolled out of town I started fueling, hydrating, and resting.
The last dinner was another great spaghetti and meatballs from my favorite Machiavelli's!
Now off to bed, to rest tomorrow, and run my little heart out! In costume of course!
Stay tuned for an update!
Remember this time last year?
Tonight I'm resting up for year two of the Haunted Half!
Training has went okay. Had some good long runs, and increased my speed work. It was a slow start after the Bluegrass Half in September. But overall there has been more training throughout the year.
This week was a busy one at work, but I did manage to finish my last week of training. We entertained the Paul Ryan Victory Rally at work this week. That translates to a lot of meetings with Secret Service, a lot of "secret" meetings, early mornings, and late nights. It was a very successful event.
After the rally rolled out of town I started fueling, hydrating, and resting.
The last dinner was another great spaghetti and meatballs from my favorite Machiavelli's!
Now off to bed, to rest tomorrow, and run my little heart out! In costume of course!
Stay tuned for an update!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
It was Jennie, in the shower, with the shave cream!
Yep, that is the answer to yesterday's murder accident mystery.
Yesterday morning in the shower I dropped the shave cream canister as I was placing it back on the shelf (above my head).
It slipped and bounced on the shower floor.
I "jumped" and moved my foot, in hopes of it not hitting my toe, SUCCESS!
The canister did not hit my toe BUT it did bounce back and hit my knee. Like the soft part between the knee cap and that bottom leg bone.
The injured spot immediately whelped up, red and blue. I got out of the hot shower quickly so I could ice it but now have a nice knot on my knee and bruise.
Yet, I did run 5+/- miles last night and it did not deter me. Awesome!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Voice Tournament of Champions: Team Coach Selections
Here is the video of us making our Team Coach selections for the Bonus Kicker!
A bottle cap was flipped this past weekend, I got to chose first.
Doug did present with me with an option to take his first second round picks in the individual selections process for my first Coach pick. I opted to stick with my first selection of Team Coach.
Recapping:
Jennie has Team Ceelo and Team Adam.
Doug has Team Christina and Team Blake.
A bottle cap was flipped this past weekend, I got to chose first.
Doug did present with me with an option to take his first second round picks in the individual selections process for my first Coach pick. I opted to stick with my first selection of Team Coach.
Recapping:
Jennie has Team Ceelo and Team Adam.
Doug has Team Christina and Team Blake.
Announcement: The 2012 Barron Household The Voice Tournament of Champions
For season three of The Voice we have decided to have a tournament of champions in our household.
It will play out as follows:
After the teams of 16 are cut in half, we will chose our teams. Number of team members is yet to be decided.
First pick will be determined by best two out of three, coin or bottle cap clip.
Selections will be done using the "snake method" of picking.
Grand Prize is a Saturday of the Winner's choice.
Kicker: We will chose two Team Coaches. If your coach wins the entire Season Three, then you get a $100 bonus.
It will play out as follows:
After the teams of 16 are cut in half, we will chose our teams. Number of team members is yet to be decided.
First pick will be determined by best two out of three, coin or bottle cap clip.
Selections will be done using the "snake method" of picking.
Grand Prize is a Saturday of the Winner's choice.
Kicker: We will chose two Team Coaches. If your coach wins the entire Season Three, then you get a $100 bonus.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Bluegrass Half Marathon 2012
In an effort to prepare myself for the eventual 26.2, I am increasing the number of 13.1's I run. Also, in preparation for beating my 2011 Haunted Half time, I registered for the Bluegrass Half Marathon.
Okay, enough defending my reasoning!
Training went well enough. I had a few long runs, a lot of speed work, and one week of no runs. Thank you sinus infection!
Race week I felt good. I stressed about the elevation for a day or so, then told myself that it was no where near as difficult as The Varmint. After that I was ready.
Until 5:30 AM on race day! That is the worst! It is always when I am dragging my lazy butt out of bed that I think to myself "this was a HORRIBLE idea!" But this time I was picking Kristen up. We'd decided to ride to Johnson City together, so I HAD TO GO! I zombie'd around and made my way to McDonald's where they never can figure out "black coffee iced one creamer." Then on to get Kristen.
We had no traffic into Johnson City and parked fairly easily. Then it was time to find pre race bathrooms. There were no port-o-potties to be found at the start/finish line, so we waited in line inside the Carnegie. This took us the majority of our thirty minute pre race stretch time. I then got a sweet phone call from my wonderful husband wishing me well, always nice to hear his encouragement!
Then it was time to make our way into the pack of other crazy people and off we went! It was a chilly morning so we'd wore "sock arm warmers" to knock the chill off.
The route was a very pretty one. Through the VA campus, ETSU's campus, the tree streets, university parkway, return through ETSU, and onto the finish.
Mile 1-7ish were great. My goal had been to keep sub 10 minute miles for the first 6 miles. That felt great, so I attempted to keep it up as long as possible. Mile 7 I started to feel the difference in a 10 minute mile and a 10:30. Then came the more complicated hills. Miles 9 and 10 really slowed me down. Then I tried to pick it back up for the last few.
Normally I don't hang out for the post race events. But this time we opted to check it out! Kristen and I enjoyed all the race foods and even got leg massages. It was a great after party! I think in the future I might check a few more after parties out!
Overall I had a great run, and great experience at the Blue Grass Half Marathon. I'm already looking forward to next year!
Okay, enough defending my reasoning!
Training went well enough. I had a few long runs, a lot of speed work, and one week of no runs. Thank you sinus infection!
Race week I felt good. I stressed about the elevation for a day or so, then told myself that it was no where near as difficult as The Varmint. After that I was ready.
Until 5:30 AM on race day! That is the worst! It is always when I am dragging my lazy butt out of bed that I think to myself "this was a HORRIBLE idea!" But this time I was picking Kristen up. We'd decided to ride to Johnson City together, so I HAD TO GO! I zombie'd around and made my way to McDonald's where they never can figure out "black coffee iced one creamer." Then on to get Kristen.
We had no traffic into Johnson City and parked fairly easily. Then it was time to find pre race bathrooms. There were no port-o-potties to be found at the start/finish line, so we waited in line inside the Carnegie. This took us the majority of our thirty minute pre race stretch time. I then got a sweet phone call from my wonderful husband wishing me well, always nice to hear his encouragement!
Then it was time to make our way into the pack of other crazy people and off we went! It was a chilly morning so we'd wore "sock arm warmers" to knock the chill off.
Here I am around mile 1 rocking my sweet arm warmers!
Mile 1-7ish were great. My goal had been to keep sub 10 minute miles for the first 6 miles. That felt great, so I attempted to keep it up as long as possible. Mile 7 I started to feel the difference in a 10 minute mile and a 10:30. Then came the more complicated hills. Miles 9 and 10 really slowed me down. Then I tried to pick it back up for the last few.
Still having fun at mile 2!
Look at these fast splits!
How about a strong finish ladies and gentleman!
Normally I don't hang out for the post race events. But this time we opted to check it out! Kristen and I enjoyed all the race foods and even got leg massages. It was a great after party! I think in the future I might check a few more after parties out!
Oh and P.S. I should mention that I did have a lucky bib number! It was my brother's lucky soccer number - thanks brother!
Kingsport Oktoberfest 2012
It was Oktoberfest. Not much more to say so I'll leave you with these:
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| What Oktoberfest is about! |
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| Pretty early in the day. |
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| We found the photo booth! |
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| Embracing the hairstyle of Oktoberfest! |
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| Another trip into the photo booth! |
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| Last meal before the Blue Grass Half! |
Elton John and his band concert
Mom and I were lucky enough to score two tickets and dinner to see the legend himself ELTON JOHN and his band!!! So of course we went!
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| The tickets! |
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| My beautiful Mother marking a wish off her bucket list! |
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| We are happy girls! |
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| The seats - great view! |
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| He's still got it! |
Bristol Rhythm and Roots 5k
Bristol Rhythm and Roots is one of our favorite weekends of the year!
This 5k is the first 5k I ran Doug drug me through. So if at all possible I like to run it, just to keep a yearly tab on my progress.
If you recall I was sick for some time before this race, remember my Eastman Road Race - no race?! Yeah, I was sick for about 10 days before the BRRR 5k.
Unfortunately, Doug opted out of running it this year. But I found my friend Amy and we ran together. She is faster than me (A LOT FASTER) but is pregnant and under doctor's orders has to watch her heart rate. I thought this would be a good time for slow poke Jennie to have a great pacer!
It worked out well!
Our first mile was great at 9:04! FAST FOR ME! It even felt good! Amy and I chatted for a bit and probably drove some other runners mad. But no one tripped us, so that was good!
Mile two was just as great at 9:29. There might have been a decent hill in there to slow us down!
We looped around by the start line about mile 1.8ish and Mickey Baker snapped this photo of us! See we were still smiling!
I'm now disappointed to say that I did walk for about 50 seconds around mile 2.4. I mean come on, I was about finished. But the combination of "hacking a hair ball" and no water stations just got to me.
After that small recovery period I went on to finish strong and walk away with a 29:26 5k! My best BRRR 5k yet!
And I got this nice email from SFTC:
Thanks for taking part in the Bristol Rhythm & Roots 5K.
Here is your finish place, time and pace:
Jennie Barron
Place: 287
Time: 29:33
Pace: 9:31
Age Group Place: 25
out of Age Group Total: 49
Full results are now posted at www.runtricities.org
Here is your finish place, time and pace:
Jennie Barron
Place: 287
Time: 29:33
Pace: 9:31
Age Group Place: 25
out of Age Group Total: 49
Full results are now posted at www.runtricities.org
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