Paleo Dan

On January 1st of this year,I set a pseudo 5K PR of 29:39.89. I call it a “pseudo PR” because my actual 5K PR, as you can see over on the right, was a 29:16 in 2006. The thing is, though, that I was 40 pounds lighter in 2006 when I set that PR. According [...]

Another 5K, another PR… sort of. The Hair of the Dog 5k is a New Year’s Day race. To allow for the previous night’s festivities, the start wasn’t until 10 AM. That was mighty nice of the organizers. I went into this 5K with a goal of 30 minutes or better. The big problem with [...]

I dislike hills. I dislike standing around in the cold on those hills waiting for races to start. I much prefer my home turf down at the Beach where an elevation gain of 10′ over the 5K is a big climb. The wife and I are in Mount Airy, North Carolina with our three kids [...]

Over a year ago, I ran a 5K in 37 minutes and 42 seconds. I don’t recall how much I weighed at the time, but I do remember that I had not trained at all for it. I may have been lifting weights for a few weeks, but that’s about it. Of course, my time [...]

The last 5K I ran was the Pam Edwards Memorial Scholarship Run at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens back in July of 2008. I finished last in my age group with a (chip) time of 37:42. I recall that I had to do quite a bit of walking intermixed with the running. In fact, I’ve run [...]

OK, this is not exactly a race report… not after 3 years. This is just a post for me to store the results of that race so I don’t have to track them down on the Active.com site.