October 6 -10: Fripp Fest 5K & World Wide Festival of Races 1/2 Marathon

Today, I ran 2 races at once: The Fripp Island 5K and the World Wide Festival of Races, 1/2 Marathon. Here are some pictures from Flickr and a race report follows:


I won this 5K last time I ran it, but I saw several runners at the beginning of the race that I knew were very likely going to run faster than I can. I ran on this wonderful nearly tropical island with palmetto trees and aligators (a 78 year old male golfer lost an arm to one this week). I ran the 5K in 24:57. After finishing the 5K, I immediately headed out to add 10 more. I ran to Hunting Island and returned. The weather was in the mid 70's with clear skies. I saw dolphins in the water between the islands as I crossed the bridge. The rest of the run was uneventful, but I did fear that the the 5K start could have helped me start the 1/2 marathon much too strong. But, I finished; tired but I did it.

Podcast Listening

Accident Hash

• Old Friends Rocking Out

Phedippidations

• Fdip207: Chi-Running

Fitness Rocks

• Poverty and Your Health

Cranky Geeks

• Episode 187: Windows 7 is Imminent, Verizon Hooks Up With Android, AT&T to Lose iPhone Exclusivity?, and more...  

This American Life

• 137: The Book That Changed Your Life
  
  
  [–]    137: The Book That Changed Your Life
  
  Stories of people who believe a book changed their life. It's a romantic notion, and one reason we believe it is because we want to believe our lives can be changed by something so simple as an idea — or a set of ideas contained in a book.
  

IT Conversations

• Michael Lopp - A Brief History of Software 
• Matt Drance - Cocoa Programming   
• Christopher Allen - iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK? 
  Need to check out PhoneGap (Open source cross platform mobile development)
• Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon - I Hate People 
• David Kessler - The End of Overeating 
  

Exercise Data

October 10, 2009: Fripp Island, SC Fripp Fest 5K/World Wide Festival of Races 13.1
`	Distance:	13.1 Miles
	Time:	2:05:53 5K in 24:57
	Heart Rate:	160
	Pace:	9:36
	Weather:	Clear Temperature-79° Humidity-83%
	Route

October 9, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.31 Miles
Time:	1:00:59
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:39
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-78° Humidity-84%

October 8, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	8:05 Miles
Time:	1:14:26
Heart Rate:	140
Pace:	9:14
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-64° Humidity-78%

October 6, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	29:01
Heart Rate:	135
Pace:	9:35
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-63° Humidity-94%
YMCA, Birmingham, AL Swim
Distance:	600 Yards
Time:	15:08