Training Run with Amol Saxena
Getting ready for Ave of the Giants Half Sunday
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The year is flying by. Hard to believe it is already May 1st. Got together with Amol for a training run near where he lives...Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA. I am getting ready for race number 20. This Sunday I am running the Ave of the Giants Half Marathon up in the Redwoods. We are staying in Ferndale. Amol had just gotten back from the National Duathlons Championships (bike and running event) and he placed in the top 18 qualifying him to attend the World Championships in France. Amol has been running nearly 40 years...he started when he was 10. He has told me that running saved his life. This paved trail is only about four miles from my house but I had not run it before last Sunday with Mike. When we filmed the Tompkins twins a couple months back I didn't run this part of their course. A lot of beautiful running... I had already run three miles with Mike in the morning but it was nice to get in a few more miles with Amol. I have known Amol since he was 17. He worked for Runner's World before he went to college, studied medicine and became a well respected foot doctor. Mike got some good running footage for "A Long Run." Photos by Michael Anderson Amol and his wife Karen put on an 8k race each year called the Juana Run that starts near Gunn High School. Just watched some of the video footage Michael got...it is good. We are getting tons of good footage...and Amol's story is amazing!
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Race 19 The Great Race 4 Miler
Point to Point race from Saratoga to Los Gatos CA
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
It was a perfect morning for racing. Ran 27:10 which was a 6:47/mile pace. Didn't feel as good as I was hoping but better than last week. Warming up before the start. I have run this race more than 10 times. I have run under 24 minutes in the past. But that was back a lot of years. Honor and Shelley run this race a lot too. Honor has beaten me the last two years including this year. She ran 26:42 which is over 90% age-graded. I am sure it was the best performance of the day! We met Jason (1259) in Carlsbad. He ran 25:33 today. He was hoping to do better. His friend behind him (white shirt 504), Zacharias Martinez ran 23:04. He is just 11 years old. It was good to see Bill Dunaway there. He worked for me at Runner's World and I had not seen him in over 25 years. These kids are fast. Jason's father (Alex) is the coach. Mike, me and Waitman. Catherine taking the photo. We all leave next Friday for Ave of the Giants Half Marathon up in the redwoods. I need a longer race. These short ones are just not doing it for me. Photos by Catherine Cross Photo by Waitman Ujena Fit Club
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