Summer running, brunching and friends…what a marvelous weekend! Let’s recap a bit, shall we? Hope your weekend was fantastic too.
I decided to do some back to back long-ish running this weekend (including 2 races!) so I started things off with 10 miles early Saturday. I got a good glimpse of the sunrise before heading out to race number 1…a 5k out in Lewisville.
So my run club was scheduled to do the Cobra Brewing 5k which started right around 9:30 a.m. I got there early, grabbed my race swag and lined up to the start. Nothing like running on some tired legs! My legs were a bit worn out from a strong week of higher mileage so I had no intention of a PR. But my friend Valerie told me she wanted to run under 25 minutes for a personal best so I decided to pace her a bit. I actually have never paced anyone for a 5k so it was kind of tough! Went out way to fast in the beginning but reigned it in and finished solid with a 24:35 time. Not bad for running 10 miles a couple of hours beforehand. 13.1 done for the day.
I got a sweet mug, some cerveza (totally not a beer gal but one of the concoctions I tried was decent!) and an age group win. Actually…Valerie, myself and Ben all took home 2nd in our perspective groups. Win win. Go team Irving Running Club.
After the run I took it pretty easy…had dinner with a girlfriend while we watched The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Hilarious stuff.
Sunday was The Hottest Half marathon day! I actually made a vow to myself after last year that I would NEVER run this race ever again. Well apparently I broke that vow after being peer pressured to run it for fun. HA. This race is always so brutally hot and such a beat down. It’s also usually where I run my worst half marathon times of the calendar year. So as you can imagine I was not super excited to run it but just in time we had a a nice cool down in temps that weekend. So it was around the 70s that morning climbing up to the 80s towards the finish. Not terrible but not amazing running weather either.
We started about 15 minutes late in typical Mellew fashion (the directors of the race). The course is fairly flat with one steep incline towards mile 11 or so. But I loved the views of the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge and we get a nice shot of the skyline on the Trinity Trail.
There’s also a nice little rocky/trail part that is unpaved which I didn’t love since it slowed my pace down a bit. I had to make up for lost time after we left that portion but for the most part my splits stayed within the 8/9 minute range. I was proud of myself for staying more consistent this time. And way faster than last year’s 2:18 finish. Praise baby Jesus.
Decent finish especially considering the fact that I ran so many miles this week! My body still felt really good and I attribute that to lots of cross training, massage therapy and TLC lately.
Post race yumminess…brunch at Ascension Coffee.
And lattes and mimosas for everyone! Heck yes.
13.1 number 29 is done! I guess I had better run one more half marathon before the end of this year so I can hit 30. Because, why not?
Oh and cheers to a 60 mile running week. I’m all fired up and ready to rock these next few weeks leading up to 26.2 number 21.
How was your weekend? Have you done a hot & or humid summer race this year?
thedancingrunner 
Wow you are a running machine!! How do you do it?? AND with that humidity and heat? You go, girl! Oh and that brunch looks right up my alley!
It really hit the spot! I love cold breakfasts after a steamy run! And thank you…I have some great running friends that keep me motivated!!!
Super-awesome-amazing. That’s what you are. Praise the baby jesus is my all time favorite catch phrase. Great running!!
Aw why thanks so much!! You have been killing it with the training lately too! Have a great week!
at least the medal was cute 🙂 great time! thats going to be my goal time for my race in september…your breakfast bowl looks so good!!!!
Sweet! Yeah I may run another half before the end of the year…we shall see! The race calendar is filling up!!!
Great job surviving the heat while racing!
Thanks!! It’s always more fun when you have a posse with you!
Nice work! I thought about signing up for the Hottest Half but… then I didn’t. HA!
My running club had its first run of the fall training season on Saturday! Eight humid and hilly miles with them, then I enjoyed 6 relatively cool miles Sunday. It was a great weekend for running!
I did the Too Hot to Handle 15k earlier this summer, that was about the longest distance I wanted to do. I will be running the Tour des Fleurs 20k in September, that is hot and humid every year.
Sounds great girl! Happy running!
My slowest Half was, instead of the hottest half, the Hypothermic Half in February. It was run on snow, in maybe -10 Celsius weather (not considered cold in this neck of the woods). I had a brutal race. Man, that was a long time ago!
Oh my goodness! That does sound hardcore!
Holy crap, that’s a lot of miles in one weekend! And that half time is awesome!
Hey thanks so much!! I’m happy with it considering the humid sticky conditions! I’ll just wait till it’s cooler to get back to my sub 2’s 😉
Wow… Hot race. Great work with the hat mileage and the conditions!
That brunch looks delicious. lattes and mimosas sound like a lot of fun!
Woot woot!!
Well done! You get much better bling than us too!
Yeah that’s probably the best part about this race…well that and the adult refreshment!
Well-said!
🙂 🙂
O.M.G!!! Of course you ran the Hottest Half!! Lol- at least you get some cooler temps this week! Thank god for that 🙂
Yes thank you sweet Jesus!! Today’s weather especially has been so wonderful!
congratulations Chelsea on another amazing race weekend! a paced 5k after a 10 mile run and a hottest half marathon! congrats on half 29!
Hey thanks so much bro! I really appreciate it!! It was a fun weekend!