Run for Your Life 10k

The SF Full Marathon is 1wk away. Like everyone on our team, I've been tapering the distance over the last week or so - allows the body to recover from training in advance of the race. However it's good training to include short, fast runs during the taper. So I ran the "Run for Your Life" 10k around Stanford University campus, in support of Stanford Hospital Emergency Medicine.

Fastest 10k of the season for me: 48:30. A 10k is 6.22mi, so this finish time corresponds to 7:48 min/mile. My 1/2 marathon pace last Sunday was 8:15 min/mi.

I ran this race in honor of my good friend Rob who was recently diagnosed. I learned of his battle just this past week. Fortunately the prognosis is excellent. In addition he has a super attitude - will kick his cancer's butt. Rob - today's PR was for you and I'll be thinking of you when I have to dig deep around mile 22 or so next Sunday!