Kip Accomplishments, July 2018 Edition

Vacation always goes by far too quickly.

Anyway, we're back now, and we've got some accomplishments to share.

This past weekend, Tanya Senanayake, who just rocked the Vermont City Marathon, finished the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon as a training run for this fall's Chicago Marathon.

Cheers!

Tanya Senanayke

In other accomplishment news, I just competed in the Bluemont 5K, hosted by DC Road Runners.

I've talked about the benefits of joining a running club before, and I'll just reiterate that point here.  These races are free for club members (this is a perk specifically for DC Road Runners; I can't speak for other clubs), and they offer great training structure and easy ways to enhance weekly speed workouts by, you know, sponsoring some 5K races.  As always, the competition is strong enough to make these races worthwhile for runners of all ability levels and at all ages.

Look at these times!

Joseph P. Fisher

For my part, I'm still eyeing a December marathon, and in the meantime, I'm hoping to climb off of this six-minute plateau that I've inhabited for the first part of this year.  Still, I was pleased with last night's run.

Onto the next one!

A Great Day of Sunday Racing

This past Sunday found Coach Komen competing in the Pike's Peek 10K, while I ran as part of a four-leg marathon relay team in Oceanport, New Jersey at the New Jersey Marathon.

Wilson logged an excellent third place finish in the masters division.

My relay team, The Shooter McGavins, finished seventh overall and just had a blast running together as family.  Me, my brother, my brother-in-law, and his girlfriend all worked together to log a combined 3:26:24 finishing time.  It was a great day all around.

And now the summer is approaching.  Thank goodness!

Get out there.  The weather is beautiful.

Racing Dual: Pike's Peek 10K and New Jersey Marathon Relay

April 29, 2018 will be an active day for representatives of Coach Kiprunning.

Wilson Komen will be participating in the Pike's Peek 10K, while I will be running as a member of a relay team for the New Jersey Marathon Relay.

Our team name: The Shooter McGavins.

@ShooterMcGavin_, I just registered a 4-person relay team for the @NJMarathon. Our team name is The Shooter McGavins. Do you have training tips?

— Joseph P. Fisher (@JosephPFisher1) March 9, 2018

We've written about the New Jersey Marathon before.  It's a great race--moderately sized and pancake flat.  The weather can swing either way fairly dramatically, but for the most part, the temperatures are perfect for long distance running.

I suppose you might be wondering why our relay team took its name from the worst sports villain in all of movie history.  I honestly can't say.  The naming duties fell to me, and I am notoriously bad at naming things.  (This might be why I do not have children.)

Beyond that, we will be at the shore, home of lobsters.

Also, there's the fact that, at one point in the past, when I was having a little trouble putting together solid marathon training, I told my wife that I was just like Shooter McGavin: I couldn't get my hands on a jacket.


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Outside of those things, there isn't much of a connection. We're nice people.

Keep up with this blog for updates throughout this exciting week!