View of Mt. Luken from the Sunset Trail.  12/17/11

Kraken

September 25 - October 2, 2011 Training

Sunday 9-25-11 

Griffith Park, Mt. Lee 

Distance: 13.36 mi 

Time: 2:28:32 

Avg Pace: 11:07 min/mi 

Elevation Gain: 2,264 ft 

Better than expected run. Have not run over 10 miles in 23 days. Was surprisingly fresh. Happy to know strength up with shorter runs. 

Monday 9-26-11 

Elysian Trail 

Distance: 4.58 mi 

Time: 48:02 

Avg Pace: 10:29 min/mi 

Elevation Gain: 519 ft 

Recovery run. Not a ton of energy.  

Tuesday 9-27-11

Distance:	2.70 mi
Time:	26:11
Avg Pace:	9:42 min/mi
Elevation Gain:	122 ft

  

Road run.  Tested new CEP compression calf sleeves.  Seemed interesting, not sure what it's doing yet.  Had a PF acute pain in rt foot.  I think the scar tissue broke again.

Thursday 9-29-11

Distance:	5.39 mi
Time:	50:41
Avg Pace:	9:24 min/mi
Elevation Gain:	550 ft

Back on the trails. Trial #2 for CEP calf sleeves. Conclusion is that I will reserve them for recovery only. Lost some stability in the knees with them on while running. New trail socks trial (Asics trabuco wool qtr.) worked fantastic. I thought that road and trail socks would perform similarly, but was converted.  Less pressure in the sock toebox.

Friday 9-30-11

3.5 miles total.  Ran 1 mile to see how "fast" I could do it.  Ran 7:13 on the dirt into a headwind.  Thought I could run 3 of these, turns out, 1 is enough.  Interesting training though.

Saturday 10-1-11

Distance:	10.55 mi
Time:	2:27:25
Avg Pace:	13:58 min/mi
Elevation Gain:	2,710 ft

Sunday 10-2-11 Distance: 9.22 mi Time: 2:01:20 Avg Pace:  13:10min/mi ElevationGain: 1,966 ft

Words to live by

Do Less More

Life

Holcomb 33 Miler!

Hoka One One Mafate

http://www.hokaoneone.com/en/d/mafate-men_82.html

Have run in these four times now, and love the "Maximal"-ness of them. I am a convert to the Hoka!

New John Wye Belt

http://jonwye.com/default/belts/graphic-belts/zombies-in-the-wild-west.html

From LA Craft Fair.
Zombies!

140 Mile May 2011

Happy to be back close to 150 for the month. I hope to continue this trend the rest of the year.

The Girls 2011

Pasadena Marathon 2011 results

Marathon
Runner Details Race Results
Bib: 1361
Name: Brian Tomita
Gender: M
Age: 37
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Overall: 513 out of 868
Men: 403 out of 621
M 35-39: 67 out of 95
Age/Grade: 42.97% Place: 646
Finish: 4:51:52 Pace: 11:08
Tag Time: 4:51:52
Gun Time: 4:56:14
Split Times
5 Km: 41:27 Pace: 13:21
10 Km: 1:21:16 Pace: 13:05
9.8 Mi: 2:07:33 Pace: 13:01
15 Mi: 3:00:12 Pace: 12:01
20.8 Mi: 3:58:12 Pace: 11:28

Race Results

http://www.athlinks.com/myresultsadv.aspx

New training idea.

Try to run my fastest 5K every week. One 5K once a week and track times.

Instead of tempo runs.

It's Today!!!

I am thankful and grateful and excited about today!

Asha 5K 2008 Video

My first official "race" on September 13, 2008. I stopped smoking on July 28, 2008 and started running. Since that race, I have run several 10K's, one 15K, 2 Half Marathons, one Los Angeles Ragnar Relay, Surf City Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, and Honolulu Marathon. Never would have imagined this. I am so happy and grateful to have found running.

Run!

Just finished Dean's new book. Favorite quote is..." One today is better than ten tomorrows."

Another good one is..."As Winston Churchill advised, "If you are going through hell, keep going.""

Suffering

"The fire of suffering becomes the light of consciousness."

Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth

Monrovia Canyon Trail

MCT

Just bought an annual pass to the Monrovia Canyon Trails. So happy.