Mini 15 Km: layers up and run!

Today (March 15th 2015) was the annual Heart Mini Run, to collect funds for the American Heart Association (AHA).  Marc, Matt and I (Carine) registered for the 15K run. It was my first long run after this cold and snowing winter. I didn’t train much outside. The Flying Pig half marathon is coming soon, (first weekend of May) this race is going to be my training for the half marathon. The weather was cold (I would have preferred staying home), so I had to motivate myself in doing it. 

7.30am the race started, the 5th street, in downtown Cincinnati,was packed! I was zigzagging between runners and walkers to find my way. After reaching 10k, I started to feel tired but I had to keep going and climbing these big hills. I already ran 2/3 of the race, only 5K left, almost there! The last big hill was tough but I made it. After crossing the finish line, it felt really good to stop running J  I checked my time later after the race and I was quite happy about it; I ran 15k in 1:29:06; which is a good pace for me. 

Even though the weather was cold (1C degree), I had a great time with my friends and teammates! I am looking forward for the next race. Go Jovent 79!

Winter is not over....indoor training for a bit longer!!

After getting flavors of spring the time of a trail run and long ride, we are now back to the real winter. It is cold and we got quite a lot of snow during the last week...we all try to enjoy as much as possible that making snowmen.

 Aside, the winter "fun", we are adapting the best we can the training to get the best of our indoor time. We are keeping the swim session alternating between pyramid - sprint set - technique session.

Our main issue so far is the run....It's really hard to keep a good volume of running and motivation with this long winter. To get back on the run, we are adapting now our training to stay indoor while running...using the elliptical and treadmill.

 I used to feel really dizzy at the end of this training, but it seems to get better...2 or 3 more weeks and we should be good to get back outdoor

Congratulation Matt! Jovent79 4th at the Topo Trail Running Series

Last weekend the 2015 Topo Trail Run Series finished after 6 races.

The last one was on Sunday 21 of February 2015 at  England Idlewild Park in Burlington, KY at 10:00am.  The start was at the mountain bike trailhead and was along the mountain bike trails.  Two options for the runners: one loop (6.2 miles) and  2 loop (12.4 miles) option.

Our Trail Runner Matt Sertorio was in 3^rd position in the long series but due the weather (huge snow storm) in Cincinnati he couldn’t arrive at the starting line. Without him at the race (he got 0 points) he finished 4^th at the Long Course Series.

Here you can find the table: Results

Congratulations for this incredible final position! We are so proud of you Matt for all your effort during all winter, running with this cold weather, sometimes with snow and freezing temperatures!

Good job Matt

From Triatlo Jovent 79 we want to give our thanks to Brian and all the Topo Adventure Team for the fantastic organization of the Topo Trail Series.

http://www.topoadventuresports.org

Waiting for the Summer!