Jordan's ALC Voyage

From June 3-9, 2012, I will be riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for the LA Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

I ride for two reasons. I first learned of the ALC during my on-going fitness journey, and thought it would be a great challenge. Then I started raising money and realized that my fitness journey had brought me here for a reason. It is time for me to make a difference, and help raise money for an important cause.

I ride to make a change in this world for the better. I ride because I can. I ride for those who can't.

Please sponsor me at: http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/music2mychakras

Sunday, March 11, 2012

All kinds of PRs

I forgot to post my 5k PR last week!  25:51 course time!  8:20 pace.  Who knew?

And then today's half marathon, blown out of the water.  Finished in 2:08:14 -- and considering I was hoping to do a 2:20 finish, that means I shaved a minute off each mile from my expected time.  Wow.

http://runkeeper.com/user/music2mychakras/activity/74833557

Noteworthy moments from the race:
Seeing Julia and Alla at the start line
The guy at mile 0.1 with the sign:  "Only 13.0 miles to go!"
Dropping (And breaking) my sunglasses at mile 0.2, and carrying them in my hand the entire remaining distance.
The sign "A half marathon is really just a 5k, with a 10 mile warm up"
The 8 year old kid with the sign "Come on, even I can run 10 miles"
The guy with the sign "Hurry up Melissa, this sign is getting heavy"
The guy with the sign "Worst Parade Ever"
Running up Washington St without a break, past lots of people who stopped to walk.
Running past Kim on the sidelines, putting my arms in the air for a picture, and hearing "That was an awesome picture!  I'll email it to you!"
Crossing mile 11 and realizing... this is officially the longest distance I've ever run... and I ain't done yet!
Two cool girls I met at mile 11, who were also doing their first half marathon, and were equally surprised to find that they were sub-2:10 pace.
Shoe coming untied at mile 12.9 (D'oh!)
Tears welling up in my eyes as I passed the mile 13 sign.
EPIC FINISH ON THE FIELD!
Hot military man putting my medal on me, and then a second later getting a phone call from the best trainer that ever was, congratulating me on my epic finish.
Sharing my finish with the whole group:  Phillip, Jen, Robin, Annabelle, David

And last but not least... finishing, and my nervous stomach finally easing up so that I have my appetite back.  And I plan to EAT my way through the kitchen shortly.
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