Nothin’ wakes you up like a run in the morning — dominating the Juana Run 8k

Posted By Hup | February 28, 2009

One of our 50 goals for 2009 is to run more street races (and one is to run a marathon before we’re married) and like we posted a couple weeks ago, a huge first step to achieve this particular goal was registering for the Juana Run 8k (~5 miles) here in beautiful Palo Alto, CA.

Well, we ran the 8k bright and and early this morning and had a lot of fun doing it. Also, we both surprised ourselves in how well we finished. Stephanie was hoping to finish under 40 minutes, which she pulled off easy by crossing the finish line just under 37 minutes. That’s under 7:30 minute miles, which is awesome! Me, on the other hand, I somehow finished with the clock ticking just over 30 minutes, which means that I ran basically 6:00 minute miles for the entire thing. Not sure how I did that, but God somehow put it in me to kick these legs fast enough and long enough to do it. Wow.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a video, so I decided to put a little somethin’ sometin’ together — you can watch it below or over on YouTube.

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    6 Talkies! to “Nothin’ wakes you up like a run in the morning — dominating the Juana Run 8k”

    1. Hup and Steph’s 50 Goals For 2009 : Hup and Steph on March 1st, 2009 7:03 pm

      [...] UPDATE (3/1/09): We ran the Juana Run 8k and we killed it! Kids, don’t try this at home — we’re professionals [...]

    2. Hup and Steph’s 50 Goals For 2009 : Hup and Steph on March 1st, 2009 7:03 pm

      [...] UPDATE (3/1/09): We ran the Juana Run 8k and we killed it! Kids, don’t try this at home — we’re professionals [...]

    3. Can Hup and Steph handle the San Francisco Marathon? : Hup and Steph on March 24th, 2009 12:58 am

      [...] mean, we did dominate an 8k a few weeks back — how much harder can a marathon [...]

    4. Hup, the basketball has-been? : Hup and Steph on April 1st, 2009 11:15 am

      [...] WAY out of basketball shape — It’s kinda funny how I can run an 8k in about 30 minutes (that’s 5 6-minute miles), but can still come close to having a heart attack when I play a [...]

    5. A New Thanksgiving Tradition — Taking on the Turkey Trot : Hup and Steph on November 9th, 2009 1:49 pm

      [...] I might have a shot at placing in the top 5 in our age categories.   After our performance at the Juana Run back in February, I think we have more of a feel for the pace of a 5 miler. It’s  a tough [...]

    6. Getting back into running is HARD (and so is everything else that you don’t pay attention to) : Hup and Steph on November 22nd, 2009 10:20 am

      [...] we talking about the Hup who literally burned up an 8k a few months [...]

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