Joshua Grzegorzewski: the RunningBull Blog : Tags : san_fransisco

After having taken some time away from my campaign in order to participate in the Blackberry Curve Urban Challenge Grand Finale event in San Francisco (as discussed briefly in my last post) I am ready to get back to my primary mission of the year: Running in honor of our soldiers. Next week I will be participating in two 5-mile races; the 25th Annual POW-MIA Race for Freedom in South Boston and the 4th of July Minuteman Classic in Concord, MA both of which pay tribute to the soldiers who have risked everything for this country.

Since my normal running schedule had been so upset through all of my recent travels, my regular blood donation (every 8-10 weeks), and my first 100 mile week (thanks to the Western States Training Camp) I tested myself last weekend with a local race; the Auburndale Community of Newton, MA "Rove the Cove 5k". This race provided me an opportunity to gauge my current capabilities in a shorter (i.e.. faster) race while also helping my friend Alain promote his series of race events that directly conflict with the POW-MIA Race for Freedom and my work shift at Karma Yoga Studio next Sunday by distributing flyers for the Boloco Heartbreak Hill Grand Prixand wearing his race shirt. It doesn't hurt that I am also a huge fan of the Boloco burritos and smoothies.

Well, I found that I can still run in the low 6-minute range over varying terrain on a hot and humid day so my race performances should be fine next week. Now I just have to figure out how to get out to Concord in time for the start of the race on July 4, since my wife will have the car for her residency at Tanglewood, the Train doesn't run early enough, the buses aren't running, and I don't necessarily want to run the 15 miles each way to race for 5 more. Maybe I can borrow a bicycle.

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I was gently reminded that my previous post related to my Boston experience with this event was technically off topic and unrelated to the larger purposes of this blog. Therefore, I will post my detailed comments regarding this event and my team's finish to my MySpace blog: myspace.com/therunningbull (hopefully before Friday of this week).

Unfortunately, only about 6 of the 28 photos that I took during the event and emailed to myself before turning in the borrowed Blackberry Curve 8330 after we finished actually got delivered to my email inbox. Oh well, that is still 6 more than I had from Boston's event.

Sad to say, we did not Win, Place, or Show in the Finals so my anticipated fundraising efforts for RunningBull's Run took a mighty hit which may impact my ability to fully participate in the scheduled events for this fall.

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