Runyan Relays

Jon Runyan Classic is named after a former football player who went to high school at Carman-Ainsworth then went on to star at the University of Michigan and continue on in the NFL.

This meet is a fast, fun, relay style and something alittle different for the High schoolers. It started off sunny with a little wind, then it started to rain and wind, then 5 min later sunny, then rain again, it seemed like the first 45 min it continued to switch back and forth. Finally it stayed Sunny but got pretty windy in the middle of the meet which slowed down the times. Overall this is more of a sprinters meet but its good for the distance guys to get some speed in also. Overall Owosso Boy's got 2nd overall in the Small Schools which included Flint Hamady, Lake Fenton, Owosso, Flint Powers, Flint South-Academy, St.Clair and Flint Northwestern. The girls got 3rd overall with lots of new P.Rs. It was a fun meet and turned out to be nice day overall.

I also got to run at this meet, In the middle of the meet they have a race for who ever wants to run. The race is called "Worlds Fastest Meet" which in total is a mile long. There are 4 races total tho, You run a 200 as fast as you can and if you win you get a medal. Then you run to the 400 mark and if you win you get a medal. Next you run another lap for 800 meters and if you win you get a medal, finally you run 2 more laps to make it a mile and if you win you get a medal. The Girls team first asked me run this the day before hand and I said I would. The race starts and it was pretty wind and the first 25 meters 4 guys almost fall trying to win the first 200. I just stayed in 8th place because I knew I wouldn't win that part. I came through in 30.5 sec and 6 guys stopped but I was now 10 meters back so I tried to get closer. Got to the 400 and I was pretty tired now from the first 200 (latic acid) and now I'm going into the wind. I'm now right behind the leader and we get to the 800 and I don't even try to win the 800 thinking the guy in front would stop but nope...he kept going and I'm thinking I'm dead and I don't know if I can continue this pace. I use the wind on the last lap try to pass the guy but he won't let me so I decide to slow down and wait till the last 100 but the wind is horrible. I then decide give it one last shot so I put my head down and dig the last 80 meters and the guy is coming back so I pump my arms and I lean at the line. I win the race and in 4:52 haha, It felt like I had run 4:30 mile but overall it was a fun race. I also got my picture taken by Mlive.com with my brooks Id jersey on and I think the Owosso track team thought it was fun to cheer on one of the coaches instead of the coaches cheering for them.... Run Happy !!!

Here's the video of the race... http://videos.mlive.com/flintjournal/2011/05/great_finish_to_worlds_fastest.html##

Brooks update / Running

Just received a email from Steve from Brook ID program saying
"Sorry for the radio silence and thank you for your patience. We have run into technical difficulties in setting up your Brooks ID account, discount, and free product on BrooksRunning.com. We expect to have your account and discount working by end of this week. Your free product code should be ready by the end of next week. We apologize again for the delay and any inconvenience. We will send another email when we have an update. Thanks for your understanding."
-I can't wait to be able to start ordering the best running gear in the world again. I'm already making a list off of Brooksrunning.com website of what I'm going to get!!!

I'm starting to feel better after my 2 1/2 days of having Food Poisoning, I got in another 12 miles today. My first run was nice and easy 8 miler at 6:39 pace which is pretty easy, just to get my legs feeling better after yesterday I didn't know If I would be able to walk today. I was really sore in my Quads/back/stomach/head/neck from getting sick and my fabulous Idea yesterday to do a 12 miler in the morning then 3 mile at night. However, today at the beginning I was just a little sore in my quads but I think most of that was running on the slushy snow. The second run was a lot better and I took it easy again with a 4 miler up by Baker College. Tomorrow I'll probably just go nice and easy again and try to get around 10 miles. This weekend I might try and find a low key race if the weather is halfway nice and not snowy.
--Run Happy

**** Just got down watching U of M vs. Michigan State Basketball game and it was a pretty good game. Luckily U of M was hitting a lot of 3 pointers with the biggest one at the end by Stu Douglass which sealed the game **** Hopefully this is the turn around point for both the Basketball and Football team vs. Michigan State !!! Go Blue!

Start of 2011

Hello again, I'm going to try and do this blog again. It's been a long time sense I've wrote on here.

I've been running smarter and better then I've ever had before. I'm not running a ton of miles but I'm more consistent then I have been sense back in college which is almost 3 years now. I ended up 2010 with 2,929.5 miles which is the second most miles I've ever had. It's been almost 2 years sense I've been injured (knock on wood). I haven't really looked to much into it yet but I want to try to run a marathon this year. The first one I just want to finish because I know if I go for a certain time I will "die" and I know mentally I wouldn't be able to do another marathon.
I'm also really excited to be running for Brook ID program (PACE), Second year with brooks Id but first on the PACE team. I hope I can inspire more and more people because Brook running is the best shoe I've ever ran in. I am also running for GU energy which is exciting because with training for a marathon you need good recovery after each run and on the long run and hard workouts the Gu gel helps so much. I hope everyones 2011 year is going well and please follow me if you want on twitter and facebook....(johnsonxc) Run Happy!!!

Flushing Half Marathon

I want to start off by saying sorry it's been so long sense I last updated this. I been pretty busy now that I have started coaching the middle school track team and I live a boring life.

Today was my first half marathon down in Flushing , Michigan which is close to Flint Michigan. It started at 9:30 in the morning it was a brisk 32 degrees out which is not my favorite running weather. Also the wind decided it wanted to show up also, most the race was either into the wind or at the side of us. I wasn't to nervous at this race, I just wanted to get it over with and see if I like it or not. This is the longest race I have done so far.
I get warmed up with two miles nice and easy and then do some strides and I am freezing with the wind and cold weather. I wore my Brooks ID jersey with a pair of arm warmers and my new Brooks T6 road shoes. We start off and the first mile I feel great it goes out and do a out and back in a small sub division and then we rejoin the 5k loop. I was leading up till the mile then a local kid who now runs for Eastern Michigan university joins me at the front of the race, I feel good till we get to the 3 1/2 mile mark and we are running average 5:22 /mile pace and it's a little to quick for me so I back off because I have no idea if I can keep this pace or am I going to "die" at mile 11. I fall back around 15 sec back from the leader and just chill and I am a little a head of pace then we get to the 2 loop finish. The course finished with two 4 mile loops which I do not like, I get to bored and I fall into a relaxed pace and never can get out of it. Which was the case plus we had to watch out for cars that didn't want to move or stop. The second loop I have to contend with the other runners and cars which wasn't very much fun. I end up 2nd overall with a unofficial time of 1:13:18, the computer didn't want to work I guess so the official time I might never know. Cool down was only 2 miles...calf/solus very very sore. Overall I was happy with my race, the conditions were cold and next time I will know more of a pace I can run and not be scared I might "die' towards the end of the race.-Run Happy
Brandon