Operation Jack

Fighting autism, one mile at a time.

Weekend Preview: Races #21, 22

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Yesterday at work, somebody was talking about how it didn’t seem like Wednesday. Well, if you’re like me, and you were out Monday running the Boston Marathon, it was like Tuesday. Or, if you’re like me and you have to take Friday off to travel to run a marathon in Nashville on Saturday, it might have seemed like Thursday. So now, I don’t even know what today seems like to me. Certainly not a Thursday. But that’s what the calendar says it is, which means it’s time for my weekend preview.

Just in case this is your first time here, I’m a father of three and a marathon runner and my middle child, 6 1/2-year-old Jack, is severely autistic. I decided I wanted to use my running to make a difference in the autism world and I came up with the idea to run 60 marathons in 2010 to help raise money and awareness for a great charity I’m a part of named Train 4 Autism.

Train 4 Autism helps people like me or you train for races and raise money for the autism-related charity of their choice. So far, everything is cruising along pretty well. I’ve completed 20 marathons this year and next week I’ll let everybody know how much we’ve raised so far. I’m working on figuring out what the total is.

Anyways, every Thursday, I give an analysis of my race(s) for the weekend and I have a contest. You guess my time by making a small donation (for instance, if you think I’m going to run a 3:12, you donate $3.12 by clicking on the DONATE NOW! link at the top of any page on this site. The winner is the person who comes the closest without going under. The prize is your choice of an Operation Jack t-shirt, tech shirt or sweatshirt.

Last week’s winner was Julie Dural, who had faith I’d go sub-3:10 in Boston! Yeah Julie! I was fortunate enough to meet her in Boston on Sunday. She’s super-nice and I think it’s cool that she won.


Look — a winner and a loser! Just kidding … it’s me and Julie after lunch on Sunday.

Oh, one thing to clarify: I have two races this weekend, so you’re going to be betting on the second race, Oklahoma City on Sunday.

Fundraising Plug #1
OK, so I haven’t plugged these in a while, but we have Operation Jack clothing we want to put you. If you haven’t seen our stuff, check it out on the Sponsors page. We have t-shirts, tech shirts and sweatshirts, and everybody seems to love them, especially the sweatshirts.

If you can’t afford to make a donation, I totally understand — it’s a terrible economy. But we’ll still send you some gear if you’re willing to hit people up for easy little $10 donations. Check out the 10×10 page.

Fundraising Plug #2
I’ll keep pushing this, but I’m running seven marathons in seven states this month, so since 7 is the number of the month, I’m trying to collect as many $7 donations as possible. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the April update I sent out at the beginning of the month.

Finally, The Course Preview For The Contest
I’m running another double this weekend — Nashville on Saturday and Oklahoma City on Sunday. I finally took a look at the course profiles last night, and wow do I wish they were reversed!

Nashville’s looked extremely reasonable, possibly even a very slight downhill net. It looks essentially flat with some small rollers. On paper, it looks like a pretty manageable course, although through 48 lifetime marathons, I have yet to run one that was easy. The only downside is the weather. I saw yesterday that there will like be a storm during the race. But the weather forecast can always change.

Since I ran well in Boston on Monday, I’ll be entering this one pretty confident about going all-out. I’m going to be disappointed if I don’t go sub-3:10, because right now, I don’t feel like I have any excuse not to. It should be a fun race. It’s a Rock ‘N Roll race, which means it there will be a ton of people, and since it’s Nashville, I know I’ll get a kick out of all the country bands.

Sunday in Oklahoma City looks a little more challenging. There’s a fairly quick start, with a fairly long, gradual downhill in the first six miles. Hopefully, that will get my wheels turning, because I’ll certainly be tired. The middle section of the race doesn’t look too bad, but there’s a long, gradual uphill from about 21 to 24. I’m expecting this to be a fairly challenging run.

The race in Oklahoma City commemorates the 15-year anniversary of the bombing, and the race is a tribute to the victims. They have a 168-second moment of silence before the start of the race, which should be chilling. It should be a very memorable experience.

Anyways, if I had to bet, just based on my recent results, I’d probably go with a 3:17 Sunday. It’s really tough to say. Am I the guy who showed up in Boston? Or the guy who was 21 minutes slower than that in Dallas? I’m really anxious to see how much heart I have.

Let me know what you think by entering the contest. This Operation Jack thing is a grind, physically and mentally. Your little, tiny $3 donation gives me a huge boost! Thank you!

Video Of The Day
When you go to Fenway Park in Boston, they play Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond in the middle of the 8th. It’s totally awesome. I took a video on Sunday when I had tickets on top of the Green Monster. If you’re a baseball fan, you need to experience this at least once!

OK, That’s All For Today
Sleepy time for me (yeah, I write these the night before). Have a great day/weekeend, everybody! I’ll have race reports posted on Saturday and Sunday!

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  2. Sweet Caroline is hands down THE BEST part of going to Fenway! So glad you got to be there for it! I’ll be there tonight….so good, so good, so good!!! Good Luck this weekend!

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  3. Is OKC REALLY this weekend?? Really? Ha, I’m sooo going to bomb this race. Think slower thanmy first marathon. Ugh, that makes me sick to think about. I don’t think my body is ready to run 26.2. Crap.

    Hopefully I can suck it up and have a good race for Operation Jack because that’s what matters 🙂 I’ll be heartbroken if I don’t PR, but, with the way I’ve been running since Catalina, it’s doubtful.

    OK, enough of my boo hooing!

    So, friends who’ve run OKC before say that that long incline is like running up Swiss Ave (which you did in Dallas!), so, that’s my little tidbit. Oh, and up by the lake, it can get windy, fyi. Oh! AND! The NBA Playoffs are in OKC this weekend too! Sheesh.

    That was a pretty pointless rambling comment, but, it’s me, what did you expect?

    Enjoy Nashville! I bet that will be a fun race!

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  4. 3 marathons in 7 days? You’re a beast! GOOD LUCK and have fun! PS. That video is hilarious and I especially love the part ~0:26 where the guy next to you put his hands out to act out the lyrics of the song. Hahaha… awesome.

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