On July 3, 2015 we did the firework show for my church, Northwood Baptist in North Charleston, SC. I made a previous post with pictures; however, this is the post we have been waiting for. We actually had a guy come out and film our shoot from a drone device. I was able to get the video yesterday, and it is posted below. For some reason, there is a 2:30 gap at the beginning, so the video should start at the 2:30 point. It is a long video at 38 minutes, so enjoy.
Monday (7/20): I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the gym at lunch. I averaged a 9:12 pace.
Tuesday (7/21): No workout
Wednesday (7/22): I ran 4 miles with my MUSC running group at 5:30 a.m. at a 9:31 pace. We did 30 second walk breaks on the miles to reboot. We had a group of 9 attend.
Thursday (7/23): No workout
Friday (7/24): No workout
Saturday (7/25): The group decided to meet at the West Ashley Greenway to run 8 miles. We had 6 attend the run. We averaged about a 10 minute mile while battling the heat & humidity. We did a 30 second walk at each mile. We welcomed a new runner, Renee to the group this week. It was 75 degrees with 100% humidity for this run.
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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 17.12 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 509.87 Miles
Monday (7/13): I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the gym at lunch. I averaged a 9:04 pace.
Tuesday (7/14): No workout
Wednesday (7/15): I ran 4 miles with my MUSC running group at 5:30 a.m. at a 9:27 pace. We did 30 second walk breaks on the miles to reboot. It was one of our highest attended runs at 10 people!
Thursday (7/16): No workout
Friday (7/17): No workout
Saturday (7/18): Luke and I ran the Summerville Branch Mill Trail for 9 miles. We averaged a 10:05 pace. It was very foggy, and even though the sun never appeared, the humidity was brutal on us. It was around 75 degrees with 98% humidity. For the first half, we did mile intervals, with a 1 minute walk on the mile. For the second half, we dropped it to half mile intervals in the same fashion.
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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 18.04 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 527.00 Miles
Monday (7/6): I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the gym at lunch. I averaged a 9:04 pace.
Tuesday (7/7): No workout
Wednesday (7/8): I ran 4.3 miles with my MUSC running group at 5:30 a.m. at a 9:27 pace. We did 30 second walk breaks on the miles to reboot.
Thursday (7/9): No workout
Friday (7/10): I did 5 miles worth of speed intervals on the indoor track at the MUSC Wellness Center. I ran a 2 mile warmup, then did 8×400 intervals. The pace range was 7:10 to 7:38 on the 400m’s.
Saturday (7/11): We started out on a plan to run 11 miles. However, it was just too hot and muggy that we shut it down after 8 miles. We started out at Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park, ran to the Shem Creek Boardwalk Pier, then on to the Pitt Street Bridge Pier and returned. We averaged a 10:11 overall pace with walk breaks on the mile. Luke, Dan, & Dave joined me on the run, and other than the heat, it was a good run for us.
Our soaked selfie at the halfway point on the Pitt Street Bridge Pier.
Here are a few others shots taken at the Pitt Street Bridge Pier.
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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 22.39 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 545.03 Miles
On Saturday, July 4, 2015, we partnered with Zambelli Fireworks to do a show for the City of Bamberg. My partner Mike Holbert, and his son Lance, and my friend Kevin (trainees) had a busy day. We had about 900 elements in this 1.3 Class B show which consisted of 24 cakes and 3″ to 5″ shells.
I was a great show. We really enjoyed working with Zambelli. We have worked with other companies in the past, and this was such a pleasant experience compared to our past experiences. Everything we could think of needing, they provided for us. I cannot wait to work with Zambelli again in the future.
Now Mike and I have been talking about getting the impressive Cobra 18R2 Firing System for a year now. Well when I pulled up to the shoot site, Mike told me he had a surprise for me. I inquired as to what it was, and he just told me to go open this big black tool box. When I open the box, it was like Christmas, he had got the Cobra 18R2 Firing System and 3 Modules. I can hardly wait to be using this for many years in the future!
Enjoy the remaining pictures.
Here is a video our friend Steve took, it was unfortunately sideways, but you will get the hint.
On Friday, July 3, 2015, my team and I put on the annual fireworks show at our church, Northwood Baptist, in North Charleston, SC. This show consisted of about 80 500 Gram Cakes, 140 2″ shells, and about 70 2″ comets. Below are some pictures and video from the show. I would like to thank Russ Mahaffey, Crystal McCall, Tommy & Skyler Connor, and other church members for the awesome photos and videos you will see below. We also had a drone flying over our show to record it. When I have that footage, I will make an update to the post to include this view.
Here is a slideshow of the pictures.
Here is a couple of videos:
The most exciting week of the year has arrived for pyrotechnicians. It is fourth of July week. At the end of this week my friends and I have at least 4 fireworks shows. Because I will be doing a lot of shows and prep, my running for the week will be down, as I will take every opportunity for rest I can muster.
Monday (6/29): I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the gym at lunch. I averaged a 9:03 pace.
Tuesday (6/30): No workout
Wednesday (7/1): I ran with my MUSC running group at 5:30 a.m.. We had a good turnout of 9, which was great. It was a little cooler at 73 degrees, so it made for a more enjoyable run. We got in our usual 4 miles around downtown at a 9:18 pace.
Thursday (7/2): A specialty run day in the form of hill repeats. I went over and ran them on the treadmill at the gym at lunch. It totaled out to 5 miles. Here was the breakdown.
10 Minute warmup (10:00)
5% incline – 2 minutes
7% incline – 2 minutes
9% incline – 2 minutes
-2% decline – 2 minutes
Repeat x 3 (6.7mph)
10 minute cooldown (10:30)
Friday (7/3): No workout, I was doing firework shows for the July 4th weekend, check back later next week for a recap.
Saturday (7/4): No workout, I was doing firework shows for the July 4th weekend, check back later next week for a recap.
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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 14.12 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 567.42 Miles
Every year I set goals for myself and my running. For 2015 here was a list of my goals. Let’s see how I have done.
1. Complete at least one local race to support the local community
This is a good start. I completed the Save the Light Half Marathon on Folly Beach on February 7th, and had my 2nd best half marathon time ever at a 1:48. My running group is trying to talk me into running the 2nd annual Summerville Sweet Tea Half Marathon again this year in November.
2. Complete four half marathons toward my 50 By 50 Challenge
I am halfway toward this goal, as I knocked out Indiana & Ohio in May. I have two more state races planned for October.
Indiana (May 2, 2015) – One America Indy 500 Half Marathon
Ohio (May 3, 2015) – Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon
Maryland (October 17, 2015) – Baltimore Half Marathon
Pennsylvania (October 18, 2015) – Hershey Half Marathon
3. Run for 900 miles
It is here at the midpoint of the year that I am going to modify this goal for the positive. At the time of this post, I am already well over 500 miles for the year. That being said, I am adjusting this goal to now be 1,100 miles for the year.
4. Stretch and foam roll regularly
I am proud to say that I have done this enough this year to now force my brain that I have to do this after every run. This has really helped. Just by doing about 4 different stretches for 5 minutes after my runs, it has helped reduce a lot of aches and pains I had been dealing with in late 2014 and early 2015.
5. Run with someone slower than you to help them achieve their running goals
I am so excited that my friend Chris Darling from church has taken up running. He has been at it for over 2 months now, and I see an amazing improvement in him already. Check out his blog at “The Journey of Ascent.”
6. Reduce my weight to 185
Well after my 2 half marathons in May, I have regressed on this one a bit. I started the year at 205.6, and worked down to 191.7 at the end of the first quarter. I am not back to hovering around 198. Hopefully I can get back on the downward swing again soon.
Good luck everyone and happy running!
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