Thoughts of Shane Kenny

This past weekend I ran my first official 5k of 2010.  (I had actually signed up for the 10k at the same event but had a bit of a cold and decided to not push things with my half marathon only a few weeks away.)  While I was not super-pleased with my time of 27:26 (9:00 pace) I had to remind myself that I was sick and that a 9:00 pace is what my target is for the half marathon.

Also running in this event was my friend Ron.  His goal was under 30:00 and I got to watch him “sprint” the finish to get a 29:52 time.  Now he is talking about the Peachtree Road Race in July here in Atlanta which is a fun race that I am also planning to do this year.

I’d really like to PR the 5k, 10k, and half marathon distances this year.  The 10k and half will be easier to achieve than that 5k where my PR is 24:55 which is good enough to place me in the top 3 in my age group for most of our local races.  There is still plenty of year left though so I still have plenty of time to pull this off.

Back at CES in January we announced that Safe Eyes 6 was on the way.  Now it is here.  The R&D team has been hard at work for several months to create this new version of Safe Eyes.  I snapped this picture a couple days ago at a meeting to do a final check over the interface and add the final polish.

If you are already a Safe Eyes customer you can download and install this latest version.  If you are not a Safe Eyes customer you should be!

I completed the first week of half marathon training.  It was tough but in the end it was enjoyable and I managed to lose 2.4 of the 13 pounds I had gained back toward the end of 2009.  The hardest part was the long run on Saturday but I think that was because I need to move the Friday run to the morning before I go to work.  Running Friday night and then trying to go for the long run on Saturday morning just does not work… not enough recovery time.  Week 2 starts tonight.  I’ll see if I can keep up the 9:00ish pace I have been running.

I am back and caught up from being gone at CES for a week.  It was a busy and productive week for InternetSafety.com this year.  We had good interest in Safe Eyes 6 from the press and people walking by the booth, and overall exhibit hall traffic seemed to be higher this year.  Now we have the task of following up on the leads that we got and seeing what we can turn into real business.  I snapped a few pictures with my camera phone to share:

Here is our booth all setup and ready to go

There was good interest in Safe Eyes 6

152″ plasma tv at the Panasonic booth (I want one real bad!!)

My first trip to Freemont Street - Very cool light show

I decided to set some running goals for this year.  They are pretty simple, but it will take some work to pull them all off.  Here is the plan:

1. 5k - My current PR is 24:55 set in Ashley’s Run last year.  I plan to return to that race and run it again this year on March 20th.  However, it is the day before the half marathon I am planning to run so I may need to take it easy.
2. 10k - I plan to run the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th again this year.  I would like to set a PR here as well and attempt to qualify for running group 1A for the 2011 Peachtree.
3. Half Marathon - I attempted to run the ING Atlanta Marathon last year and did not make it all the way through the training.  This year I will attempt to run the half at this event.  I have updated the training schedule under “Static Pages” on my blog. Goal is under 2 hours.
4. Marathon - I am planning to run New York or Chicago this fall.  I will enter the lottery for the New York Marathon and if I get in will run that.  If I don’t get in on the lottery I will sign up for the Chicago Marathon instead.  Goal is under 4 hours.

It is not as many races as I would normally do but it covers all of the common distances.  I’ll try to keep everyone posted on my progress throughout the year.