It's over and I've never been so glad! And I beat both goals! I beat my last year time by over 5 minutes and also made it under 55! My garmin said 54:30 and the race clock said 55 exactly, I sprinted so hard that last little bit to make sure the big clock would be under 55 as well. 8:49 average pace
I'm really happy about this race, I think it's a pretty hard 10k comparatively.
When I got home I cooled down with 2.3 miles around my neighborhood at about a 10 min pace. Gave me a total of 8.5
SPLITS
1- 8:49 Uphill almost the whole mile. I probably shouldn't have pushed so hard here and saved energy for later. Oh well, I was feeling good and really glad that I have been training on hills.
2- 8:04 A nice downhill here. I was lovin that.
3- 8:11 Flat. I felt so good here! Couldn't believe how well I was keeping my pace and I even walked through the water stop. Lily, it must have been your honey trick, I ate a spoonfull this morning before I left my house :)
4- 8:50 Uh oh, after this mile is when things started getting rough.
5- 8:54 Surprised I was even under 9. Ran with Wes for a little bit here and that helped a lot. Started getting that same stomach cramp in my lower right stomach. So I backed down a bit.
6- 9:57 YIKES! There is a stipid hill in this mile which I really hated because you're already so dead and here's a nice hill in your face. But I ran up the whole thing without stopping. I didn't realize I was going so slow, I could have shaved a whole minute off my time here if I would have just kept at 9. Merri passed me here pushing a stroller with two heavy kids in it. :) no big deal. ha
.22- 2:02 I sprinted hard the last .1 to make sure I got in under 55.
I don't know that I'll do this particular race again. It's fun to do one on the 4th but I don't love this course and it was a mess to get out of there after the race with the parade and such. it's just nice that it's close to where I live but next year I may find one somewhere else.
Kelli- I looked for you! But I'm sure you did great and maybe another race we'll run into eachother. Congrats to everybody else who ran a race today and HAPPY 4th!
Off to shower my stinky self and go get a snow cone!
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