I had a chance to run one of my favorite races once again on Halloween Sunday.
History...
2004: 1:28:01 – 8:48 pace
2006: 1:28:05 – 8:48 pace
2009: 1:17:20 – 7:45 pace (another PR)
So… this race has been a good barometer of fitness… and progress over the years… and is a fun race to boot… who wouldn’t want to run through a cemetery on Halloween?
I’ve had a good year of running.. I’m down another 9 lbs or so in the past year… so I should be ready to kick it up a notch…. Only I didn’t really feel that…
Three 10+ mile running days in the week leading up to the race and a 2.5 hour ride the day before where I had worked pretty hard left my legs feeling a little less than fresh.
The race starts on a narrow road… so I did my best to elbow our way pretty close to the front… with all of the folks in costume, walkers, strollers etc… it was perhaps my smartest move of the day.
Aye carrumba… a 6:43 for the 1st mile was not, however…
From that point I was simply hanging on and willing myself forward… nothing smooth… or powerful… pretty or graceful. As people passed
me I simply tried to hang with them as long as possible… yet watched my pace slip to 7:10, then 7:15, into the 7:20s and finally on mile 9 a 7:30… finally HTFU to a 7:04 for the last mile
Final time of 1:12 and some change.
Now Judi's race... that's another story...
She started out fast...
Won her age group in the 5K
Then realized she had missed the turn for the 10 mile race (see her running back towards the turn)
in the end she got 3rd place in her AG in the 10 miler but...
Got the wrong plaque... appropriately perhaps
But... we had fun
History...
2004: 1:28:01 – 8:48 pace
2006: 1:28:05 – 8:48 pace
2009: 1:17:20 – 7:45 pace (another PR)
So… this race has been a good barometer of fitness… and progress over the years… and is a fun race to boot… who wouldn’t want to run through a cemetery on Halloween?
I’ve had a good year of running.. I’m down another 9 lbs or so in the past year… so I should be ready to kick it up a notch…. Only I didn’t really feel that…
Three 10+ mile running days in the week leading up to the race and a 2.5 hour ride the day before where I had worked pretty hard left my legs feeling a little less than fresh.
The race starts on a narrow road… so I did my best to elbow our way pretty close to the front… with all of the folks in costume, walkers, strollers etc… it was perhaps my smartest move of the day.
Aye carrumba… a 6:43 for the 1st mile was not, however…
From that point I was simply hanging on and willing myself forward… nothing smooth… or powerful… pretty or graceful. As people passed
me I simply tried to hang with them as long as possible… yet watched my pace slip to 7:10, then 7:15, into the 7:20s and finally on mile 9 a 7:30… finally HTFU to a 7:04 for the last mileFinal time of 1:12 and some change.
Now Judi's race... that's another story...
She started out fast...
Won her age group in the 5K
Then realized she had missed the turn for the 10 mile race (see her running back towards the turn)
in the end she got 3rd place in her AG in the 10 miler but...
Got the wrong plaque... appropriately perhapsBut... we had fun
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Congrats to the both of you!!!
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