Get in Gear 10K - Run10k

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It took a few minutes to get through the start and actually get running and right from the beginning I was very careful to watch my pace. I got on the heels of someone who was running about 10 minute miles and stayed with them for the first two miles or so and then they slowed down and I took off. My goal was to run the first 5K without stopping and then see how I was feeling and go from there. I got across the bridge and was actually finding myself at less than a 10 minute mile pace. I was starting to get hot and was patiently waiting for the water stop, which there was only one at the 5k mark. I got there at around 29 minutes or so, grabbed a glass of water, drank half and the other half went on my head. The big hill of the race was at this point and I powered up it. Around mile four came to the conclusion that I was going to run the whole thing, which is the first time I have ever run 6 miles straight in my life. I also started to feel the burn of a blister on my left big toe and knew that might be trouble. Around mile 5 my legs started getting really tired but I kept pushing. I also realized at this point that I was going to set a new PR. It was around here that we could also start hearing the announcer at the finish line even though we still had over a mile to go. The Ford Bridge was especially hard with the on ramp and then running into the wind, but I knew I needed to keep pushing. Pretty soon I was back into the park where it started and I just kept moving to that finish line even though I was hot and hurting. Then I crossed it and looked down at my watch to realize I actually BROKE an hour! I was hoping for maybe 10 minute miles, but I killed that!

Nothing, I paced right and pushed right and did AWESOME!

I walked through the finish, got my chip cut off and found some water. I was in complete shock of what I had just done and so hot and tired, but it felt so good.


Not much. I am half marathon training right now with the race in three weeks so this was a trial run and it went great! It really boosted my confidence about being able to do the half marathon well. WOOOO HOOOO!


I am so very thrilled with my performance today. My last 10K which was my first was last June and I finished in 1:09:44. Today I almost shaved off 10 minutes with a year of training which is HUGE! I had goals of pacing well and running as much as possible and I accomplished both of those. Now I am totally psyched for the half marathon in three short weeks!