Race The Lakes - Run10k

The first time that I have even gone this far in a single run was just a couple of weeks ago and had only done 1 other run that was this long since, so I knew I could do it, but wasn't real sure how fast. My goal was 52 min. Also, do to lack of exp. w/ this distance I wasn't sure how to pace myself. I felt great the entire race, but was still hesitant to push too much harder afraid that I may overdue it too early in the race, so I kept a steady 8:00-8:15 pace for the most part. Mile 5 was the 4th hill, so my pace dropped to 8:35, but mile 6 was where I picked up the pace and ran the last 1.25 miles in 9:34 (7:40/M pace). Probablt could have picked up the overall pace a little bit, but am really happy with my time of 50:53.

Maybe pick up the pace a bit next time. My fastest miles were mile 1 (7:50) and the last mile (7:40). I think I could pick up the pace a little bit in the middle 4 miles where I averaged around 8:20 per mile.

Stretched. Shin splints felt good, but my knee started to bother me a bit. Ate some banana, slice of orange, drank water and juice.


Lack of experience. I've only been seriously running for about 6-8 months. Like I mentioned, I this was only the third time I've run 6 or miles at one time. My runs before these were usually in the 2-4 mile range.


Great race. The post race activities were basically the food and drinks which were good and the awards ceremony. The RD was trying to use a megaphone to announce the winners, but you could barely hear anything. Not a huge deal. There were actually quite a few more runners than 82, probably around 260 or so, but they had a 5K, 10k, or you could run both and they combined your time for a 15K. There were 82 runners that ran the 10K only, so that's what I based my rank on since that's what they based there awards on. I will definitely do this race next year.