Silver Comet 10K - Run

My first race of the 2006 calendar year of any kind. I was glad to finally find the time to get one in. I was trained fine, but was not in race shape. It's my belief that to be in race shape, one needs to race. Either way, I ran well, not a PR but was not expecting one.

There was another runner (a friend) trailing me and I knew she had the advantage in that she could plan her attack according to any weaknesses I showed. As expected, she passed me in the final half mile and ended up beating me by one second. Therefore, I think I will let me cirle of friend competitors take the early lead more often than not. I can play that game too.

Walk around to get HR down, head to bus which was about a 10 minute drive back to the start. It was a pretty relaxing ride.


Again, more racing. One must race often to race fast.


This was a good race. I am sometimes critical of the organizer, and for good reason. This time, I have zero complaints. She did a great job. 1200 runners is quite a few for a local level race like this. One issue that had no effect on me is porta pottys.. not enough. The line was incredibly long. This is a typical complaint that I'm not really sure has an answer. Most races have bathroom issues.