BolderBOULDER - Run10k

A new PR! Would have liked to push even faster, but this is all I had to give. Not bad given last week's sickness and asthma-related issues. Good weather for running. The first half felt really hard, but things improved after mile 4, not least because that's a nice downhill stretch.

Next year I should have the asthma issues more under control. This is a new diagnosis, and while I'm not surprised, I did lose some lung capacity between the ear infection and strep and subsequent asthma issues. If I'd been at full capacity, I have no doubt I could have finished sub-55 this year. Still, it's not like I had any idea this was coming. It will also help that next year the baby should be sleeping better (and thus mama will sleep better and have more immunity to whatever's going around).

This race is always one of my favorites. There are small things I'd improve--like the set up of the new start line area (and the attitude of two volunteers who were preventing people from getting to their wave for no apparent reason), but it's really an awesome race. I started running it 10 years ago and am looking forward to another 10 years, hopefully with a few more PRs in the future.