Seal Beach 5k/10k - Run

I was happy how I managed the race all in all. Started out slow and let my heart rate dictate pace, at about mile 3 I let the heart rate stay in the low 170s and the last .3 or so I tried to run all out and was in the 180s most of that portion. This was a contest between my sweetie and me. I got a bit of a lead weaving in and out of the people at the start a little better than she did. Just before the 2 mile mark on an uphill here she comes blowing by me, I tried to balance hr and speed to keep up with her and I pulled her back between mile 2 and 3 and took a very small lead. Leading into mile 4 was another hill,,,, which she usually has the advantage on, I decided to gamble a bit and did all I could to pick up the pace and not go over 175 hr hoping I could keep my gap or gain a little and break her will.... :) It worked. We both ran a lot better than what we had thought we would and a good portion of that is due to our loving competativeness with each other. She's the best girl a guy could hope to have.

Schedule a race on a warmer and drier day.
Start a lot closer to the front.

Walked out to the pier with Pam, had some water and an orange.


I haven't done any speed work as of yet, I hope to get in 2 or 3 good speed workout before the Oly the end of the Month.


They could have had one more water stop and the first water stop, both cups of water I could see dirt floating in them and it tasted terrible,,,,, but hay I needed the liquid.