Run
Comments: Started fast. Felt good. Started fading a little after mile 3, but hung with a pack of 4 or 5 racers. They started pulling away around 4.5 miles and felt like I was fading. It was humid and my legs felt heavy and tired. Did have some trouble focusing on my own race goals; instead, focusing on other racers. My goal was 8:00/mile average. Met that. Did have the kick at the end, but much later than usual; when I heard someone coming up behind me. He never passed me. Last mile felt very hard, and I was breathing VERY hard and grimacing. Hard to stay relaxed mile 4.5 to end, but I dialed back the intensity and focused on good breathing and form to cope. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Would like to eventually get to the point of negative splits, but my goal was not to "race" today, but rather experiment and try to hold a minimum pace of around 8:00/mile. Post race
Warm down: 2 waters, a couple bites of muffin, 1/2 banana, 28oz of electrolyte drink I brought. What limited your ability to perform faster: Humidity. Lack of 10k training per se. Need more muscular endurance work. Cardio was fine. Legs just got tired. Event comments: Was nice. Saw other club members, including a guy I've done OWS with and am on par with. Although he was racing for a max HR and ended up around 7:03/mile. Last updated: 2014-12-13 12:00 AM
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United States
71F / 22C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 59/447
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 6/24
Up early. OJ at home. Small DD coffee + 1/2 PB clif bar in car at site. Hydrate. Necessities
Walked 10+ minutes. Some jogging to music (not typical). Static and dynamic stretches. One few-second stride on way to starting line.