Subject: RE: owl_girl's Mentor Group for Mommies - CLOSEDHow is everyone's weekend? Any good long workouts or races? Did a 10k race this morning and it was beautiful. They had to change the course because of ice on the roads, but it was a sunny, warm (high 30s ) morning. So I do have some questions coming out of that race. 1 ) how do I learn to pace myself in a race? 2 ) why does my head still hurt?! This isn't a race I had been training specifically for. A team mate was injured, so I used her registration. But I think I took the race too easy. I sort of sprinted the last mile, but probably could have put more in during the first five. I feel like I could be a faster runner if I just pushed myself. I'm just always so nervous about running out of steam too early. But, if you look at my logs, I'm not getting lots of miles in each week, so I've read I shouldn't bother with speed work yet. Any ideas? And for my head hurting, I tried the Honey Stingers (yum! ) before and after the race. Had breakfast before the race, ate lunch after, yet around 3pm (the race was over at 11:30 ) my head started to ache. I'm too awake for a nap. A cup of chamomile helped. What could be going on?! Is it a brain tumor?! (Just kidding! Bad movie reference. ) |