The first time I have run an open 10 mile race so I was not sure of how to pace myself. The 10K I ran two weeks prior left me very sore so I decided I would take it a bit slower than the 7:15 pace McMillan suggest that I run. I had a goal time of 1:15 and focused more than anything on keeping my heart rate right around my Lactate Threshold. I held this pace right at 7:30's or below for the first 5 miles, or as close as I could as going through the park sent the heart rate spiking. About mile 6 we were coming out of the park and I kicked the pace up a bit from 6 through 8. It was this point in the race where very few if any people passed me for the rest of the day. If my pacing strategy held out, mile 8 is where I should have been able to drop the hammer and start flying past people. It absolutely 100% worked! I kicked the pace from the 7:15's I was running to sub-7's for the last two miles and I was passing people left and right. Strategy worked perfectly.

I probably could have run the race a bit faster, but I feel my pacing strategy for my first 10 miler worked out very well, especially for the last 2 miles.

Walk around, light stretching, snack down!


More long runs.