Woke up this morning at 6:30 and the last thing I wanted to do was get out and run a 10k - pretty much par for the course these days. I do all this training and then come race time my body tells me to SLEEP!! Nevertheless, I met my partner downtown and we made it to the start line about 10 minutes before the gun went off.
Felt pretty good throughout, and was able to get into my groove about 2 miles in. Did my normal 6:1 intervals, and felt after 4 miles that I was probably running faster during my 6 minutes than I had started off - and felt great doing it! Felt sorry for the poor guy (or gal) who fell out around 3.75 miles in with what looked like a seizure, but with 15 people crowded around and help on the way, I merely rubber-necked it for a while and kept heading towards the finish line.
I was keeping a pretty good pace, and around mile 5 looked down to see that I was right at 53 minutes - around a 10:30 pace. I remembered that my best time was right around 1:04-something, and seriously wondered if I could PR this one. Coming up to mile 6 right at 1:04 however, I knew that dream was too far gone to reach. I crossed the finish line at 1:06:19, which I THOUGHT was my second-best time ever for that distance. But imagine my surprise when I got home and looked up the times from races past to see that my previous PR wasn't 1:04-something at all, but instead was 1:06:20, just ONE SECOND slower than today's time. Another PR for me this year! Woo Hoo!
This week has been a much more eventful week for me as far as training goes. The weather keeps getting nicer, and I was able to get outside on my bike for a 16 miler a few days ago, and then a 40 minute run the following day. Next week will be my third tri of the year, and I'm a little concerned that A) I haven't spent as much time in the pool as I should, and B) I still haven't purchased any clipless pedals for my bike, which means another event with slipping feet. Of course, I've never NOT finished a race and I'm hopefull this one will be no different.
Tomorrows agenda - on call for work from 8a to 8p, and a need to get in 1300 meters at the pool - we'll see!
About Me
- Connie
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- After four years of long-distance running (5k, 10k, half-marathons) I got a little burnt out and decided to try my hand at triathlons. This blog is a journey into my training regime, as well as the play-by-play experiences I have had while competing in these amazingly fun events!
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