Showing posts with label Marathon Training Day 63. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marathon Training Day 63. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2007

Race Day 10k

Saturday we did the "Strides of March" 10k for our group run. It was at Lunken airport so I wasn't race day nervous since it is so flat. It was kind of cold and was snowing like crazy! The wind was tossing us all around the course. I tried to keep up with Alice, a girl I usually run with...and for the first 5k that was fine and then she just took off. So then I just concentrated on me getting through the race. I knew I wasn't going to have the 9:09 mile pace that I had in my last 10k because I have been training more on distance which in turn, has made me slower. I was aiming for a 10:00 mile. At each mile they called out our splits and I was making about a 9:30 pace. With two miles left, I picked up the pace. I was feeling okay, but not great, but I kicked it in anyway. I picked off 4 people. There was a guy in front of me who kept walking and then running. I so wanted to pass him. Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against runner/walkers. I just get mad at myself when I see them because I think "Hey! I've been running this WHOLE THING. I must be REALLY SLOW if walkers can beat me." I was fighting fighting fighting at the end. He was fighting against me and then I think he just let me finish. I ended with a 59:22:00, which is a 9:35 pace...which I do NOT understand. I was consistently 9:30, picked it up for the last two and ended up with 9:35? Something was off. Maybe the people at each mile weren't really at each mile. Anyway, I am still mad at myself for not getting a PR. I know I am training for endurance but I feel like it shouldn't matter. I am still training harder than I was for the Thanksgiving Day 10K, so I feel like I should be going faster in my training runs and my races. I know. I am just being a pessimist. I am doing great. I have never done this before. blah, blah-blah blah blah blah blah.