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Location:

New Palestine,IN,USA

Member Since:

Oct 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 18:59 (3/09)
4M - 25:06 (9/09)
10k - 41:01 (11/07)

Half - 1:25:58 (11/09)

Marathon - 3:06:33 (12/09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:25 for the half marathon
Sub 39:00 for the 10k.
3:07 marathon
18:30 5k

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Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:00 for the marathon.

Personal:

Married, two daughters (18 and 15).  Masters runner trying to get competitive in my age group.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Lifetime Miles: 372.70
ASICS Excel 33 Lifetime Miles: 152.00
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles: 249.00
ASICS DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 212.20
Asics Cumulus 16 Lifetime Miles: 241.30
Race: Never Settle 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:40:45, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.100.006.100.0010.20

I wanted to get a good 10k in and see how my fitness is progressing. I went in hoping to break 40 minutes but came up short. My acutal race time was 39:39 but the course was short (two other runners with Garmins had the same distance) so I adjusted my time up to what I thought it would be for 10k which was 40:45.

I ran a 1.5 mile warm up and felt pretty good so went into the race planning on sub 40 pace. Once the race started however it was pretty clear that today was not going to be my day. Even after about a 1/2 mile my legs just felt dead like bricks. I came through the first mile in 6:25 which was pretty much on pace but it was a lot of effort. I stayed close the second mile with a 6:27 but could feel it slipping away. The third mile was actually down a big long hill but I only managed a 6:32. Coming back up the hill on the 4th mile I slowed down to 6:57. The fifth mile was a little hilly and I was trying to keep it together after coming up the big hill so came through in 6:50. The 6th mile was flat and I started to recover some and was able to pick it up to the finish so ran this mile in 6:22.

I guess this is actually a PR but I don't like listing it as a PR since the course was short and had to adjust the time. I am disappointed that I didn't run under 40 minutes which I thought should be in my range based on the 5k I ran a few weeks ago. I just didn't have the legs today. My breathing was never labored I just couldn't get my legs moving and they felt so heavy. I guess it was just one of those days. Hopefully, I can sharpen things up over the next couple of weeks before the Indy Half Marathon.

Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 10.20
Comments
From rockness18 on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 13:54:17 from 75.11.49.149

Not too shabby in my book...nice job with the pr! You'll bust loose with a sub-40 one of these races. It's so hard to predict when you're going to feel good.

From Burt on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 17:38:00 from 98.167.151.26

Great job. Good luck in the half!

From barry on Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 14:29:02 from 75.174.41.226

Congratulations, you did awesome! One good thing to help with the legs is to take a 10 - 20 minute ice bath before the race. Also, do you know what the first place time was?

From JimF on Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 19:44:17 from 67.173.26.163

Thanks! I want to give the 10k a few more shots to see how it goes.

Barry, I will try to ice bath. I have done that a few times but not recently. I was pretty far back from 1st. ai could see him the whole way but I was just trying to hold my spot since I didn't feel the best. It was a really small race only about 60 runners. That probably explains the course being off.

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