Well, I have mixed feelings about this race! First, this is not my official time--a close guess by looking at the finishing clock--they posted the race results already and I am not in them! Annoying! I wore a bib and they took my tag so it must have gotten lost. I looked at the other results and was 11th woman I believe based on my estimated time. Anyways:
The good: PR! Aerobically I was not stressed, legs felt pretty good . I ran sans watch but they called some of the splits and I sorta heard them--first one was 6:45(slow but I feel good), then 13:26 so 6:41?, missed the 3 mile split, at 4 miles I was 27:09 and sped up, 33:50 something at the 5 mile mark so another 6:41 and then I tried to buck up and finish the last 1.2 fast--around 6:35 pace if I did the math right.
Bad: Not a very big PR, I think I had too much left in the tank afterward At least my legs are starting to come back and I am feeling excited about more fast and short races! Afterward I also ran the 2-mile with Vanessa in the stroller and we did it in 14:09--our first mile was 7:30 because we were caught in the crowd so our second mile was 6:39--sweet!(told ya there was too much left in the tank).
I think if I get myself together and quit fearing the fast paces I can go sub-40 this summer. I think I can I think I can....not sure what to do with my training. Right now I am really wondering aimlessly.
Update: I e-mailed the race director, he found me in the timing mess and fixed it. My official time was 2 seconds faster than I thought! 12th woman, 4th in age group. Times were faster this year than last year--must be the good weather we had.
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