I finished in 41:13 for an improvement of 18 seconds on my PR. 11th overall and third in the age group. The previous two weeks have been sixty miles with three quality workouts. This past week I did mostly doubles of six and four miles at general aerobic pace to get in the miles while maintaining some leg freshness for this race.
The weather was rough. Temperature in the upper 30s at the start with consistent rain that had already deposited some puddles on the road. Course was an out-and-back that included a 5K group and the 10K runners starting together and finishing in the same spot of course. I warmed up with two miles and some strides. Timed it fairly well so that I only had to wait about 10 minutes under the tent and a few minutes at the start area. Fairly small local race with about 300 total participants, so the start wasn't too crowded. I lined up behind the 5K local competitors.
Some "gently" rolling hills in open area, but fortunately the threatened 15 mph winds failed to materialize. Mile splits on the Garmin were
6:36, 6:32, 6:30, 6:30, 6:37, 6:36, and the final .29 on the garmin was 6:32 pace. Very satisfied with the consistency. Didn't have the drop the hammer final mile I would look for in a goal race, but I'm training through this one, so it was pretty satisfying. Average pace of 6:33. Looking for an average of 6:30 and better tangents next time. |