Very enjoyable inaugural 6K trail race this morning on the Apalachee Regional Park cross country playground. Its a dedicated running trail with a main loop of a bit over 1.5 miles. FSU XC teams race here at 5K, 6K, 8K and 10K, and the high schoolers use it during XC season as well for a few 5K meets. I started out with the intention of going 4 min per K and even switched my Garmin over to metric to monitor my progress. Well, I poorly managed my warmup/porta potty timing and didn't have time to head to the car to switch into my racing flats... more tragically, I failed to double tie the laces on my trainers and, at a bit shy of the first K, my left shoe came untied. I was exactly on pace, but after tying my left shoe and retying my right to be safe, I found myself in a pack of a few guys I know and we just kinda cruised around the trail enjoying the morning. Travis and Lisa also ran. Trav wanted to just go out easy and negative split - he ran 22:17 for 12th and was pleased with that. Lisa, in her 4th race ever, averaged under 12 minutes per mile and defeated nearly 20 of the 175 racers! Very impressed and proud of her jumping into this silly running thing. |