Instead of going to boston and paying 20 dollars race entry 30 dollars usatf membership and cost of travel I decided to have jamie pace me here. The main reason was really the time though--I have an exam on tuesday and I didnt want this to take all day. And although I didnt hit my time, I doubt that being in boston would have been any different. I also don't think that I am overestimating my fitness. I think that I just had a really bad day. I didn't feel good even from the start. My splits were 70 (including the first 9 meters), 73, 73, 79 -- I was completely rigging from 300m to the finish. I almost shuffled the final 100m because I simply could not pick up my feet like I should. I was willing myself to go faster but that is all I had. There was a fair wind on the back straightaway which might have cost me some time but I doubt much. And I also think that competition would not have helped me a great deal because I know I went as hard as I could. Pacing was alright had I been able to go sub 4:50 which was my goal but the pacing was pretty bad for the time that I did run. I am gonna use this as a stepping stone and try again in 2 weeks with jamie and henry. After the race it took me a good 10 minutes to not feel like I might fall over and start remembering stuff. Then we warmed down 2ish miles and for the first half mile I felt like 9min pace was tempo - I was breathing really hard and felt light headed. But it got much much better after that.
Well, as of 2pm my arms feel like I lifted weights today (probably just from the flood of lactic acid during the race) and I feel like taking a nap. And my lungs feel like death, but my legs actually feel pretty good. PM: 6.5 Why do I keep doing this if I don't improve at all? To punish myself? Or because I really enjoy it? I think I do enjoy the lifestyle on the whole. But getting out there for a second run in the freezing rain was not very pleasent today. Felt pretty good though. Any soreness will come tomorrow though.
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