Blimpie Fitness Challenge 5k & 10k (9.3 Miles) 01:00:53, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
2.00
0.00
0.00
9.30
11.30
Very pleased with both my races this morning! 5k @ 7:30 & 10k @ 8:30
Had never sun sub 20, jumped to sub 19 with an 18:54.
My second fastest 10k time with a 41:59, was not trying to PR, felt good.
Saw several friends at race & met several new ones as well.
ST-6 Racer Miles: 11.30
Comments
From KristenL on Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:06:00 from 24.76.204.21
WOW! That is sooooo awesome - congrats on the huge 5K PB. Woot! (and to run a 10K after that? *bowing down to you!*)
From JG on Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 14:23:25 from 74.176.15.75
Thanks Kristen, I was definitely psyched. I was a little concerned, as a friend of mine talked me in to going out to see a live band last night ... and 4 beers and being out until 2 a.m. is not exactly wise race preparation! :)
Now I am setting my sights on a sub 18 5k ... track workouts are new to me, I did a couple last year & this year only 2, in the last couple weeks. So I would like to think if I can do one a week for a few months, I will continue to see improvement. By the time I start training for a fall marathon it would be nice if a sub 3 marathon were a realistic goal, based on my 5k & 10k times.
From SlowJoe on Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 19:00:57 from 184.79.24.255
Wow are you kidding me? Awesome day of running! I figured you would be close to breaking 19 with those mile repeat times you turned in recently, but then to follow it up with a solid 10K is awesome.
From KristenL on Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 23:46:00 from 24.76.204.21
Sounds like you found the magical pre-race routine... lol. Just remember that before your sub 18 and sub 3! :)
Congrats once again! Hope you get some much-deserved R&R. Cheers!
From JG on Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 00:45:03 from 74.176.15.75
Thanks Joe, although I was not 'racing' the 10k, I was pushing pretty darn hard at Miles 5 & 6 to keep them sub 7:00 ... I think they were 6:58 & 6:59. lol I really did not have a target time, but then I saw the clock from about 200 yards out & realized I might break 42 ... went into an all out Sprint and got it by 1 second. For a moment there I thought I was in high school! :)
Kristen, I think I am going to shy away from that pre-race routine ... logic tells me if I drank 4 beers to run 9 miles, I would have to drink 12 to run a marathon ... and if I did that, I don't think I would make it to the starting line!
Oh ... and so much for celebrating being in a new age group ... I would have finished 1st in age group if I was 44, but came in 3rd because of that darn b-day! But I did finish in the Top 8 overall in both races. I knew I was in trouble at the Start line when the guy next to me was wearing an Atlanta Track Club competitive team jersey ... I asked his Age ... 47 ... so my hopes of winning Age Group were doomed before the race even began! :)
If I can get to sub 18, I can get one of those jerseys & play the intimidating role ... instead of the intimidated one!
From KristenL on Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 10:33:12 from 24.76.204.21
LOL... wise decision re the pre-race routine. For the marathon, perhaps pasta is a better carb option. :)
Funny comment re feeling like you were back in high school. Running makes me feel that way all the time! It's a great feeling. Good for you for deciding to give it that little extra at the 10K finish line.
So, had you not just run a 5K that same day, where do you figure your 10K fitness is at? :)
From JG on Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 11:23:15 from 74.176.15.75
Kristen, I would have to think I could run a sub 40 10k now, although it would be tough & probably not by much! 41:35 is my PR last fall & that was on a course that had a net elevation drop. I probably will not race again until July 4, which is the Peachtree 10k (like 60,000 runners!) - but my qualifying time got me sub-seeded, which means I will line up right behind the elites & ahead of all the masses! My goal is to break 40 in that race, but that is going to take 8 hard weeks of training, as it is hilly & the second half mostly uphill. Even more than that ... temperatures can be pretty brutal here in July, even at 7:30 in the morning! There also is a good chance I will stick with my last pre-race carb loading on this one, since it is a holiday weekend! :)
From KristenL on Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 17:16:40 from 24.76.204.21
Peachtree sounds like a great venue for a PB effort, despite the temps. Even split with a negative split effort (given the uphill second half)? :)
From JG on Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 21:35:48 from 74.176.15.75
That would probably be the smart way to run it, but I can pretty much guarantee I will blow it out on the first 3 miles downhill, living the American dream on the fourth ... then I will hold on for dear life the rest of the way ... miles 4 & 5 are pretty brutal. This is what I did in 2009, problem was I really had not trained at all ... so I crashed hard on Mile 4! i will be more ready this year, and be mentally prepared to push through the pain! :) I train hills just about every run unless I go to a track ... I am thinking maybe 19:00/20:30. Now that I think about it, I will probably go run the course early early next Sunday before any traffic is on the road ... and see what kind of time I can post ... and then build my 8 week training plan! :)
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