Ran a small out and back trail race this morning, the Holy Cow 10K in conjuction with the Westminster City Fair. Ran from my house, 5 miles to city park to warm up and get a few extra miles. 7:25 ave. Registered for the race and ate a gu and some water. Did a couple strides and potty visits. Race start was a little disorganized. The police officer who was leading the race on his bike was still talking to the guys he thought would be the leaders to tell him he was leading the race and ask if we had any questions. Suddenly some guy over a megaphone says "Ready GO!" And we weren't even in start position rather 5 or 10 feet behind the line chatting and shaking out our legs. We all went anyway and laughed about it. Mile 1: 5:52 Pretty flat, no other woman really stayed with me at all, so I knew it would be a race to beat as many guys as I could. Mile 2: 5:53 A few rollers, but overall pretty flat. Ran around a few diferent guys as we were trying to get into our own grooves. Mile 3: 5:51 Felt good, little downhill Mile 4: 6:02 Took a sip of water at the turn-around. Gradual uphill after the turn-around. Realized that there were only 4 guys ahead of me and the next woman behind was about a minute back. Mile 5: 6:10 Headwind and a few rollers. Caught another guy. Mile 6: 6:03 Pretty flat, getting pretty tired. Final .2: 5:50 pace, finished strong. Garmin said average pace was 5:58 and total elevation change was around 700 up and down, so definitely not a flat course. Was pretty happy about the fact that only 3 guys beat me. Obviously it wasn't a super competitvie race. 2nd place woman was a minute behind. I got a trophy and a $100 gift certificate at Road Runner Sports! Yeah! New shoes! Took the kids to the fair afterwards and they had a blast in the bouncy house and slide. Good times!
| 