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Race: Mt. SAC 5k (3.12 Miles) 00:15:14
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Alright, today was probably the worst race of my life. My legs were absolutely beat, and I felt tired. I warmed up about three miles, then did a few strides and headed to the start. My heat was pretty big, so the start was a mad dash for place. I jumped in mid-pack and planned to just sit for a while. We came through the first lap in 72 (not too fast) and it felt much harder than a 72 should. We hit the next few in under 70, and hit the overall mile in 4:37. This is about the pace I wanted to run for the whole race, but my legs were done. I wanted to stay with the main pack terribly, but I just did not feel "it". At six laps, it felt as if I hit a brick wall, and I could tell my pace went down substancially. After that, all I wanted to do was finish. This was the worst seven or eight minutes of my life, and it dragged on one lap at a time. I honestly can't even believe I finished. I drank some water, then did my cooldown and jumped into the team van. I was in a bad mood to say the least. This whole trip to sealevel and I major sucked it up. I seriously think I could have ran this time a year ago at sea level (when I was not in half the shape I am in now). I will take it with a grain of salt, learn, and prepare better next time. Although I don't ahve another chance for a 5k this season, I do get to run conference (10k), at altitude. That should be good. Everybody has bad days, but it's those who recover the quickest that do the best.

Comments
From Lybi on Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 23:07:37

Oh man, that sounds so painful! 7 minutes can seem like an hour, under the right (or should I say wrong) circumstances. Sorry for the bad race (although to me your time is amazing beyond belief). It is possible that you might be coming down with a cold or something, so take care! Traveling to a race is also kind of hard on the body--it can wear you out.

I think everyone on this blog is proud of you--your speed and your determination. Keep it up!

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, May 01, 2008 at 14:43:30

Nick - it is good to know that you can run 15:14 on the track on a bad day. It takes a lot of things to go right for you to be able to run well in a race to which you have to travel. So it will take some time and trying before you hit what you deserve in a sea level race.

From MichelleL on Thu, May 01, 2008 at 14:58:56

I agree with Sasha, 15:14 on a bad day is very good. I am sorry the stars didn't align for you this time. It is cool to race at Mt. SAC, though, isn't it?

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