Horrible Race with a Horrible Time. My whole family slept in today, the race started at 8 in the morning and since we all slept in I got up at 7:30 and didn't get to eat anything. Arrived at the race by 7:40, finished check in at 7:50 and then they made us line up. So I quickly got 4 strides in but that wasn't enough. I was not even breathing hard! So the gun goes off and I immediately take the lead. Me and Greg Schneider were first and second through the first mile, maybe mile and a half. We go through the first mile at 5:30 and since I had to warm up I was breathing hard and I totally crashed! My next mile was a 7:50, and then I finally got it down to a 7:20 for the last mile. Then the last .25 was at 7:07 pace. This race was bad, its a good course though. The first mile is all down hill then the last 2 miles are all uphill. So its a good strength workout. Then I did a 3.25 mile cooldown with Lisa while waiting for awards. Then we had a great pancake breakfast because they feed you after this race! THEY FEED YOU DONUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then when I was eating my delicious breakfast, I tried to take my Garmin off and it snapped in half........... GREAT........... |