All about that pace.

2:00pm

Perfect day for a race! 33°, sunshine, no wind, and lots of friends. John ran it with 2 of his nephews(one of them took first place overall with 15:07), Paul and Melody ran it with their 2 kids again and Preston ran it with his 8 year-old daughter Ruby(her first 5k). I think Kym and I were the only family not to bring home a turkey this year, but I did break 19! After the race we all went to Black Bear for coffee and frozen yogurt. What a fun day!

The first mile felt both fast and easy; that's new! I was afraid to look at my watch for a while and finally checked it at about 3/4 and saw 5:55! That was encouraging news! I tried to just keep a steady effort after that. The second mile has a good sized hill right in the middle that slowed me down a lot. I gave it everything I had going up and got so winded that I couldn't really speed up going down the other side. The third mile felt very long... still recovering from the hill, I didn't notice the marker or hear my watch beep at 3. When I turned the corner to leave the path around the lake I thought the finish was still pretty far away, but it was a lot closer than I usually get before the final kick. It was the same course as last year so I should have known better. I cranked it up as fast as I could and was still there before I hit puke-pace. I think this is a lot tougher course than the Resolution Run 5k so I'll be shooting for a big PR to start my year.

Distance    Split pace
1.00    5:57.11
2.00    6:17.71
3.00    6:18.39
3.11    4:26.83

4:30am

Awesome: I registered for the Boston to Big Sur Challenge yesterday!

Not Awesome: My MP3 player is missing and there is sideways rain. Also sideways trees and traffic lights. It was the worst wind and rain I have ever ran through.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/steilacoom-wa/98388/watches-warnings/341366

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:29
2.00    7:41
3.00    7:44
4.00    7:42
5.00    7:16
6.00    8:06
7.00    7:36
8.00    7:19
9.00    7:09
10.00    7:12
10.08    7:32
 

9:00am Lamentations 1 - Ezekiel 9

My gloves and shoes were still soaked from yesterday. That made the first couple miles really cold and I was happy that I decided to do a shorter run today. Once I got the top of Farwest hill I was warmed up and felt pretty good. I even thought about a doing a second lap to make it the usual 10 miler, but decided to save something for tomorrow's 20 mile "Bring On The Stuffing Run".

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:31
2.00    7:39
3.00    7:26
4.00    7:33
5.00    7:27
6.00    7:36
7.00    7:28
7.12    7:30
 

6:00am 

I never thought I would see this happen; Preston ran out of steam today around 16. Usually I am sucking wind just trying to keep up with him at any distance. I picked the pace back up a little after we split up at 18 and added a lap around the lake since I had those nice recovery miles :)  The weather was good and the company was great! We saw a few other runners out there, but not as many as last year.

I think I earned my turkey and stuffing today.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:45
2.00    7:47
3.00    8:17
4.00    7:45
5.00    7:53
6.00    7:39
7.00    7:45
8.00    7:42
9.00    7:47
10.00    7:46
11.00    7:51
12.00    7:39
13.00    7:27
14.00    7:35
15.00    7:40
16.00    7:51
17.00    8:27
18.00    8:42
19.00    7:50
20.00    7:39
21.00    7:30
21.20    7:07


 

9:30am Ezekiel 10-23

Sweating bacon grease today after the "Black Friday Special".

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:32
2.00    7:35
3.00    7:21
4.00    7:30
5.00    7:18
6.00    7:32
7.00    7:13
8.00    7:05
9.00    6:52
10.00    6:22
10.12    5:43