I tired to enter 6.2 miles for a 10K but keep getting this weird error message:You have entered a non-standard distance. This should not happen on a certified course If you are sure that this is the distance you ran check The distance was non-standard or the course was not certified checkbox. So I tried 6.21 miles. aha. you need three significant figures I guess, as we say in chemistry 1210. Maybe I should try 6.21371192 miles?
I ran the smithfield health days 10K today: up the canyon then back down the canyon. Was happy to see James Barnes at the start, he was here for the weekend. We had a good chat before the race and cooldown afterwards. I did about what I expected given my training and motivational level which isn't great. Two years ago I ran this in 38:15, last year 39:11, this year in 39:42, not exactly a promising trend.
I ran the first mile about where I wanted to: 6:28, slight uphill. Then 7:00 for the next part of the climb, bummer. Then a pathetic 7:23 to the turnaround and a bit back down the canyon. Keith A. passed me around mile two, it was good to see he was running, I didn't see him at the start which bummed me out since we a re the same age and it is fun to have another 50 year old to run with- turns out he was back in the crowd at the starting line- 8 seconds off the gun. Health days has chip timing this year for the first time ever. I am betting he wanted that 8 seconds of cushion in the outside chance I could stay with him to the end so he didn't have to injure his calf again in a mad dash to the finish to beat me in a sprint as when there were no chips (re the one and only time I have ever beat him, in 2010). Good strategy, and flattered he thinks I even have a chance, but he solidly destroyed me by two minutes. He actually edged out James on chip time with this strategy too. Keith is an amazing runner, he gets faster as I get slower.
Mile 4, 5:52, mile 5, 6:09, mile 6, 6:02, 0.2 miles, 56 seconds.
Cooldown after with James and Sean, who ran great races today. Now I am going to do a little introspection to decide what I want out of running anymore... The infernal plantar fasciitis, still giving me trouble after a year, has really sapped my morale and motivation. At least that is what I am blaming. Maybe it is just I am getting old and tired.
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