I was the overall female winner at the 5k this morning!! I got a big turkey trophy. My three year old is very impressed. Ha, ha!
Splits
First few seconds of race - I had trouble pressing start with my garmin for the first few seconds of the race because of my gloves... I was going REALLY fast.
mile 1 - 6:45
mile 2- 7:13
mile 3- 7:08
Final race clock time 21:15
I was going to be happy if I did a 7:20 pace average... deep down I thought I could do better... but I was surprised that I did THIS well. I never even looked at my watch the whole race. I just ran by how I felt.
Either the race was slightly short of 3.1 miles or my Garmin's distance was off.
I recorded exactly 3 miles on my watch. I was delayed pressing start on the timer at the beginning of the race, however, I doubt I covered the remaining .1 mile during that time... I think I only missed 15 seconds. If this is the case, I was running an average 7 min pace and I probably would have finished in 21:45 if the course was a full 3.1 miles.
The other possibility is that my Garmin's distance calculation was off and the race was the full 3.1 miles. Sometimes maymyrun.com is different from what my Garmin says. If the race clock and distance were accurate, I did 6:51 per mile.
What should I go by in this situation? The race clock or my garmin?
It was pretty miserable weather today. A cold front came in and dropped the temps to 40's or 50's. It was windy about 18 mph. There was a slight rain. The second half of the race was against the wind.
I was thinking I could have probably gone faster if my leg muscles were stronger. Towards the end of the race, I was trying to get my legs to pump faster but my quads felt like they just couldn't move any faster... Aerobically, I felt fine... but my quads felt like they were out of energy. I usually have a bigger kick at the end of a race than this. It reminded me of what my legs used to feel like during the last set of lifting weights.. I bet I could get faster if I strengthened my muscles. I need to add some weight/strength training.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! Time to go pig out! | 