I dragged myself out of my cozy bed to run in a 10K this morning. I wasn’t 100% committed to running it because of not wanting to wake up, but I bit the bullet and bought a Barbie for Toys for Tots last night so I KNEW I had to get up and run.
It was a brisk 37 degrees when I woke up. I did however opt to run in only compression shorts and a dri fit shirt – which was a good call! The race had a 1mi run as well as a 5K and 10K. Lots of LITTLE kids – I mean like 2 and 3 year olds “ran” the 1 mile run with their parents. It struck me as strange for a second, but then I realized the parents are developing good habits for their kids! There were a good bit of middle schoolers running the 5K. In hindsight I wish I was truly exposed to running earlier and hope one day to have my kids race with me!
Back to my race. Good group, excellent weather, HILLY course. This town is nicknamed “the loveliest village on the plains” – plains my ass. I fought the whole race to pace myself and not burn out too early. I also hoped to run the whole thing non-stop. I accomplished both! My hope was to come in under and hour, but I told myself to not be disappointed if I come in within 1 hour 1 min because it was realistic.
Well, I ran the 10K in 58:46 – that’s almost 11 min faster than my previous 10K I ran in July!
That’s an average of 9:27 min/mile
My Nike sensor told me I PRed on my mile with a time of 8:26
My 5K split was 29:30 – so I ran the second half in an illusive NEGATIVE split.
Great freakin race – I couldn’t be happier! I hope all of you that has raced today had stellar runs too!
