Feb 23, 2008 - PPRR 10k Race (Winter Series #4)

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Motionbased Data
OK, so how'd it go?

Mile   Splits      Time     Avg Pace
1      6:54.46    6:54.46   6:54.46
2      7:55.67   14:50.13   7:25.06
3      7:35.87   22:26.00   7:28.67
4      8:31.85   30:57.85   7:44.46
5      8:01.30   38:59.15   7:47.83
6      7:29.72   46:28.87   7:44.81
6.25   1:26.67   47:55.54   7:40.09

Which, when you look at the hills and such is actually pretty good. Not much faster than Tuesday's supposed taper run, but, heck that is on such flat ground. The legs didn't help much either from that too fast of a run. Although a lot of people were dressed in leggings the weather wasn't that bad. It was snowing in the morning, and overcast when we started, but it cleared up by the time we hit 1.5 miles into the race. So, with my tee and long sleeved thin shirt I was nearly too warm. It was probably 35 average temp. See Motionbased for the weather details.

And about those hills. Oh crap, they were killer. As one guy after the race said, "You think you're about to get a break and, then, nope, another hill!" So, 7:40 pace is pretty decent and I'm happy with it. Finished in the top 10%. Here's a link, and if it ever dies, here are some hand-picked lines from the page.

Overall  Gender  Age-Group
Place    Place   Place      Name             Age   Time
1         1       1/20      Shawn Dubbs      16   38:01
2         2       2/20      Chasen Golacke   17   38:40
3         3       1/3       Andrew Abdella   21   39:50
4         4       3/20      Tim Hamilton     17   40:32
23       22       1/24      Joel Hawkins     37   46:22
24       23       3/16      Richard Hedlind  31   46:27
27       26       3/24      Craig Torres     35   46:53
37       33       4/24      Erick Breneman   37   47:56
38       34       7/19      Steve Weeks      41   48:02
42       36       5/24      Steve Warmingham 39   50:09

So, there were a lot of fast high-schoolers running. I was not that fast in high-school, but I could have competed with them in college, like the third place finisher.

Everyone's times were slow, though. The first three miles were predominantly covered by shadows and therefore icy. It was snowing all morning lightly, so there was snow cover a tiny bit and ice in corners. A few people fell. I think I heard one guy behind me almost eat it. I took the corners pretty slow to be safe, but it was tough. The hills that first mile or so sure made for some slow times. My excuse for later was just being in pain! :-)

Here's a good picture taken near the end of the race...of me not looking so good.

Overall I'm happy. I figured I'd do the first mile in sub-7, which i did, maybe the first 3/4 mile a bit fast, so I fell back and only did 6:54 instead of 6:40...but that's OK, I kept thinking of holding some for the finish and not have to walk. Good job!

Legs feel sore today, I SHOULD run to loosen them up, but didn't and won't. Tomorrow is supposed to be windy, so we'll see if I get out, but will get out for sure Tuesday, as it looks to be perfect weather, and I'm going 10k minimum and hitting that Havana hill! I'm going to hit that hill at least once a week now. I need to work my legs more than I have, and I need to increase my average pace, I'm going too slow! I'm not going to get back into college shape (or will I?), but I'd like to do a sub-20 5k, and MAYBE a sub-40 10k? At least a sub-42! We'll see how all that goes over the next year or so, huh?