Let me preface this by saying I had a terrible attitude going into this race. I cursed the whole way home after I picked up my packet last night. Why was I torturing myself with a 5k? None of my friends were running it, the hoodie they gave me was 5 sizes to small, it was 30 minutes away from my house. blah, blah, blah.
I woke up this morning and decided I needed to change my attitude. I had already paid and I knew it would be good for me to push myself outside of my comfort zone. I really needed this race to gage how to train for Boston and knew that without a doubt I was capable of PR'ing.
Got to the race early and decided to run the course as a warmup. I met a guy (Randal) and we decided to warm up together. It was nice to run the course as a warmup because it gave me an idea of what I was up against. Very glad that I did this because there was about 20 turns throughout the course and it was good to know where they were. The race started as soon as we got done with the warm up.
Mile 1: 6:16 - Got a little too caught up in the hype and went out to fast. (typical Rachelle).
Mile 2: 6:38 - I knew I needed to slow this mile down if I wanted any chance of setting a PR. focused on getting me breathing under control and figuring out a way to round all of the turns without loosing my form. I thought I was having an asthma attack (I don't even have asthma) in the first half of this mile but was able to get it under control.
Mile 3: 6:42 - Just keep pushing, just keep pushing. Fading but able to hang on.
.10: 5:51 - kicked it and finished strong.
Overall I am happy with my time but it is disheartening to come that close to sub-20. I feel that if I would have paced this smarter I would have been capable of sub-20. With that said I beat my time from last year on this course by 2 minutes 38 seconds and it is a 45 second 5k PR for me so I cannot be dissapointed in that.
Sorry for the long report on a 5k. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! | 