I decided to run two days in a row today and to break the every other day thing. I sat through 7 hours of "orientation" for grad school and I just had to get out and move after.
The plan was to jog for 5 minutes, run harder for 5 minutes, jog for 5 ect. for 3 miles to try to get my legs moving for the possible 5k on Sunday. I ended up getting a nasty side stitch during the first 5 minute hard section so the run turned out to be - run until I get a side stitch and jog until it goes away ect.
Sparrow W3 (3.1 Miles) 00:24:51, Place overall: 40, Place in age division: 1
Slow miles
Fast miles
Total Distance
0.50
3.10
3.60
I knew that I wouldn't PR today...I didn't think I'd win my age group!
Splits-ish: I forgot to stop my watch at the line...
Mile 1: 7.56
Mile 2: 8.11
Mile 3.1: 8.43
I lined up right near the front - it was a smaller race of 350 or so, so it wasn't that difficult to get up there. Right at the start about 7 or so women passed me- we stayed in that order until the finish - although I almost caught up to one at the end.
The course was all on paved bike trails and it was very pretty. My only issue was that there was one out and back hairpin turn that was around a cone on the narrow trail which wasn't very fun.
I don't see how people can do detailed mile by mile reports - I never remember much. Basically I went out at a good pace - my stomach gurgling the entire way (I really need to fix this), let some people go ahead of me with the intention of speeding up after the first mile, didn't speed up although I think I could have, and then the race ended and I got a massage :-D
I was pretty surprised to see that I won my age group and I recieved a shiny medal at the end. I also won a door prize (a long sleeve T that's too large) and ate way too much. The MSU women's basketball team helped out with the race and the winners had to get their pictures taken with them. I can't wait for the pictures to be posted.
A quick run before the sun went down. I had a slice of pizza and 1/2 a beer with some grad school friends before I ran - my run felt really good, maybe I'll always do this pre-run :-D
Such a beautiful day! I ran 7 very slow miles and took 2 2ish minute walking breaks just to enjoy the weather. I think it's supposed to rain all next week :-(
It was raining and 50 degrees...I chickened out and ran on the treadmil. The whole time I was thinking that I should have ran outside. I did 1.5 miles at 9 min pace, 1.5 miles at 8 min pace, 1 mile at 9 min pace and hopefully that adds up to 4 miles.
