I had planned to run a 10K on Long Island this past Saturday. But superstorm Sandy made a mess of the island so the race was canceled. And we ended up canceling our trip, which was a good move. One of my brothers-in-law, his wife, and their young son were displaced by the storm, and will be for probably the rest of this year. So, they popped up this weekend for a visit and to get a little break.
In between canceling our trip and making the new plans, I signed up for a small local 5K. And I talked Bridget in to running it as well. So, even though my BIL, Glenn, and his family were here, I still managed to get in a race.
I'm thrilled that I did.
Bridget and I got to the Valatie Veteran's Day 5K about a half hour before the race started, picked up our shirts and our bibs and booked it back to the car because it was so much colder than we had expected. We sat around for a little while and then I decided to take off for a quick warm-up and she met up with our friend Karen who was also running the race.
After meeting back up, we went to the starting line and with a loud, "On your mark. Get set. Runners go!" we were off.
I wanted to run a strong race and I hoped to finish under 23 minutes, if not close to my PR.
My first mile was conservative. I ran in a pack for that first mile, slowly passing all of the runners in that pack. Then the sun came out and the course turned on to a really pretty country road and I was running mostly alone. I could see a pack ahead of me and part of me wanted to try to close the gap, but the other (smarter) part of me decided I needed to heed my own advice and run my own race.
That's what I did. I picked up the pace a smidge over the second mile and then, in the third mile, poured it on. With about a half mile to go, I started to feel like I was going to get a PR.
And then, right around mile 3, I came to the hill. Not a long hill, but a steepish hill and just something that, honestly, I didn't want to run up at the end of a 5K in which I'd been pushing my pace.
But I did.
And I finished strong.
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| Coming in to the finish line. |
22:18 and a new PR!
My old PR, set in August, was 22:42. Yup, on Saturday I smashed that old record!
Man, I was psyched. After finishing, I grabbed a water and a banana and went back to cheer for Karen and Bridget. I somehow missed Karen crossing the line, but I saw Bridget, who also set a new PR of 25:58! Yay!
What makes my performance so good, to me, is that I felt strong the entire way and ran negative splits, well, except for the last bit. Check it out:
Mile 1: 7:20
Mile 2: 7:10
Mile 3: 6:58
Last .1: 8:05 pace (yeah, the hill got me!)
Overall pace: 7:11
Pretty cool. Like I said, it was a small race -- only 135 people. I ended up finishing 15th overall, 5th female, and 1st in my age group. Not too shabby.
I was very pleased. Very, very pleased. The rest of the weekend was terrific too!
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all had a great weekend!
~ Felice
7 comments:
Hooray for you. I did this race 2 years ago and I remember yelling out - "how cruel a hill at the end of a race" but I also got 1st in my AG.
Awesome PR Felice! Way to go ;) You're so speedy!
No too shabby at all. Frickin' AMAZING if you ask me!
AWESOME JOB!!!
Congratulations on that massive PR.
Congrats. That is a GREAT PR!!!! But any PR is fun and exciting!
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