of good running this week continues! Pretty excited with the workouts I have done, and feel pretty motivated right now. Special thanks goes to Marc for the ridiculous work he is doing (and letting me know all about it) and Crystal who started back up with one of the Big River Running coaches in hopes of hitting a great marathon time in Indianapolis this October. Saw a couple interesting articles this morning - first, Shalane Flanagan will be making her marathon debut in NYC this year! Shalane has been working her way into the long distances, and will kill in the marathon. Next, the USA Track and Field Nationals are next week - Oregon Elite runners will be making a presence at this event, including my buddy Stephen Pifer. Lot of luck to everybody!
Tuesday, did track work with Crystal. Was blazing hot outside as usual, and went in the later evening. Parked at the bank, jogged up the track and tacked on a few laps to get around 2 for the warmup. Did 10X30 seconds at 5K pace with slow jog in between. Not much to report, other than it was a good workout and definitely worked a little with the heat and just general lack of fitness. Stride felt a bit off, but definitely rallied a little on the last few reps and felt relatively smooth. Cooled down, did some stretching afterwards, then light corework at home. Total mileage: ~6.25 miles
Today, did a treadmill workout during lunch at my buddy's house to just get it out of the way. Fortunately, the World Cup game was on, and a meaningful futbol game plus no commercials equals complete zone out. Put the treadmill at 8.0, then went to town. Had thoughts that this might be difficult, because my legs were tired, but was the easiest and quickest treadmill run I have ever done. Viva la futbol! Total mileage: 6 miles - splits were: 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30.
Doing easy stretching and some good corework when I get home tonight to compete the workout - maybe some drills when it cools down. Tim is in town tomorrow, so plan on getting a little group run with him tomorrow!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Catch Up
Wow, it's been a little bit since I've been on here, so I'll try to fire out a quick update. Saw this article in the New York Times talking about Brooks Running and their new strategy. I agree with the ideals, and love that it is encouraging people everywhere to run. It will give a new appreciation for the hard work people put in to run great times, and hopefully motivate those runners to step it up and work towards more aggressive goals.
Well, here we go with my recent attempts at running, and what I can remember. Thursday, did speed work on the trails. Jogged 1 up, attempted 1200 repeats but literally died after 2 of them (4:37, 4:28). Was just too hot and humid, and the trees were trapping in all the heat plus no air circulation. Excuses, excuses, I know, but my stride was getting significantly altered from struggling so much from running, and was starting to get dizzy. Decided not to take any chances. Total miles: ~4 miles. Friday, 4 easy on the treadmill at 8 minute or so pace. Felt ok. 0 on Saturday and Sunday!!!! Just crapped out, nothing good to say there.
Yesterday, decided to try to start over, and did the group run at Big River. Ran a little with Crystal, and finished the run solo. Was blazing hot outside, and felt slightly nauseated halfway through the run. Somehow finished it in one piece, then drank about a gallon of water. Got home, did some drills, good corework, and major stretching. Total mileage: ~4.5 miles - no idea how long I was out there, but estimating an average of 7:45-8 minute pace.
Tonight, going to do speedwork with Crystal. Nothing too crazy, I think she said 10X30 seconds with long warmup/cooldown, and hopefully it cools down a bit. Feeling pretty good today!
Look at the 4:25 mark!
Well, here we go with my recent attempts at running, and what I can remember. Thursday, did speed work on the trails. Jogged 1 up, attempted 1200 repeats but literally died after 2 of them (4:37, 4:28). Was just too hot and humid, and the trees were trapping in all the heat plus no air circulation. Excuses, excuses, I know, but my stride was getting significantly altered from struggling so much from running, and was starting to get dizzy. Decided not to take any chances. Total miles: ~4 miles. Friday, 4 easy on the treadmill at 8 minute or so pace. Felt ok. 0 on Saturday and Sunday!!!! Just crapped out, nothing good to say there.
Yesterday, decided to try to start over, and did the group run at Big River. Ran a little with Crystal, and finished the run solo. Was blazing hot outside, and felt slightly nauseated halfway through the run. Somehow finished it in one piece, then drank about a gallon of water. Got home, did some drills, good corework, and major stretching. Total mileage: ~4.5 miles - no idea how long I was out there, but estimating an average of 7:45-8 minute pace.
Tonight, going to do speedwork with Crystal. Nothing too crazy, I think she said 10X30 seconds with long warmup/cooldown, and hopefully it cools down a bit. Feeling pretty good today!
Look at the 4:25 mark!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Beat up
is how I am feeling. Has been a rocky week of running, unfortunately, so let me just cut to the chase.
Saturday, got in a long run with Mike and Crystal. Was just ridiculously humid, and felt awful outside. Temps were in the high 70's, low 80's. We started pretty early, and it didn't matter - was just awful outside. Around the 3-4 mile mark, made a comment that I could be persuaded to cut the run from 12 miles to 10. Was immediately taken up on the offer, thus the lower mileage day. Suffered the last couple miles, felt like garbage. Mike and I kicked at the end, did not feel too good and struggled to hold on. Would normally be disappointed in not getting in the correct mileage, but it was just nasty outside. Total mileage: 10 miles - average splits was 8:3o something.
Sunday, exact opposite - perfect day to be outside. Got in 4 easy early in the a.m., then crapped out on a later run due to relaxing at my friend's pool and golf. Golf counts as cross training, right?! 34 miles over the week - decent, and felt pretty happy for the most part.
Monday, 0!!! Played in a golf tournament all afternoon and got home too late, but will switch with Friday. Tuesday, 0!!! Back was on fire, and could barely sit up straight because I tweaked it probably playing golf. Was considering a later run, but was hobbling around so much that it was going to be impossible. This morning, got in 5 on my friend's treadmill. Put it on a slow pace, but realized I could handle a little faster. Watched ESPN, and the run went by quickly. Was going to do 4, but got in 5 just because I wasn't paying attention. Felt good, back held up on but is still slightly sore. Total mileage: 5 miles - splits were: 7:41, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30.
Hope to get in a late run with Crystal tonight, then if all feels well tomorrow try for speed then.
Saturday, got in a long run with Mike and Crystal. Was just ridiculously humid, and felt awful outside. Temps were in the high 70's, low 80's. We started pretty early, and it didn't matter - was just awful outside. Around the 3-4 mile mark, made a comment that I could be persuaded to cut the run from 12 miles to 10. Was immediately taken up on the offer, thus the lower mileage day. Suffered the last couple miles, felt like garbage. Mike and I kicked at the end, did not feel too good and struggled to hold on. Would normally be disappointed in not getting in the correct mileage, but it was just nasty outside. Total mileage: 10 miles - average splits was 8:3o something.
Sunday, exact opposite - perfect day to be outside. Got in 4 easy early in the a.m., then crapped out on a later run due to relaxing at my friend's pool and golf. Golf counts as cross training, right?! 34 miles over the week - decent, and felt pretty happy for the most part.
Monday, 0!!! Played in a golf tournament all afternoon and got home too late, but will switch with Friday. Tuesday, 0!!! Back was on fire, and could barely sit up straight because I tweaked it probably playing golf. Was considering a later run, but was hobbling around so much that it was going to be impossible. This morning, got in 5 on my friend's treadmill. Put it on a slow pace, but realized I could handle a little faster. Watched ESPN, and the run went by quickly. Was going to do 4, but got in 5 just because I wasn't paying attention. Felt good, back held up on but is still slightly sore. Total mileage: 5 miles - splits were: 7:41, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30.
Hope to get in a late run with Crystal tonight, then if all feels well tomorrow try for speed then.
Friday, June 4, 2010
BolderBoulder 10K Race Recap/Long Update
Sorry, it's been a week since I've updated, so this is going to be a Cliff Notes version for times sake. First, big news that Haile Gebreselassie is running NYC this fall! Here is an interview with him and race director Mary Wittenberg. Also, James Carney did a blog about BolderBoulder and RunColorado's impressive 2nd place finish in the team competition!
Sunday, got in an easy 2 or so miles with Tim and Shane around the Stapleton area. Was a pretty hot day and the sun was brutal. Legs felt like mush, and the surprising thing was my calves felt like I had climbed Mount Everest by the time I was done. It was most likely a combination of the altitude plus the billion mimosas we had all weekend long. Was literally counting the steps till we were done, haven't felt like that in years especially for a 2 mile easy run.
Monday morning, drove out to Boulder for the race! Normally, I would give a detailed report, but there isn't much to report since I had pretty much dismissed that I couldn't run this race very hard due to conditions, so was going to be a glorified tempo run. Got to the start a little late due to the long bag check-in line, and literally ran up to the start. Rick Reilly was the honorary starter, and was cool to see him out there (he actually wrote a little article about the race). Lined up pretty far up front, which was stupid since I knew I was going to get scorched by all the fast runners (I had qualified for the top corral, but even if we were racing at sea level I would have been at the tail-end of this corral). Gun went off, and pretty much rocketed out of the chute. Looked at my watch at the half mile point, saw 2:42 so was going waaaaaaay too fast. Slowed it down big time, hit the first mile a lot faster than I would have liked and kept slowing down. Breathing was a mess at this point, and really didn't want to die out there. Legs were pretty heavy, but tried to battled through it. Weaved through some neighborhoods, saw a ton of interesting people, and just tried to keep a somewhat respectable pace. Hordes and hordes of people were passing me at this point, and was demoralizing since there was nothing I could do about it since I was trying to maintain my strategy. Was a bit tired at the halfway point, especially since we had just hit a big hill, and hit a really low split. Started to feel better after the 4th mile, and picked it up slightly but didn't get out of control. Last mile, you head towards the stadium, and was feeling pretty good and was enjoying the run. Hit a severe but quick incline before heading into the stadium, and did a quick 1/2 lap around before finishing! 10K Time: 43:14 - splits were: 6:11, 7:09, 7:33, 7:12, 6:52, 6:49. Finished 1278/53,000.
Met up with Shane and Tim later on - Trish, Marc, and Heather were all in a later wave so we killed time at the expo. Got to meet Ryan Hall which was freaking awesome! He was super nice, and asked me about my Boston experience (was wearing a Boston jacket), and I told him about when he almost tripped on my feet at the 07 Olympic Trials! Tried to get him to do the Usain Bolt pose with us, but was denied lol. Walked back to the stadium to meet up with everyone and chilled out for a while watching people finish, then watched the elite races which was pretty awesome. There was a huge Ethiopian contingent sitting a section over that was going NUTS for their runners, who dominated pretty much every event. Watched a great Memorial Day tribute which included a flyby, and headed out to Fort Collins for the New Belgium Brewery Tour (super cool btw, please go there if you ever have a chance to!). A perfect way to spend Memorial Day with some of my best friends, and a very fun race :)
Got back into town the next day after a long, exhausting, but super-fun weekend, and pretty much crashed out all day. Wednesday, ran 4 easy. Felt great and had intentions of running a few more, but experienced some of the nastiest stomach pains and had to call it quits halfway through. Was so nasty and humid outside, I miss the Denver dry air so much!
Thursday morning, woke up early to do 3 easy. Amazed I actually was able to get my butt out of bed early to do this. Felt like garbage every step of the way, wasn't hydrated enough to battle the early humidity. In the P.M., did scheduled interval work. 1 up to the trail, 6X800, 1 down. Was nasty and humid yet again, and decided to pick the trail since I wanted the shade and wanted to simulate some terrain and challenge myself a little instead of the flat track. Felt really tired starting out, but definitely got my legs back. Hit some really good splits, and just hammered it out. Last split, had a head to head encounter with a cat, and had to slow down and veer off to the side of the trail which slowed me down a bit, but still hit my fastest split which was nice. Very pleased with this workout. Total mileage: 5 miles - 800 splits were: 2:42, 2:42, 2:42, 2:42, 2:43, 2:38.
Having a decent running week so far, which is good. Want to try to squeeze in a recovery run today, but may opt out because of general fatigue and early long run tomorrow with Mike and Crystal.
Shane and I pre-race
Tim and I postrace at the Nissan Tent
Shane talking with Ryan Hall
Race finish - pretty awesome!
Marc, Trish, and I
Friday, May 28, 2010
Denver Bound (again)!
Time for Round 2 of Denver for 2010! Bags are packed, ready to board my flight later this afternoon and see all my good friends that will be there for a fun-filled Memorial Day weekend! Before getting on to my last couple days of running, here is a good article I found about possibly the greatest sprinter of all time, Usain Bolt.
Wednesday, did my scheduled long run with Mike on the trails. Was raining that day, but helped out with the crappy temperatures by basically cooling everything off. Really never hit any big downpours which was awesome, and the temperatures dropped almost 20 degrees for the impending storms that never happened. So basically ran in 70 degree temps in drizzle/light rain, which I will take 10/10 times :) Both of us didn't want to push it, so we started out pretty slow. Sort of picked it up in the mid miles, but at the end really slowed it down the last 2 miles. Went by pretty fast, good conversation, and my legs were definitely getting a little tired by the end due to the spike in my mileage this week. Total mileage: 10+ miles - average split was 8:30ish.
Yesterday, off - just ran out of time, and decided to switch my off day with today. Today, did a morning run on my friend's treadmill. Intending on slow, but felt great with the day off and hadn't done any speed work this week so just sped up as the miles went. Last mile, approached 10K pace (a little slower), and felt pretty good. Didn't feel like I pushed it at all, which is always a good sign. Total mileage: 4 miles - splits were: 7:30, 7:05, 6:50, 6:30.
So finally piecing together a solid running week (at 27 miles currently), and we have a couple runs planned out this weekend that sound amazing. Going to Red Rocks on Saturday for a run out there (Trish lives pretty closeby), and most likely a Washington Park run on Sunday, as well as hanging out in the park. The race is early on Monday morning, and should be a super fun time. I have no goals, other than to have a good workout, try not to burn out, and have a great time :)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
3 more days...
until I will be back in beautiful Denver! Excited to see Tim and Trish, and as an added bonus Shane and Marc will also be visiting. We are all running the BolderBoulder 10K on Memorial Day, so should be a complete blast! Found a cool article concerning the race - really, really wish I could be more competitive, but just not realistic given my current level of shape and altitude adjustment. Talked with Marc a little bit over the weekend, and both of us decided to commit to a solid week of running/working out before the inevitable destruction of us in Colorado.
Good running so far this week. Monday, waited until it cooled down a bit. Weather was humid, but a lot cooler and a good breeze. Did a small loop on the trails, then back through town. Didn't go too hard, but noticed some cramping on the 4th mile. Still, felt nice to be out and doing a night run - something that hasn't happened in a while, and what I did exclusively for 2 years. Total mileage: 6 miles - no idea how long I was out for.
Yesterday, couldn't get up early like I wanted to, but did successfully talk Crystal into doing a few miles with me in the P.M. Weather was sunny, hot, and humid, but it isn't going to get much better here on out so I just need to suck it up. Wanted to get in a little more, so ran 1.5 and met her on the trail, then we did 4 together. Walked back to their house to say hi to Pat, then ran back home. Total mileage: ~7.5 miles. Average split of the 4 miles I did with Crystal was 8:20ish.
Feel ok, a little fatigue but to be expected since I haven't really run much in the last month. Long run tonight with Mike and Crystal at a very S-L-O-W pace, then will wrap it up with something smaller on Thursday before heading out west!
Good running so far this week. Monday, waited until it cooled down a bit. Weather was humid, but a lot cooler and a good breeze. Did a small loop on the trails, then back through town. Didn't go too hard, but noticed some cramping on the 4th mile. Still, felt nice to be out and doing a night run - something that hasn't happened in a while, and what I did exclusively for 2 years. Total mileage: 6 miles - no idea how long I was out for.
Yesterday, couldn't get up early like I wanted to, but did successfully talk Crystal into doing a few miles with me in the P.M. Weather was sunny, hot, and humid, but it isn't going to get much better here on out so I just need to suck it up. Wanted to get in a little more, so ran 1.5 and met her on the trail, then we did 4 together. Walked back to their house to say hi to Pat, then ran back home. Total mileage: ~7.5 miles. Average split of the 4 miles I did with Crystal was 8:20ish.
Feel ok, a little fatigue but to be expected since I haven't really run much in the last month. Long run tonight with Mike and Crystal at a very S-L-O-W pace, then will wrap it up with something smaller on Thursday before heading out west!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Run for the Stars 5K Recap
Had an ok running weekend - weather suddenly decided to turn 30 degrees warmer and get oppressingly HUMID, so didn't get in the mileage I would have liked. Was kind of prepping for the St. Louis Science Center 5K, but quite honestly my running has been garbage and was hoping I could cash in on previous fitness and race experience to get me through another race. Friday, ran easy after work. Did 3 miles slow, just needed to get the legs moving again. Hung out at home and got to bed relatively early.
Race Morning
Woke up bright and early on Saturday morning. Went outside to gauge the conditions for the day, and did a quick jog to get loosened up. Was already stuffy, and was going to be very sunny that day. Ate a quick breakfast of yogurt and a banana, grabbed my stuff, and took off for downtown. Got there and parked, then went to registration to get my bib and t-shirt. Jogged for about 10 minutes on the course, and waited for my friends Ben and Dave to get there. Felt decent and ready to go.
At the Start/Mile by Mile Report
Met up with those guys, got their packets and walked back towards the start. Did some light stretching, strides, and dynamic stretching, and got lined up. Saw a group of guys that had Ghisallo racing singlets on (Ghisallo Racing is a local team), so I talked to them to gauge how fast they would be going out the first mile. Tried to get myself focused and in that race mentality. Lined up at the front, and waited for the gun.
Mile 1 - Gun went off, and away we went! First mile goes down a hill then turns up a pretty decent hill. Important not to go out too fast, and the Ghisallo group, some high school guy, and myself had quickly formed a small pack. When we got to that hill, sort of relaxed my stride and tried to concentrate on good form. Those guys started to take off, and I was getting gapped pretty good. Weaved through Forest Park, rolling hills so was working a bit. Was breathing way pretty hard at this point and already feeling tired which was not a good sign. [Mile 1 - 5:44]
Mile 2 - Got passed by a couple runners. Went down a huge hill, then back up towards the Muny which is an outdoor theater in Forest Park. Tried to work off one of the guys that had passed me - he was a younger runner, and going faster than me but I thought I would be ok. He started to really gap me, and I gauged off the volunteers cheering that there were people not too far behind me. I was tired and didn't want to waste energy looking back, but eventually did when we made a sharp right hand turn up a hill and saw a group of 4-5 guys. Legs were starting to hurt, started to really question why was I racing?!?! [Mile 2 - 5:58]
Mile 3 - Pretty much conceded I wasn't going to catch the guy in front of me, and the Ghisallo guys were out of my sight. This is where the mental battle began for me, and since I had spent the majority of this race running basically by myself and getting tore up by these hills, I was not in a good mental state. Really started to slow down, and I could hear a runner creeping up on me. I knew there were 2 big hills coming up, and I'm not proud to say that I basically gave up and just dropped pace but didn't let the guy pass me. Hit the first hill kind of hard, noticed I was gaining ground on one of the guys but then saw him turn off which meant he was a 10K runner. Was in 4th at this point, and suddenly heard the hard breathing and footsteps of the guy behind me. [Mile 3 - 6:23]
Finish - The guy was gaining ground, and I was really tired. Could hear people cheering, and finally snapped out of my ridiculous funk and picked it up. Last half mile is straight uphill, so punishing but definitely gapped the guy and finished hard. [5K Time - 18:51]
Peter Kim M30
Chip Time: 18:51
Clock Time: 18:53
Overall Place: 4/442
Gender Place: 4/?
Division Place: 1/?
Pace: 6:05/Mile
Walked and grabbed some Vitamin Water, water, and bananas, and talked to the Ghisallo guys who had finished 1-2 (high school guy was third). Jogged back towards the course and met up with Dave and Ben who were finishing up. Ben was running his first 5K and Dave had ran the majority of the race with him so I took over the reigns and he took off like a bat from hell for quite a spectacular finish. Ben kicked really hard the last 100 meters and passed 5 people, so that was pretty awesome to watch. Congrats on both for a good race! Went back to our cars, had a few beers then chilled at the post-race area and got my award.
Final Thoughts
Not my best race by any means, and pretty disappointed in myself for losing focus and basically giving up on the last mile. Albeit, I don't think I could have improved my place any, but still should have ran 15-20 seconds faster. Time was ok and slower than what I thought it was, but the hills slowed me down - definitely need to build up some strength. Regardless, it was a good training run/speedwork, was thrilled to finish top 5 overall, and always nice to win my age group :) Lots to work on right now, and this was a wake up call that I need to really start working hard or I am not going to improve any.
Ended up with around 5 miles total on Saturday, did my "long run" of 5 miles on Sunday. It was just waaaay too hot, and I was completely drained after 5 minutes of being outside. Legs were tired from the race and was still adjusting to the sudden, severe temperature change, so reasoned with myself that I would pick up some cheap miles throughout the week. The plan is to get a boatload of miles early, rest up for the Denver trip, easy running over the weekend, then Monday's race will be a hard tempo and nothing more!
Ben and I postrace. Won my age group!
Post Race Celebration
Race Morning
Woke up bright and early on Saturday morning. Went outside to gauge the conditions for the day, and did a quick jog to get loosened up. Was already stuffy, and was going to be very sunny that day. Ate a quick breakfast of yogurt and a banana, grabbed my stuff, and took off for downtown. Got there and parked, then went to registration to get my bib and t-shirt. Jogged for about 10 minutes on the course, and waited for my friends Ben and Dave to get there. Felt decent and ready to go.
At the Start/Mile by Mile Report
Met up with those guys, got their packets and walked back towards the start. Did some light stretching, strides, and dynamic stretching, and got lined up. Saw a group of guys that had Ghisallo racing singlets on (Ghisallo Racing is a local team), so I talked to them to gauge how fast they would be going out the first mile. Tried to get myself focused and in that race mentality. Lined up at the front, and waited for the gun.
Mile 1 - Gun went off, and away we went! First mile goes down a hill then turns up a pretty decent hill. Important not to go out too fast, and the Ghisallo group, some high school guy, and myself had quickly formed a small pack. When we got to that hill, sort of relaxed my stride and tried to concentrate on good form. Those guys started to take off, and I was getting gapped pretty good. Weaved through Forest Park, rolling hills so was working a bit. Was breathing way pretty hard at this point and already feeling tired which was not a good sign. [Mile 1 - 5:44]
Mile 2 - Got passed by a couple runners. Went down a huge hill, then back up towards the Muny which is an outdoor theater in Forest Park. Tried to work off one of the guys that had passed me - he was a younger runner, and going faster than me but I thought I would be ok. He started to really gap me, and I gauged off the volunteers cheering that there were people not too far behind me. I was tired and didn't want to waste energy looking back, but eventually did when we made a sharp right hand turn up a hill and saw a group of 4-5 guys. Legs were starting to hurt, started to really question why was I racing?!?! [Mile 2 - 5:58]
Mile 3 - Pretty much conceded I wasn't going to catch the guy in front of me, and the Ghisallo guys were out of my sight. This is where the mental battle began for me, and since I had spent the majority of this race running basically by myself and getting tore up by these hills, I was not in a good mental state. Really started to slow down, and I could hear a runner creeping up on me. I knew there were 2 big hills coming up, and I'm not proud to say that I basically gave up and just dropped pace but didn't let the guy pass me. Hit the first hill kind of hard, noticed I was gaining ground on one of the guys but then saw him turn off which meant he was a 10K runner. Was in 4th at this point, and suddenly heard the hard breathing and footsteps of the guy behind me. [Mile 3 - 6:23]
Finish - The guy was gaining ground, and I was really tired. Could hear people cheering, and finally snapped out of my ridiculous funk and picked it up. Last half mile is straight uphill, so punishing but definitely gapped the guy and finished hard. [5K Time - 18:51]
Peter Kim M30
Chip Time: 18:51
Clock Time: 18:53
Overall Place: 4/442
Gender Place: 4/?
Division Place: 1/?
Pace: 6:05/Mile
Walked and grabbed some Vitamin Water, water, and bananas, and talked to the Ghisallo guys who had finished 1-2 (high school guy was third). Jogged back towards the course and met up with Dave and Ben who were finishing up. Ben was running his first 5K and Dave had ran the majority of the race with him so I took over the reigns and he took off like a bat from hell for quite a spectacular finish. Ben kicked really hard the last 100 meters and passed 5 people, so that was pretty awesome to watch. Congrats on both for a good race! Went back to our cars, had a few beers then chilled at the post-race area and got my award.
Final Thoughts
Not my best race by any means, and pretty disappointed in myself for losing focus and basically giving up on the last mile. Albeit, I don't think I could have improved my place any, but still should have ran 15-20 seconds faster. Time was ok and slower than what I thought it was, but the hills slowed me down - definitely need to build up some strength. Regardless, it was a good training run/speedwork, was thrilled to finish top 5 overall, and always nice to win my age group :) Lots to work on right now, and this was a wake up call that I need to really start working hard or I am not going to improve any.
Ended up with around 5 miles total on Saturday, did my "long run" of 5 miles on Sunday. It was just waaaay too hot, and I was completely drained after 5 minutes of being outside. Legs were tired from the race and was still adjusting to the sudden, severe temperature change, so reasoned with myself that I would pick up some cheap miles throughout the week. The plan is to get a boatload of miles early, rest up for the Denver trip, easy running over the weekend, then Monday's race will be a hard tempo and nothing more!
Ben and I postrace. Won my age group!
Post Race Celebration
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