Winter Series 10k
i had never done any of these races before. The elements and weather can typically plague these races to a negative but other then the major headwind on miles 4,5 I really enjoyed the "good hurt" today. I put on 20 lbs. since snow canyon half. It's been an interesting last few months to say the least. I have thoroughly enjoyed the past 3 weeks of running more than any other time in years. I was worried about my left calf and achillies coming into this race but I have rehabbed hard the past 2 days so felt better after a 3.5 wu with 4 good long strides. Good size crew with a bunch of fun guys on the wu.
During the first mile I felt really relaxed and good. My legs didn't feel tired at all. Great sign. The women can up on me and at the mile mark I tucked in behind them and stayed there til almost mile 3. They were progressively running faster and I didn't want to be under 6 pace. I relaxed a little on mile 3 and fell back about 10 more seconds. When I got to the turn around I could now understand why everyone's faces looked like they were hurting. :) I thought it was tiredness. It was the wind. Just ridiculous. Miles 4 and 5 were extremely windy but it let up for mile 6. At least that was the perception. Obviously after the turn around I knew I was going to have to just suck it up mentally and go off effort. I knew my splits would slip bit I just worked on getting some pace and effort in. I never felt fast today but never felt fatigued. I ran alone after mile 2 and had 4 people pass me after mile 2. I finished at 6:19AP on the last bit from my Garmin. I didn't look at the results and didn't care to look. My splits are based off my Garmin. It said I ran 6.26 for the race. Guess I need to work on some tangents.
6:06, 6:14, 6:20, :46 5k-19:26, 6:58, 6:44, 6:33 :49 5k-21:02 10K-40:28
I did a split at the turn around to focus on what my actual two 5k's would be. A little different splits but that's what I was focused on today was making my wo from Wed a double and hopefully building this into 8-10 miles AB very soon. Not looking forward to this same headwind in two weeks for the 15k. Enjoyed the CD with some of the guys again. 3.25 miles easy. My calves were tired. Fun event. Great to see and talk to some great people. Love the running community. Enjoyed riding up with Matt. He's got a great family. Good friend and good man.
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