I’m back from my first 10k race. I did okay, could have done better. Maybe I shouldn’t have ran the course yesterday at a moderate pace. Live and learn. This course is 3 miles uphill followed by 3 miles downhill. Actually, about a mile flat, then 2 uphill miles, 2 downhill miles and another flat mile. I actually raced up the hills pretty well. I definitely need to start more hill training. Check. I got a sharp side sticker on the right side during the 4th mile and that slowed me down. That’s when I told my friend/training partner to go ahead without me. She ended up finishing about 2 minutes ahead of me. The fact that I am now exhausted and ready to put my feet up for the rest of the day is a testament to how I ran today. My goal was 50:00 even. I missed that. Feeling a bit disappointed but otherwise I’m pretty happy with how I did.

Splits
Mile 1: 8:13 (too fast of a start, I was hoping for 8:45)
Mile 2: 8:31 (first hill)
Mile 3: 8:26 (more hills)
Mile 4: 8:53 (side sticker)
Mile 5: 8:08
Mile 6: 8:09
Mile 6.2: 7:33 (kickin’ it at the end)

Finishing Time: 51:30

I’m very happy that I was under the 9:00 minute mark the entire race.
I’m happy that my average pace was about 8:19 minute/mile.
The 2 mile warm up helped me out.

Yesterday I ran most of the course, 5.86 miles total.
Splits:
M1: 8:59
M2: 8:40 (hill)
M3: 8:39 (more hills)
M4: 8:33
M5: 7:47
M 5.86: 8:09

I will be analyzing this during the next few days.

Happy running!