10k Success!!!!
joehempel
Posts: 1,543 Member
Today I ran a 10k with the goal of under one hour. Last 10k I did was 75 minutes...last year...called Conquer the Hills lol.
I had taken basically the entire summer off due to ALOT of positive life changes....and started about 2 weeks ago getting back into running.
When this 10k came up and was incredibly in-expensive to run, I decided to do it. It was farther than I've run in my "rebuilding" period....I've run a half marathon before....but I thought I could handle it.
So I set out this morning to run my race feeling pretty good...less sleep than I wanted, but felt damn good. Ran a bit to warm up, then headed to the starting line:
Gun fired, and off we went.....first mile I clocked in at 8:09, I knew that was too fast, and sine I knew my target pace was 9:39 for under one hour, I backed waaaaay the hell off.
Second Mile was 9:08, much much more comfortable.....Third Mile, 9:05, so pretty much right on pace....I decided to just take it easy after mile 3....slow down again so I could finish strong. Mile 4 and 5 were 9:25, while Mile 6 I walked a bit to watch a plane land (it was at an airport
). So I finished that at 9:56. I sprinted the last .25 miles and came in at:
56:52!!!! Beat my goal by over 3 MINUTES!
Oh and to top that off:
2nd PLACE IN MY AGE DIVISION!!!
Yeah, I'm happy!
I had taken basically the entire summer off due to ALOT of positive life changes....and started about 2 weeks ago getting back into running.
When this 10k came up and was incredibly in-expensive to run, I decided to do it. It was farther than I've run in my "rebuilding" period....I've run a half marathon before....but I thought I could handle it.
So I set out this morning to run my race feeling pretty good...less sleep than I wanted, but felt damn good. Ran a bit to warm up, then headed to the starting line:
Gun fired, and off we went.....first mile I clocked in at 8:09, I knew that was too fast, and sine I knew my target pace was 9:39 for under one hour, I backed waaaaay the hell off.
Second Mile was 9:08, much much more comfortable.....Third Mile, 9:05, so pretty much right on pace....I decided to just take it easy after mile 3....slow down again so I could finish strong. Mile 4 and 5 were 9:25, while Mile 6 I walked a bit to watch a plane land (it was at an airport
). So I finished that at 9:56. I sprinted the last .25 miles and came in at:56:52!!!! Beat my goal by over 3 MINUTES!
Oh and to top that off:
2nd PLACE IN MY AGE DIVISION!!!
Yeah, I'm happy!
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You should be happy - and we're happy for you. Good job!0
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That is exactly what I want to get back to. Congratulations.0
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Way to go!0
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Thanks!!!! It was my best race ever in my opinion. I hit my goal, ran smart, and enjoyed being out there!0
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~YOU MY FRIEND ,..ROCK!!!!0
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Congrats!
I actually also did a 10k race today! Felt great afterwards! 0 -
Oh Joe, that's AWESOME!!! Way to go...it'll be first in your age division next time, woohoo!!0
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Thanks!!!!
It was a smaller race, so I think I got lucky in the age division stuff......but I'll take it!
Was on a high for quite a while afterwards!0 -
Rock on!0
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Don't mind if I do! Lol0
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Awesome! I'm doing my first 10k in a month!0
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Awesome! Bet you'll do great!!0
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