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"Race:" Bastille Day 4-Miler
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Another race under my belt.
This morning the weather forecast didn't look good, which I had mixed emotions regarding; I didn't want my friend to have to reschedule his race, but at the same time I'm pretty sore from my bike crash this weekend and I slept maybe three hours last night. During the day, it cleared up, but a stray shower managed to show up just before the race... Cooling things off, but sending the humidity close to 100%. I don't have data on that, but I've never sweat more in my life. My shoes are still soaked (2.5 hours after the race) as if I had dunked them in a body of water... With sweat. So it turned out to be a pretty gross run.
This race is held on a bicycle commuter path so the start was kind of a rush... I was just talking to friends and then we noticed people starting to roll... I didn't roll through the start line until about 15 seconds after the race had started. I'd have to catch my competition, but at the same time, anyone I finish near I'll have actually beaten pretty handily... Kinda fun. Oh you out-kicked me? Well I was actually 15 seconds ahead of you 
So it was a sweaty one, but I've been feeling better and better, and have been logging some good biking mileage. At the start of the race, I actually had no hamstring pain, but it was still tight/nagging. Around 1.5 miles in, I developed what's probably the worst stomach cramp I've ever had. I slowed a bit, but apparently so did everyone around me... No places lost, but I was closer than ever to throwing in the towel... It was REALLY painful. Around the 3.5 mile mark, some traffic caught me, and the pain seemed to take a back seat or just subside altogether. I worked forward with a couple folks I know, and actually raced against them. It's kind of neat racing with these folks whom I always see at races, but am usually far ahead of... Hopefully that doesn't sound elitist... it's not meant to be... I'm just racing new, but familiar faces, and it's a fresh feeling.
Anyway, I gave it pretty much all I had by throwing in a few surges [and then dying] towards the end. They took everything out of me, but they also got me a few spots so I guess they worked. Racing is a good portion mental; fly by someone [even when you have nothing in the tank] at the finish and they're likely to break.
All in all, it turned out to be a good race. My final time was 28:26, which is 7:06 pace, which is a faster pace than the 5k I ran when I first started running again AND on a worse day. Definitely improving... My leg hurts now, but I'm convinced I'm continuing to simply break up scar tissue; I've been hurting fairly badly a few days after each race, but afterward feel better than ever. I'm convinced the biking is really helping something too; I feel superb a day or two after a long ride.
1:04 faster than my last 4-Miler [that was 4 miles]  , but still 1:45 slower than I ran this same race last year, and that was just an easy training run. Will get there... Will get there...
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| by Jess @ Jul 15 2010 @ 8:34am: |
Nice job...even though you were so schweaty. The humidity has been bad here too...I did some yard work yesterday and it was so sticky.
We are soooo excited to see you tomorrow! I hope you can get your oldest niece under control because I can't. I'm letting her sleep with you so I can relax. Get some rest to prepare for your two little ladies! |
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| by mjc504 @ Jul 19 2010 @ 8:04pm: |
| Congratuions, keep working hard. |
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