Workout: Speedwork in the 85 degree cloudless insane heat!!!: .5 mile warm-up, 5 x .25, .5 mile cool down. Totally love running to International Love!!
A few weeks ago I ran a 5K here in Ft. Myers. I had run a race on this same course a few months ago, and I loved it! I was super excited about running and was hoping to run around 7:35-7:40 pace, but that didn't happen. Close, but close isn't satisfactory to me. The first mile my garmin was going crazy, and it totally threw me off. One second it would say 7:02 pace, then 8:10, then 7:20, etc. I couldn't figure out where to settle in and so my first mile was too fast; 7:24. I felt okay, but was a little worried about that speed catching up with me. And it did. Quickly. Mile 2 was painful. I just felt like absolute crap and ran a 7:45. I thought I felt pretty decent for mile 3, and every time I checked my garmin I was at a 7:45ish pace, but I ended up running a disappointing 7:55 mile. BOO!!! Because of mile 1 my overall pace was 7:39 which was within my goal pace. But it doesn't count to me. I didn't want to run one faster mile followed by two slow ones. I wanted 3 solid paced miles.
Do you see that older lady running next to me in the second photo? Um, can I have that body, please?!!!
Anyway, I decided to stick around for the awards ceremony because Matt told me that the 6 women in front of me were pretty young. Sure enough, I won my age division, 30-34. Woohoo!!!!! Okay, so it was a pretty small race, but it still felt good to hear my name called for first place!
I kept the UGLY trophey and admired it for about 2 weeks. Then it went to its eternal home in the garbage. Next race, um, I can't remember the name, but it is March 30.
A few weeks ago I ran a 5K here in Ft. Myers. I had run a race on this same course a few months ago, and I loved it! I was super excited about running and was hoping to run around 7:35-7:40 pace, but that didn't happen. Close, but close isn't satisfactory to me. The first mile my garmin was going crazy, and it totally threw me off. One second it would say 7:02 pace, then 8:10, then 7:20, etc. I couldn't figure out where to settle in and so my first mile was too fast; 7:24. I felt okay, but was a little worried about that speed catching up with me. And it did. Quickly. Mile 2 was painful. I just felt like absolute crap and ran a 7:45. I thought I felt pretty decent for mile 3, and every time I checked my garmin I was at a 7:45ish pace, but I ended up running a disappointing 7:55 mile. BOO!!! Because of mile 1 my overall pace was 7:39 which was within my goal pace. But it doesn't count to me. I didn't want to run one faster mile followed by two slow ones. I wanted 3 solid paced miles.
Do you see that older lady running next to me in the second photo? Um, can I have that body, please?!!!
Anyway, I decided to stick around for the awards ceremony because Matt told me that the 6 women in front of me were pretty young. Sure enough, I won my age division, 30-34. Woohoo!!!!! Okay, so it was a pretty small race, but it still felt good to hear my name called for first place!
you threw away your trophy!!?? hahaha. Overall pace still rocks, it COUNTS! Fantastic job on the AG win -- that's usually the toughest age group
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