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September 25, 2010
Murphy Maize Days 5k
Ugh.
That's all I have to say about that.
Oh, wait, this is a blog all about me, by me. You have to hear me whine. Ha!
My goal going into this race was to run the whole thing, and hopefully finish as well as I did last week.
The day started out great: 72 degrees, light drizzle. My kind of weather. I actually slept some last night. I had friends racing, friends and family along the course cheering, and no major pains or discomforts.
Which is why I'm so pissed that I had to slow to a walk. THREE TIMES.
Yeah, yeah, I finished, yada yada yada. Go me. And I didn't walk a lot, maybe a half mile total, maybe less. And my time wasn't terrible, 32:54. (Race results here.)
Still, I'm not considering this a success. And now I'm left with the dilemma: do I try another race in the hopes of meeting my goals, or admit that I dislike racing even more than I dislike running and let it go?
Posted by me at September 25, 2010 10:57 AM
Comments
You finished in the top half of your race class! You did awesome! You are being too hard on yourself. Walking during a race is not bad. Heck some people have even proven that walking a minute and then running again actually can get you faster times than trudging along not letting yourself walk. You went from not running at all to running 5Ksin the top half in no time, even on a bad race day. I am totally impressed. We all have good races and bad races and the bad ones.
Posted by: Bec at September 28, 2010 4:48 PM