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September 19, 2010
Test run
I was planning to break my race cherry next weekend at our town's annual celebration of corn. Instead, I unofficially ran a 5k in Richardson's Corporate Challenge in order to earn a participation point for The Man's company. Sadly, we didn't sign up soon enough to be on the roster, so I didn't have a chip to get a real time. On the up side, Rex walked with the kids, and they walked the whole course and still had enough energy to run across the finish line. I'm so much more proud of them than I am of me! Their time was about 1:01:00.
About the run: I started toward the back of the herd, and it was at least a minute or so before after the first people crossed the chip reader before I did. I assume the clock started when the first person started the race, so I'm guessing I can subtract a little time off what the clock said when I crossed the finish line. I had planned to take my own time using the iPod, but I had an issue getting it started at the right time, and then I forgot to stop it when I crossed the finish line for at least a minute or so. Because of the information the Nike+ records, and what it doesn't, I can't even calculate my overall pace reliably. In any case, the clock read 30:46 when I crossed the line, which puts me at better than a 10 minute mile. Take off a minute or so for the slow start, and I'm guessing the reason this distance was so hard today was because I was going at a really fast pace (for me). And there were hills. Did I mention the hills? They weren't big, but it seemed like the entire distance was going up or down, but never truly flat.
After I finished, I took a couple minutes to douse myself in a fountain, sat until I didn't feel like I was going to die anymore, and then headed back to the course to try to find the rest of the family. It took me a while, and I probably walked another couple miles finding and crossing the finish line with them.
It was more fun to cross as a family than it was to finish the race fast and alone.
Posted by me at September 19, 2010 8:56 PM
Comments
Damn girl!!!! That's awesome. You so ROCK! Less than 10 min mile is fast.
Posted by: Bec at September 20, 2010 10:37 PM