Tale of Two Ten-Milers
I was spent a little bit on both days. Certainly, a lot more today in Clear Lake.
I didn't feel like I ran all that well on Saturday, but I still was within 1:23 of my 10-mile race PR set last December in Pearland (Fitness Solutions Jingle Jog 10 Miler).
Here are my splits from Saturday --
1 - 9:29.16 - too fast
2 - 9:53.77 - was talking with Tom Pinney from RTW, still too fast
3 - 11:09.52 - started to pay for it (this mile was long)
4 - 10:48.17 - lots of people passing me, not good
5 - 10:49.78 - was worrying about facing the sun on the way back
6 - 10:22.26 - it was cool and I finally relaxed a bit
7 - 10:28.62 - still cool and felt good, but not as strong as I have been
8 - 10:45.10 - blew the water off because the water stop was before the mile marker
9 - 10:35.08 - was worried that I was going to go over 1:44 chip time and that wouldn't have made for a good day
10 - 8:47.16 - saw Kim Hager, who was the first woman overall, as I turned into the Market Street complex as she was waiting for the runners that she, Debbie Tripp and Bill Dwyer coached specifically for that race.
I knew after this race though that I can get under 1:40 soon if I was able to run a 15K at 10:04/mile.
The weather sucked today in Clear Lake, but it wasn't anything that I hadn't run in before. I was simply gassed, especially after challenging Sarah, who I ran with for three miles, to finish the last mile in 10:30. (We missed by a couple of seconds.)
These were notes that I sent off after Sunday's race --
1 -- 10:55.73 -- i tried to keep it slow, but I thought that this was too slow for me
2 -- 10:34.26 - saw Stephen Stinemetz of Ft. Bend Fit go past me, but I also caught up to Cassie and Sarah (i knew he had done Ten For Texas the day before and I got him at the Surfside Beach Marathon)
3 -- 11:19.28 - slowed down and ran with Sarah
5K -- 1:10.52 - I was doing the math ... ugh, 11 minute mile
4 -- 10:02.04 -- Yep, 11:12 mile.
5 -- 10:34.77 -- Pushed Sarah to do the last mile under 10:30.
55:33.52 minutes 56.92 = 54:37 even
6 -- 11:57.08 -- Walked out of the 5-mile point totally gassed and then had a water stop before the mile marker
10K -- 2:46.46
7 -- 9:13.05 -- 11:59.51 mile. Ugh again. Mary Spurlock caught up and said Hi! She used me for a rabbit to push herself to her best 5-mile front half.
8 -- 12:07.11
9 -- 12:14.49 -- Andrea Chan caught me in this mile. We had a good conversation at the start and I was glad that we were able to feature her in October's Footprints. Last year, we walked the same stretch in the sweltering heat and humidity.
15K -- 3:51.03
10 -- 7:30.12 -- last mile was 11:21.15; Felix Lugo had walked back out and was offering encouragement to a number of runners
So 1:43:06 yesterday and 1:54:20 today! It is what it is.
More than likely Huntsville next Saturday.
I didn't feel like I ran all that well on Saturday, but I still was within 1:23 of my 10-mile race PR set last December in Pearland (Fitness Solutions Jingle Jog 10 Miler).
Here are my splits from Saturday --
1 - 9:29.16 - too fast
2 - 9:53.77 - was talking with Tom Pinney from RTW, still too fast
3 - 11:09.52 - started to pay for it (this mile was long)
4 - 10:48.17 - lots of people passing me, not good
5 - 10:49.78 - was worrying about facing the sun on the way back
6 - 10:22.26 - it was cool and I finally relaxed a bit
7 - 10:28.62 - still cool and felt good, but not as strong as I have been
8 - 10:45.10 - blew the water off because the water stop was before the mile marker
9 - 10:35.08 - was worried that I was going to go over 1:44 chip time and that wouldn't have made for a good day
10 - 8:47.16 - saw Kim Hager, who was the first woman overall, as I turned into the Market Street complex as she was waiting for the runners that she, Debbie Tripp and Bill Dwyer coached specifically for that race.
I knew after this race though that I can get under 1:40 soon if I was able to run a 15K at 10:04/mile.
The weather sucked today in Clear Lake, but it wasn't anything that I hadn't run in before. I was simply gassed, especially after challenging Sarah, who I ran with for three miles, to finish the last mile in 10:30. (We missed by a couple of seconds.)
These were notes that I sent off after Sunday's race --
1 -- 10:55.73 -- i tried to keep it slow, but I thought that this was too slow for me
2 -- 10:34.26 - saw Stephen Stinemetz of Ft. Bend Fit go past me, but I also caught up to Cassie and Sarah (i knew he had done Ten For Texas the day before and I got him at the Surfside Beach Marathon)
3 -- 11:19.28 - slowed down and ran with Sarah
5K -- 1:10.52 - I was doing the math ... ugh, 11 minute mile
4 -- 10:02.04 -- Yep, 11:12 mile.
5 -- 10:34.77 -- Pushed Sarah to do the last mile under 10:30.
55:33.52 minutes 56.92 = 54:37 even
6 -- 11:57.08 -- Walked out of the 5-mile point totally gassed and then had a water stop before the mile marker
10K -- 2:46.46
7 -- 9:13.05 -- 11:59.51 mile. Ugh again. Mary Spurlock caught up and said Hi! She used me for a rabbit to push herself to her best 5-mile front half.
8 -- 12:07.11
9 -- 12:14.49 -- Andrea Chan caught me in this mile. We had a good conversation at the start and I was glad that we were able to feature her in October's Footprints. Last year, we walked the same stretch in the sweltering heat and humidity.
15K -- 3:51.03
10 -- 7:30.12 -- last mile was 11:21.15; Felix Lugo had walked back out and was offering encouragement to a number of runners
So 1:43:06 yesterday and 1:54:20 today! It is what it is.
More than likely Huntsville next Saturday.
posted by WalkSports.com | 5:20 PM
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