Race Reports/Encouragment/Kudos - 29 - 31 July

[Big Vic]

Friday, 29 July

29 - johde (Jeremy) Ohio State Fair 5K

Saturday, 30 July

30 – Pungodingy (Angie) Woodchuck Classic 5K, Concord,NH

Sunday, 31 July

31 - kim3339 () San Francisco 1/2 Marathon, San Fransisco, CA


GO! WISH Team GO!

 

[johde]

Sorry I didn't post a race report earlier.



I ran my 5K on Sunday (gave Vic the wrong date). Finished in 38:52 12 sec. shy of a PR. But that doesn't tell the whole story. I had been going back and forth about what strategy to use. I decided to try and run the whole (or nearly whole) thing. I've been working on continuous running but had only worked up to 2 miles before my hip started bothering me. I started out a little bit too fast but fixed that (I thought) I finished my first mile in 12:20. Started the second mile and things were going fairly good. There was a water stop about 1.5 miles in and decided take a short walk break. Started back running and finished the second mile in 12:27. At that point, things fell apart. The course went back out into the sun and I had to switch to a run/walk. Mile 3 was at a 13:27 pace, the first 1/2 of that mile was at a 13:45 pace. So the race ended up with 2 great miles and 1 lousy one. Considering where my training has been without walk breaks it was pretty good.