Hare & Tortoise Race
Playing the role of the Tortoise……..me. Probably one of my worst races ever….I finished the 5-mile Hare & Tortoise Race in 33:13, which is a 6:39 pace.? Compare that to the 6:23 pace I did a 15K race in last October, or the 31:15 I did a 5-mile race in last September and you can see why I was disappointed.
I think there were a combination of reasons for my slow performance: 1) I am still not in peak condition due to my injury time off; 2) I have been nursing a nasty cold since last Wednesday, which has kept me from running for the past three days, 3) there were 20-30 mph winds, which made the fourth mile very slow (7:30), and 4) there were no runners within 45 seconds of me in either direction, so I had nobody pushing me.?? I finished 7th overall (out of 110 runners) and 3rd in my age group.
The best thing to come out of today’s race was that it will give me some extra motivation to work hard and get back to where I was at the end of last year.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 05/26/2008
- Time: 09:00:00
- Total Time: 00:33:13.00
- Distance: 5 miles
- Average Pace: 6:38.67/mile
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