Road run 32:00 [3] 4.0 mi (8:00 / mi)
sigh, didn't fix my tire that well last night after all :) was flat again when I got up in the morning....possible that I lack the necessary patch skills, or that the patches I bought are crummy. I so didn't want to deal with it so I just ran to work instead. It takes longer but if you don't care when you get there, running is a very pleasant way to travel.
legs felt fine.... everything else is getting very tired, but I think I'm adjusting to less sleep, because not as tired as I was afraid that I'd be.
Road run 27:30 [3] 5.0 mi (5:30 / mi)
Some of the girls from work were talking about this big road race out in Weston. When I heard about it I thought that it might be a good chance to get some fast running in because I always run better with other people around.
It started at 7pm, but I was supposed to get there by 6:30 for day of entry. the website I was looking at had the wrong street address for the school but I phoned Coach for local knowledge and made it just in time to give them my 25$, and sneak up to the front of the pack on the starting line.
It really was a big road race, 1330 people or so. I was very hyped up and felt great out of the gate but was surprised to see that I was pretty near the front of the pack. I realized why when I came through the first mile in 5:06 (slightly downhill?) so I needed to ease up a bit and so for the next 2 miles or so I had a string of people pass me, mostly from the BAA track club. One of the last people to pass me was a CSU runner Terry and he remained in my sights the whole race but I didn't quite catch up ever.
The race seemed to go by really quickly... I was running mostly by myself until the last mile when I tried hard to push and catch the few people still ahead of me. My goal was under 28:30, so I'm pleased with 27:30. 22nd overall.
there was a festival atmosphere surrounding the meet, but I wasn't prepared for the weather so I chatted with some friends for a few minutes and then just drove home and gave the rest of the meet a miss ( food, vendors etc).