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May 31, 2007
The BB, Getting Ready for the Tri, etc.
Well it has been a busy time of getting back into the swing of things, but now that I don't have wedding planning or school to worry about, I actually have a lot of free time! I think I still need a bit of time just to relax, however, as last night instead of biking per my plan, I laid on the couch watching Showtime series on demand. Cable is truly an evil invention, but you know it was really fun!
Anyway I am sure my loyal readers are dying to know how the Bolder Boulder went. Well, dying may be a bit strong but I am sure several people are curious. Overall, I guess I would say that the race went okay. Not great, not bad. I ran a 43:58 (my official time is a 44:07 which is annoying but I think I just picked a slow finish chute). Last year my time was 44:04 so while I did beat my time, I really felt that early in the month I was in about 43:00 shape. Now obviously I would much rather have gone and laid on the beach for two weeks than staying home training, but I do think it had a bit of an impact on my performance. Of course there is also the fact that after two weeks of really low mileage I also did kind of an anti-taper for the race.
Anyway here are the splits, per my memory (my watch stores splits but I can't figure out how to view them):
Mile 1: 6:55
Mile 2: 7:06
Mile 3: 7:13
Mile 4: 7:11
Mile 5: 6:58
Mile 6: 7:00
Last .2: 1:31
Mile 3 is always my worst mile at the Bolder Boulder. I don't think it's that hard (mile 4 is probably the toughest mile) but mentally I always get off my game a bit. I felt terrible through mile 4 as well but luckily I didn't slow down all that much! When I went through at 7:11 I thought maybe I could salvage the race instead of continuing to slow down, and I feel that I kind of did. So that was a good time. It is always a bit tiring so I was kind of worn out for my barbeque that we hosted afterwards, but that was a lot of fun too.
I was pretty sore Tuesday and Wednesday and made sure to run a light, slow 5 miles on Tuesday morning. Yesterday I ran an easy 7 miles and also bailed on biking which probably turned out to be a good decision, although really who knows. Today I ran an easy 8 miles and felt more energetic but still didn't have much speed in my legs. And tonight I am doing kickboxing with a girlfriend, which should be fun! I used to do classes all the time, before I became obsessed with running, so we'll see if I've retained my coordination.
That is about all the news for now. I really need to bike twice this week (right now I'm planning for Friday and Sunday), and I should really bike three times next week so I can be ready for my tri in 3 weeks. Luckily I think the weather (and hopefully my energy levels) will cooperate!
Posted by barb at May 31, 2007 11:05 AM
Comments
Barb!! Congrats on the wedding and congrats on the rocking race :)
Posted by: bridget at June 1, 2007 9:13 PM