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September 23, 2006
Status Quo
My cold is feeling about the same. Still with the sore throat but maybe a little less foggy in the head? Hard to tell but I should be fine for tomorrow. I better go sleep a few more hours instead of doing my homework today to make sure... :)
This morning when I got up a ran an easy 37 minutes or so. 25 minutes to the track, 6x100 meter striders on the track, 12 minutes back home. In the "pre-triathlon" days of my former life about 5 miles of running the day before a 10K race would be plenty - in fact I probably would think that's too much. But in my current life of triathlon training, 37 minutes of my time does not seem adequate. Training 2-3 hours a day changes your perspective of training you know? Then there's Ironman training that might involve averaging 4 hours/day of training. It's a sick sport... :)
Anyway, the race tomorrow should be interesting. I picked up my packet yesterday and I didn't get a seeded number. I was mildly perturbed. This is a very big race for this area (5000+ runners) but there is no prize money anymore so it's not a very deep race. In other words, a woman could run 40 minutes and still finish in the top 10-15. They give out seeded numbers to 100+ men and women so naturally I assume I'll finish in the top 100 women and therefore need a seeded number. It's not such a huge deal other than the starting line fiasco - the seeded numbers obviously get to start in a corral up front. I inquired about getting a seeded number but they weren't budging. I can see their point. Any Joe-Schmoe could walk up demanding a seeded number, but still.... I didn't push the issue at all. Tomorrow I'm just going to have to sharpen my elbows and make sure I push my way to the front right behind the seeded start. :)
Anyway, somewhere along the way I decided I wanted to run 6:15-6:20 pace. Not sure how I picked that number but I think it's doable. I'm also not sure how my cold factors into that but for now I'm just ignoring the fact that I have a cold. We'll see how it goes. I am much less stressed for this race than I normally would be, I think because running is no longer my sole focus. Give it some time though - tomorrow when I'm warming up and seeing all my old running buddies I'll probably be hyperventilating.
Now back to that nap, er...I mean homework... :)
Posted by beth at September 23, 2006 10:24 AM
Comments
how exciting!! yeah running!
Posted by: Audrey at September 23, 2006 1:28 PM
Good luck tomorrow!
Posted by: Meghan at September 23, 2006 8:34 PM