Ha, shows what he knows... 40:14.
I'm not really sure where to primarily place the blame for not going under 40, but I don't want to beat myself up too much over what is still a healthy, competitive time that most people would be heavens-to-betsy thrilled with.
| I started out planning to just stay with a teammate who has been running times comparable with mine lately, but I knew pretty quickly that the effort was a bit too much. I stayed pretty relaxed for the next couple miles after that and concentrated on running my own race, but the first big hill in the fourth mile just knocked me out. I recovered from that reasonably well, but ended up "sprinting" in my last .2 in 6:50 pace, so I couldn't have left much of anything on the course. | 6:11 6:26 6:28 6:51 6:22 6:31 1:22 |
At any race, it was a great hard workout and I'll get over the 30 mile mark for this week, so maybe I can start feeling like a runner again after toying with the temptation to just stop training altogether for a while.
Comments (4)
I maintain you're probably a little tired from the marathon--it's completely normal...that said, I would've still pegged you at sub-40, but you know, you did run a 2:56, so no need to feel too bad about anything IMHO.
Posted by tuscaloosarunner | May 17, 2008 5:47 PM
Posted on May 17, 2008 17:47
Last year I ran a 3:10 and a 38:53 two weeks later. I'd take the 2:56 and a 40:14 three weeks later, however.
Posted by Adeel | May 18, 2008 1:12 AM
Posted on May 18, 2008 01:12
your report sounds a lot like mine...my legs felt dead from the beginning too!! I'd rather have had your time than mine though :) nice job!
Posted by nyflygirl | May 18, 2008 12:48 PM
Posted on May 18, 2008 12:48
Yeah, if you feel bad about a 40:xx 10k I'm going to come out to NYC and doing something non-violent to demonstrate my disdain for you :)
Tinman has this theory about mileage and endurance. He believes that slow twitchy people like you and me need a lot of miles to stay at peak form. We lose fitness quickly when our miles drop way down. Plus you're probably tired and carrying a couple of soup cans of extra weight. And maybe you just had an off day?
And yeah, I'd pretty much kill to run that fast right now :)
Posted by Salty | May 19, 2008 11:17 AM
Posted on May 19, 2008 11:17