PR today!

I ran the Halloween Hobble here in town and though it was a small race and I finished behind most everyone I did get a Personal Record today....Officially...32:55 with a 10:36 pace. I knew I was going to have a PR with my "unofficial" apps giving me my time and mileage, but when I saw the finish line and the clock was at 32:?? I knew I wanted to cross that finish line before the 33:00 mark. I did with a few seconds to spare.

These small races seem to have me pace a little faster...not sure why, but I could feel it. I kept telling myself to pace, but I would hear my times and keep pushing it. Is the new RunKeeper app a blessing or a curse?

My legs were feeling it about the 2-mile mark today, about 2.5 miles in I needed to force myself to slow it down a bit...only for about 10 yards but it helped. I find when I slow down a bit I gradually work back up to my regular pace.

I pushed it the last .10 mile from the corner to the finish, and felt it when I crossed the finish line...I didn't throw up though, but felt like I wanted to. I guess I was giving it my all. I finished 2nd in my age group...only this time there were more than 2! I finished in the top 50%  2nd out of 4. :-) It's all how you look at it I guess...I also finished in the top 100...however there were only 136 entrants. :-/

Joe and Nick came out to see the race today...again, it means so much to me to have them there. Especially, knowing that they see the beginning of the race and then wait around for me to cross that finish line! I guess there was entertainment today though...someone drove right through the finish line area and took out all the cones. I guess this happened about 10 minutes after the race started so no runners were around that area.

Unofficial from Map My Run

1 mi

0.5 mi

1 mi

5 mi

10 mi

DISTANCE	PACE	ELAPSED TIME
1.0 mi	10:12 min/mi	00:10:11
2.0 mi	10:35 min/mi	00:10:34
3.0 mi	10:29 min/mi	00:10:29
3.2 mi	09:24 min/mi	00:01:59

Now to get geared up for my long run on Monday I think I am due to run 9.5. I am changing things up a bit before vacation and trying to get a long run in before we leave.

I almost forgot...this is the end of Week 15! WOO-HOO