HI, 7 mile race in 12.24 min miles!!!!!!!!! 4th from last out of 800, i don't understand why i am so slow!!! but i tried my best my hr was really up there and I finished in 1:27:01,...
The finishing line was very vague and i think i could have got in in under 1 27 if I hadn't slowed down so much - the guy on the mike said - by the way i'm over here - which really confused me because i was looking for my fiance... and I think i slowed down to a walk before he said - no, carry on!
LOL
So, i was not really awake, pscyhed up, or ready for this race i had done an 8 miler 2 weeks before, (slowly) and a couple of shorter runs but the last time i'd done a run before this race was a fast and easy 5 miler a week before - I was dieting and concentrating on losing weight and lost all motivation for anything else - was physically so drained trying to live on shakes and bars and one meal a day - and was only just feeling better a day or 2 before the race.... so I was a bit de trained!
The run was lovely really - I kept up with the oldest guy in his running club for the first couple of miles - and infront of 2 big guys in yellow jackets untill the last half mile...
a gentle up hill gradient for the first 2 or 3 miles and apart from another shorter gentle hill it was all downhill from there - elevation gain (and loss) of about 716 ft, so not a completely flat race but not hilly either, haven't looked at how that compares with my super hilly 10k that I love, but it bugs me slightly that i'm not really getting faster very quickly!
I suppose my slowest race ever was in 14.39 min miles so I am improving a little...
Bit exasperating looking at a list of 750 names and being 4th from the bottom...
Don't know how bothered I am...
About Me
- greentigress
- United Kingdom
- Recently Married for the first time, no kids, dedicated to running, just started doing Ashtanga Yoga again, very excited about doing more of this - I also just entered my first Marathon for June 2011!!!
2 comments:
You ARE improving and that's what is important, NOT how you placed in the race. For me, training for a race helps me become more fit and healthy...the race itself is just icing on the cake. Place more emphasis on the journey and not the destination. You will get faster, it just takes time, consistency, and patience. Always baby steps, baby steps. Hang tough!!
You're doing great! Just enjoy the experience of racing and to heck with your time. Some runners, like you and me, are just going to be slow runners, no matter what we do to train. You're still a runner, and a darned good one!
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