It has dawned on me lately that I have not run a race since the St. George marathon. So I wanted to do something that would require race effort, but would be low key, in other words, no one there I knew so that I would not feel extra pressure to do well. So I decided to do Sasha's 5 mile race down in Provo. It was a fun, low key race. But now I remember why I've been dreading doing a race--they are painful! These are my splits: 7:28, 7:33, 7:40, 7:45, 7:51, total time 38:19. This was an unusual race for me, because usually my slowest mile is the first, and fastest is the last. I think this is the only race I've done where I've gotten slower every mile. But I was able to keep everything under 8, so I was happy about that. By mile 4 I had had it, I was ready to quit and I would have quit, except it was a race, so I kept going. Seems like I need more aerobic endurance so I don't fall off pace. Thanks Sasha, I enjoyed running this race. The trail was very pretty. But why do flat races sometimes seem harder than hilly races?
Later my husband and son and I went out for an hour bike ride. |