I'm pumped to have run a big PR! I wanted to start out a little faster and latch onto a group of faster women. Typically I race from behind, taking the first mile slower and then ramping up my pace. But, that often means I'm not really "racing" with others - I'm ...
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Human Race 8K 29:36
Unfortunately, not my best day. I'm not sure why - perhaps the heat, perhaps my legs (which were feeling the heat on my Saturday run, very flat & tired). But -- nonetheless, I'm proud of how I finished. Despite how flat I felt & hot warm I could tell I was getting ...
29:19 Human Race 8k! 4th Place
I've been meaning to get to this for FAR too long :). Rewind to the few days before the race. My legs were feeling the 3 weeks of higher mileage, and the fact that I wasn't letting up for this race. On Saturday I went out for an easy 5 miler. WOW, my legs felt weird. They ...
29:25 8K!!!!
Wow -- wouldn't have guessed I could run sub 29:30, at all! I made a bet with Nate the night before: 15 minutes massage if I ran sub 30:00. His personal best is a 30:04, and my personal best before today was a 30:34. So, 29:59 seemed like a reasonable goal. My legs didn't ...
