I felt very good today as I had my day planned for my Sunday run. I got up at 6:30 am, got dressed and went and ate breakfast. Had the breakfast of champions, toast and peanut butter 2 pop-tarts, coffee and sugar and 16 oz of water to sip on my way to Issaquah. I chatted with my mom who was going to watch the girls and than left the house at 7:55 am. I arrived at G.I.Joes at 8:20, picked up my packet and met my running mate Karla. I also saw a few of my other co-workers Beth, Sarah and Kathleen, which was awesome.
I headed for a quick potty break, did a quick stretch and than off to the start line at 9:00. Karla and I positioned ourselves right in the middle of the pack. I had a band on my wrist that said my running times at each mile which I looked at often and also kept an eye on my HR. The first two miles we did at a steady slow rate and were a little behind target (30 seconds) We than kicked it up and ran a steady fast pace for miles 2 thru 6. We found new targets that were going the same pace and kept them in our view the entire race. My friend was a little quiet for the latter of the miles which made me think I was talking too much. I tried to stay positive by saying things like, HR right on target, we are coming home, we are doing great. I think I tried to be funny at one point and mention that next time I won’t be wearing thong underwear for a raceJ
I got to mile 6 and I told myself that I would sprint the last .2 to the finish line. As we neared the 6 mile mark we both took off. About 5 seconds into my sprint I felt like an idiot for going so quick because I all of a sudden I felt like I had nothing to give, oh well too late now. There were a couple of spectators that said nice pace, way to keep it going till the end. I felt like I couldn’t slow down so I tried to keep a nice pace till the very end and as I crossed the finish line I looked at my watch and realized I stayed right on pace to what my plan was.
This was a perfect race and was nicely planned. I stayed focus, consistent for each mile and the most fun of all did it with a good friend of mine.
Miles: 6.2
Gun Time: 1:00:04
Chip Time: 59:30:9
Pace: 9:35
Overall -434/562
Div Place- 32/46
Sex Place- 177/271
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