I meant to post my pre-race goals but never got around to it. They were
1. Finish the 5 mile race.
2. Have fun.
3. Keep up 9:00 mile pace.
As it turned out I managed 1 out of 3. I finished, but I did not enjoy myself at all and my pace wasn't exactly what I would have hoped for. The only good thing is that I think the lesson learned was that I cannot run a 5-mile race on no food or water pre-race. I had intended to eat breakfast but I was running around a bit crazy pre-race trying to get the kids ready for their races and wrapping an anniversary gift for my parents.
Short story would be that my splits were as follows:
Mile 1- 8:40
Mile 2- 9:00
Mile 3- 9:20
Mile 4- 10:20
Mile 5- 11:01
Total time- 47:21, a 9:28 per mile overall pace. If I had finished with that time and felt like I did my first two races I don't think I would be as upset about the time. But since I really felt awful, I'm a bit disappointed with the race. Oh well. There will be others.
The boys did great in the kids race, I'll have details and pictures soon.
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- jbmmommy
- I'm a mom to three wonderful children, two boys and a girl, with an awesome husband at home while I work full time. We've also got 3 cats, 2 dogs and plenty of activity for everyone. I'm hooked on triathlon and do my best to fit it into the rest of my life.
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I'm learning that they can't all be great races (even tho we don't see why they can't be all great), but we learn a little every time one doesn't go the way we want, and next time we do it different.
Looking forward to the pics (your kids are sooo cute doing yoga!)
Still a great pace in my opinion!
Even though you didn't love it, I think you did an amazing job! I would have passed out without breakfast.
Missed my first attempt at 5 miles due to a migraine yesterday. I'm pacing around 14 minutes outside (~13:30 on treadmill), so I think your mostly sub 9& 10 pace is killer!
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