Wow is all I can say Nov. 20th and in the mid 60's and sunny couldn't ask for better weather. It was nice to have an 11am start let me sleep in a bit got up at 7am had my coffee and small breakfast a nice warm shower and out the door around 9am. I got to the race around 10am picked up my number, and as I was about to leave the reg. area there was an old cycling buddy Kenny I hadn't seen him in years. we pinned on our numbers and then ran a nice little warm up.
We lined up for the start, I had no idea how I was going to feel seeing a week ago I had finished my first ultra marathon. The gun went off and down the road we went my plan was the same as usual just a steady pace. All my races this year are just training, I spent the whole year just building up my base miles slow endurance miles no speed work. I was once a decent road cyclist so I know it takes time to get fast and first thing you need to do, is build your base endurance miles then work on speed. I felt good on the trails, but when we hit the roads I would get passed seeing I have no leg speed. I passed at least 10 people in the last 2 miles but we had 3 quarters of a mile on the road before the finish were I was passed by at least 7 people, but all and all I was happy with my run and had a great time.
The best part of the whole day was hooking up with my old cycling buddy Kenny, he runs with some guys on Wed's and Sun's which is what I need stronger runners to push me and help with my leg speed. Looking forward to things to come.
No comments:
Post a Comment