TA DA!
stats:
10K/6.2 miles; finished in 1 hour 4 minutes. slightly over 10 minute miles. kenny, hai and i ran together for 4 miles, then kenny and hai took off to finish before me. kenny - i forgot to ask you what your finish time was! post it in a comment.
course and participants:
not an overly populous one, good for my first time out i think. and i think most people did the 5K. bloomsday will be another story altogether. it was a beautiful morning - blue sky, crisp spring air. the course started out through the bucolic bits of oregon state...barns, fields, sheep, horses, covered bridges, cows with holes in their sides held open by rubber gaskets...and then wound through campus. it was pretty, but kind of an annoying course at times. i thought the place where you had to turn around at the end of the trail was awkward, and felt that toward the end they kept swinging us toward and away from the stadium just to tack on the miles....like they didn't really consider the route and were just concerned with the distance. also, there should have been porta-potties along the way (right kenny?!?) as well as maybe one more water station.
performance:
pre-race - fair to midlin...i forgot my running shorts - who the hell forgets their running shorts? and then i forgot my phone in the rush to get on the road in the morning. so i was feeling more than the usual scattered heatherness.
during - good. not fantastic as i felt earlier in the week, but good. i found that the discomfort that i feel at the beginning of a run, the one that, once i push through it, gives way to a good pace and rhythm...that discomfort comes back after a while. usually as i'm starting to feel bored. running for an hour is a long time. A LONG TIME. and i get a little bored. and when i get a little bored...the discomfort sneaks back in. the key for me is not to think about what is next or even where i'm going...just to think about the very step i'm taking. my breath, my legs, my body, my mind right that very moment, the piece of pavement right under my feet. not the end of the block or the next mile. i just collect myself, go back inside myself and block out everything else.
injury report:
one minor blister on the "ring toe" of my right foot. popped on its own. one really weird blister underneath the toenail on the "index toe" which i drained this evening. very odd sensation, squeezing pink water from underneath my toenail. it still feels weird - the toe nail and the skin it is attached to still feel "detached" from my toe. ew. also, some slight ankle pain in my right ankle. very slight. tonight i soaked my feet in epsom salts, slathered them with smith's rosebud salve, threw on some socks and tucked them into bed.
outlook:
positive. i know i can run the thing. bloomsday. i'm still nervous about doomsday hill. i'm going to let my feet rest and repair through tomorrow, and hopefully run on tuesday and thursday. short ones...nothing too taxing.
thanks to julian for being the official fun run photographer.
8 comments:
Great job!
I'm going for a fiver (5 mi., that is) later today. Strap it up tight and let er rip. Wish me luck.
Still trying to figure the transport, looks like my ride Chigg is Audi-5000.
Pop it like it's hot.
oooh yes chigg is a bit busy at present. delightfully so. wish we could swing by and pick you up!
good luck on your run today. really glad to hear that you're feeling up to this...quick recovery from the snip...
Our internet connection at home is under the weather, so commenting from work.
Nice shorts, Heath. Better than panties I suppose.
And I thought you did a great job with keeping a steady pace. Yes, an outhouse would have been nice. I was just about bent over double by the time I made to back to the hotel. Serious bladder pain.
And thanks for the details on the feet. I have some strange, wart-like calluses forming on the top of each index toe. I'd hate to run a marathon.
I ended up finishing around 58 minutes. Mile 5 in 6:54 and mile 6 in 6:58. I'm not sure how much or what days to run this week. Still strategizing in an attempt to maximize strength and condition for Sunday. Which might matter if only I had a clue what I was doing.
Kenny- blazing! Hope I can keep up. 60-70 minutes is a reasonable goal, methinks.
I did a four miler last Thurs., a mere 6 days post snip. The jock did its job and I felt no pain during or after.
I believe I am good to go.
yea i'll see you guys around 80 minutes or so... if doomsday doesn't kill me first...
I picked up a cold in the past couple days that is messing up my plans. I ran with it on Mon. (they say if it is above the neck it is OK to exercise) and so far it isn't in my lungs, but I'm worn out. Scheduled run today (Weds.) isn't happening. Will try tomorrow, leukocytes willing.
Cold is much better today. Last test run scheduled for 15:00 hours. I will see you in Spokane.
kick ass boof - we just drove the route...looks like it is going to be windy and cold...!
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