My first race

[newride]

Well I made it through my first 10k race. I was aiming for 50min and got 50:38 instead. I am pretty happy with that considering that I completely sabotaged myself 2 days before the race.
I had been running about every other day a good hard 3 miles. I pushed myself on these runs pretty hard and felt very good. Knew I could do 6 miles at a slower pace but wanted to run shorter distances just because it's easier to fit a 30 min run in than a 1 hour run. Thursday I get the bright idea of going for a 7 mile slow run. Felt fine all the way through, though my knees bothered me a little at the end. That afternoon when I got home from work, as soon as I took my shoe off I felt a sharp pain on the side of my ankle. Great! What the heck is this? Every time I put my weight on my foot it hurt. I iced it and let it rest as much as possible. Took some asprin and ibuprofen the morning of the race and told the people I was with that I was either stopping at the first medical station or running the whole damn thing. I pushed my way through it, and I think it helped that I shouted slogans like "Explode! Harder! Faster! To infinity and Beyond!" while I was running. I finally crossed the finish line and we all decided to self medicate with alcohol.
It was a good time. I feel pretty stupid for doing my first long run 2 days before the race, but still pretty happy with the results. Sorry for the long post but it's monday morning and this is better than working!

[gobbla]

the bar has been set...now you have to beat it.

crongrats

[UpNorth]

Congrats! You certainly had some nice weather for the run.

[ODB]

Good job! When is the next race? How did the self medication work for you?

[newride]

Thanks guys. It was a perfect day fot it. I placed just over the half way mark for my group. Next year I want to be comfortably in the top 1/3. Only have to shave 3 min off so it shouldn't be a prob at all. Thanks!

[newride]

Originally posted by ODB:
Good job! When is the next race? How did the self medication work for you?

Don't really know. I am not planning on having running being the focus of my workouts. I want to head back to the gym but I have too many projects going on at home right now. Running is really just something I can do to start off with and tide me over untill I can dedicate some time to working out.
The self medication was dangerously good. I had to take off sooner than I would have liked because I could see where it was heading!

[BamaDave]

Congratulations!! And don't be surprised if you get hooked on racing. Great motivation for keeping up the running.

[newride]

I can see how racing can be addicting. I had a blast, nearly met my goal, but the first thing I thought of was that I could have done better and next year I'm gonna wup this races A$$!