Hollandfest 10K Wrap-Up

This will be short, I did the right thing in the race, but I still don't like it. 

It was a tough, hot run.  I was ahead of my pace until about 4.5 miles.  I had been cramping and struggling for about 3 miles and then I started feeling light-headed and dizzy.  I made the right decision and slowed down to a walk.  I walked for a few minutes until I felt better and I was able to finish running.

I finished with a time of 1:06:10 and accomplished 3 of 4 goals, but I am disappointed with myself.  I wasn't fully committed to my training.  I didn't have a set schedule and I let the weather become an excuse.  If I had done more in the three weeks leading up to the race, I would have done better in the race, or at least I would feel better about how I did.

Well, no more excuses.  After this is posted, the next thing I am going to do is set my training schedule.  Tomorrow morning I'm getting up early and going running to get those miles in that will make my next race a success.

There was one bright spot in the race on Saturday.  I ran with my friend Amy and she was awesome.  This was her first race.  She trained her butt off and beat her goal by 6 minutes!  She's my hero and I'm going to train my butt off to run my next race as well as she ran this one.

Hollandfest 10K Race Goals

Hello Friends,

It's been too long. My week and a half of vacation turned into a month off of my blog. I'm sorry, I would say I won't do it again, but who knows. Sometimes I just need a break from something to get myself recharged.

Alright, enough about that, let's move on to my goals for tomorrow.
I'm running a 10K tomorrow with a friend from work, and I am excited for two reasons. First, this is going to be her first race, which is awesome. I remember my first race and how good it felt to finish and be able to say I did it. Second, we are also going to run a half marathon together, so really this is just the appetizer to my next two months of training. As seems to be my pattern, here are my four goals for the race.

1. Just finish, enough said.

2. Stay safe. My leg is back to 95%, I feel good, but it has been very hot and humid around here for the last few weeks. In my last race, I think I got a little heat stroke and this is prime weather for it to happen again. I run to be healthy for the rest of my life, so I need to stay safe to enjoy the rest of my weekend with my family.

3. Finish in 1:15:00. That would be a slow pace for me, but it is a good goal knowing that I may be better off just taking it slow instead of pushing myself.

4. Finish in under an hour. This will be pushing it. I'm going to see how it goes tomorrow. If the humidity isn't too bad and I feel good, I'm going for it!

Wish me luck and watch for results on Sunday!