Monday, July 16, 2007

Race Place & My Long Run

Yesterday, my training plan called for an 18 mile long run... as I am not training for a full marathon but a 30K... Coach Bob said 2/3 of that distance would be sufficient. So, I headed out with the intention of doing 12 miles. Once I was underway however, I realized I was a little tired out from the 15K race on Saturday... more than I had expected. I therefore decided to do 9 miles - with the intention of doing another 6-9 in the evening if time permitted. My pace averaged about 8:48 per mile. I'm very pleased with that considering it was just 24 hours after a 9 mile race and it was my long, training run (generally run about 30-40 seconds slower than goal pace).

Following the run, I sat in a cold bath for a short time to cool my leg muscles... I think one reason I was so tight & fatigued from Saturday is because I hadn't had the opportunity for an "ice bath" so to speak. I had just jumped into the car and headed home (a 30-40 minute drive from the finish). I then showered and headed out for DH's company picnic with the family. A fun day.

The newspaper listed all the finishers and their times... I was 29th overall out of a field of 116. I was the 12th woman of 72 and was 4th in my age group (35-39). I'm very, very happy with my race. I just hope I can continue to build on it and hit my goal for the 30K, my 'A' race for this year. I'm starting to second guess myself a little because the Circle the Bay course is very hilly.

On a related note - these are a few of the pictures the photographers captured during the race. How do you decide whether to purchase them?? Since this wasn't a 'big' race for me, I opted not to buy them. If the image is good, should I?

7 comments:

  1. Way to go! Your running is impressive!

    Running is not my strength, but I am going to work on that A LOT in the coming months. I want to be able to run the entire 5K in my next tri (that will most likely be next summer).

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  2. Nice job, Makita! You ROCK!!! and are super speedy too :-)

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  3. That is awesome! Congratulations!!!

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  4. You are too cool for me! I am sure the drive home after the race allowed some time for those muscles and such to stiffin up a bit.

    Question for you. Thinking that you would possibly know the answer. How do you put pictures in your sidebar?? Not necessary with a link added to it... but just the pic??

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  5. I think I would want at least one picture from each of my events. From a big event I would want many!

    I am having this same dilemma with how many of the pictures to get from my event. Since it was my first, I may go for all of them.

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  6. You go, girl!

    Now, I obviously have no experience when it comes to runs (although one day!! one day I will!) but I say, if the pic looks great, you should go for it! :)

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  7. Thanks everyone! It's so great to have you all cheer me on. You each inspire me to keep going. I went ahead and purchased 2 of the 4 images that the photographers captured. I just couldn't pass them by. :)

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