Bit the bullet and registered for a couple more races last week; with those in place around what I'd already planned to run, I have a nice early summer figured out.
May 1 - Broad Street 10 miler - Philadelphia
May 14 - Healthy Kidney 10K - NYC/CP
May 20-21 - Reach the Beach - Massachusetts
June 11 - NY Mini 10K - NYC/CP
Those 10Ks will act as both torture devices and races to gauge VDOT paces for the start of my Grand Rapids training cycle. The Mini, in particular, will be interesting as it's usually a little too warm that day & quite humid but it's such a historic & cool all-women's race that always packs in a nice elite showing. The Healthy Kidney, too, gets it's fair share of exposure & is a quality race for both locals & elite talent; it also happens to be the race that got me my current 10K PR 3 yrs ago (46:40). Uh yeah, I sorta fear the 10K especially with Central Park as the route; I'm all good until that damned 3rd mile and the 1st half of the 4th mile. Part of it is the well-placed hill coming off the down of Harlem hill but more of it is my crappy attitude towards the heat & humidity. Of course I cannot [easily] alter my body's physiological reaction to such conditions however I can try to get over my fear of racing when I know I'm not in the best of shape and these two efforts will shake that fear up ...or further cement it. Past the time to pull on my big girl pants, CTFU and at least try to run well in less-than-ideal conditions.
To further get me out of my comfort zone I'm toying with the idea of registering for the Fairfield HM (6/26) or the Utica Boilermaker 15K (7/10), undoubtedly both will host some nasty, sticky conditions. Doing so will force me to enter that mindset that the miles will totally suck, there won't likely be a way to run well if I'm not prepared and it's quite likely that I may not run well even then, given the weather.
But let's push those thoughts out just a bit further and skip back to the present; last week turned out decent. Nothing but ez running, need to remember to add in some strides as well as a little tempo work, but still a solid base building week and I got my butt to yoga, which is key, especially to my butt!
M: 6.35 mi ez (8:41)
T: rest
W: 6.35 mi ez (8:36) + 90 mins. yoga
T: 8.5 mi ez (8:54) *first run with Kelly & Megan, wheee!*
F: 8.9 mi ez (8:30)
S: 5.25 mi ez (8:54)
S: 13 mi ez (9:14)
Total: 48.35 mi
5 comments:
Looks like a good line up!
Are your ez paces faster than they used to be? Your week looks fast! I'm sensing good things for 2011!
Cindi - ez pace has creeped down a bit, although for ez runs I really do just that & keep it easy, so if that's 8:30 or 9:45, totally cool with it. Hopefully the heat & humidity doesn't make everything feel hard soon. :(
The 10k distance scares me too!! In fact, I've never actually raced one because the combo of distance and speed make me nervous! I'm definitely an endurance kind of girl :)
Man! I soooooooo wish I could take more personal days to do the relay. I suck at being a delinquent employee. I should suck it up and not care. :/
Sweet line-up, btw.
Hi! I'm friends with Ali, so that's how I wound up on your blog. I think you should do the Boilermaker, 'cause I'm doing it and I think it seems like a fun race! (especially if you love beer as much as I do!:))
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