5.30.2010



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13th Annual Runner’s Alley / Red Hook 5K I’m pretty damn proud of myself. Sure, as you’ll notice from the graph, I walked a lot during this race. It was 80 degrees out. But I ultimately got my fastest time yet (by 7 seconds, woohoo!). What I’m more proud of is that my 58-year-old father—who has never run a road race in his life—killed my time! Results Chip Time: 36:00Average Pace: 11:36 / mileOverall Place: 1,512 of 1,841Division Place: 238 of 308 in females 25-29 Dad finished 1,246th with a chip time of 32:32 and a 10:29 per mile pace (yaay!). We found our way to the back of the massive crowd and after listening to the national anthem through some tinny speakers, we were off. I left Dad around the 0.75-mile mark because his pace was much faster than I thought I could sustain (I know, I know … I’m a wimp when it comes to less than perfect race conditions. I’m working on it). And then shortly after that, I realized I didn’t feel like slow jogging anymore and I started to walk: I kept trying to get up the motivation to run again, and I would, but only for a bit. Then I’d take a look at all the other slowpokes around me walking and think, why am I doing this again? (This has happened before; my problem is definitely the mental toughness aspect of racing.) Either way, though, we both made it to the end. Here’s us coming up to the finish separately: And here’s Dad finishing. I think it’s pretty funny that he and the girl next to him have an identical stride (and an identical finish time, too). Here’s me finishing the race. I sprinted to the end to make up for all my walking on the course, and that’s probably what saved me those 7 seconds. All in all, a fun (but hot) race. I may be doing the same course again over Labor Day for a different charity 5K! We’ll see if Dad wants to join me again …

13th Annual Runner’s Alley / Red Hook 5K

I’m pretty damn proud of myself. Sure, as you’ll notice from the graph, I walked a lot during this race. It was 80 degrees out. But I ultimately got my fastest time yet (by 7 seconds, woohoo!). What I’m more proud of is that my 58-year-old father—who has never run a road race in his life—killed my time!

Results
Chip Time: 36:00
Average Pace: 11:36 / mile
Overall Place: 1,512 of 1,841
Division Place: 238 of 308 in females 25-29

Dad finished 1,246th with a chip time of 32:32 and a 10:29 per mile pace (yaay!). We found our way to the back of the massive crowd and after listening to the national anthem through some tinny speakers, we were off.

I left Dad around the 0.75-mile mark because his pace was much faster than I thought I could sustain (I know, I know … I’m a wimp when it comes to less than perfect race conditions. I’m working on it). And then shortly after that, I realized I didn’t feel like slow jogging anymore and I started to walk:

I kept trying to get up the motivation to run again, and I would, but only for a bit. Then I’d take a look at all the other slowpokes around me walking and think, why am I doing this again? (This has happened before; my problem is definitely the mental toughness aspect of racing.) Either way, though, we both made it to the end. Here’s us coming up to the finish separately:

And here’s Dad finishing. I think it’s pretty funny that he and the girl next to him have an identical stride (and an identical finish time, too).

Here’s me finishing the race. I sprinted to the end to make up for all my walking on the course, and that’s probably what saved me those 7 seconds.

All in all, a fun (but hot) race. I may be doing the same course again over Labor Day for a different charity 5K! We’ll see if Dad wants to join me again …
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