Today went better than the 5k, but it still wasn't the effort I was looking for. I wanted to keep it right around 7 min, and I thought that was definitely possible. I warmed up with 5, and I was glad I did, because on the way back from the warm-up it had started to snow pretty heavily and I realized that it was going to suck! I looked for someone with extra glasses, but came up empty handed, oh well. I started the race just how I wanted, with the first mile being 6:59. About half way through mile 2 I saw a familiar face coming up next to me, and said hello to Andrea. She was nice enough to stay with me and helped pace me the rest of the way. Mile 2 was right at 7, then we got to the turnaround keeping a pretty good pace. We turned around, and this is when it started to get rough. The wind had picked up a bit, but what was bad was the snow in the face. I had to back off the pace a bit, and Andrea told me to just try and hold on around a 7:15 pace. I was barely able to for miles 4 and 5. Then the last mile Andrea picked it up, and I stuck with her. I think we were real close to 7 min again. Then for the last push I went as hard as I could, but just didn't have much left. After the race I got some hot chocolate, and tried to warm up, but had no luck. I thanked Andrea for her help, and then headed home. |