Well, have you ever run a race, have a blast, and as your driving away think: “Poop, I didn’t take any pictures. How am I going to blog about this?” Oh, only me? Thankfully, the super awesome Arkansas Outside took a bunches of photos and posted them on their Facebook page.
Me on the way out. Contrary to the picture, I am not pregnant. I was wearing my fanny pack under my long sleeve shirt.
Almost done!
It isn’t surprising that I forgot to take pictures, I forgot a lot of stuff on this morning. We all left the house at 5:30 and I dropped Aaron off at the hospital, for his shift, at 6:30. I drove to my parent’s house, dropped the boys off, and then drove quickly to the race. When I arrived at the race, I had to park a million-billion miles away (really only .75) so I had a nice warm up run to pick up my packet, before the table closed. I got my packet and my new Spa Pacer singlet with about ten minutes to spare. Oh and I also forgot to eat breakfast. I was hungry. Perfect.
I have never run an official 10k, so I just treated it like a training run. I ran around a 9 minute pace for the entire race and finished in 56:31. I felt good and enjoyed the new scenery. I did get kind of bored because I didn’t have anyone to talk to. Everyone around me was running seriously and I respected that, so I left them alone. I did start whistling about 4 miles in, but I realized how annoying that probably was, so I stopped after one verse of “Everything is Awesome,” a song from the Lego Movie my kids are singing on repeat. I started humming at this point, it was a nice distraction and I don’t think I bothered anyone. I’m rambling, sorry. Let me wrap this up. The Capital City Classic 10k is a great, flat race and I highly recommend the event. Afterwards, there is free marathon quality food, soda, and beer. El perfecto since I was starving at this point!
I knew this race was flat, so I had an ulterior motive for running. I needed a comfortable 10k pace to plug into my pace calculator for my 50k training. My 50k is 14 weeks away, and I needed to set my plan in stone and quit fooling around. I’m ready now and excited since I’m healthy!
Did you race this past weekend? How’d it go?
5 Responses
Haha loved this!! I can’t believe that was your first official 10K! But I’m with you, I’ve only done two! 10k’s are hard for me to register for for some reason! You had a great time even if it was just a training run!!
I know! I run 6 miles all the time, so I’m not sure why I’ve never done a 10k. I really liked it, so I’m planning to add more to my schedule.
I did that race last year as my first ever 10K. I was so hoping to be there this year but am sidelined with an injury 🙁 So glad you enjoyed it! It’s a good one.
Yuck, booooooo for the injury! Heal up and you’ll be back out here before you know it!
You have to keep beating Josh Drake. I’m just saying, I need to be able to watch you two battle it out and talk trash. It entertains me.