I'm just back from the Takoma Park 5K, an event for which I was sadly undertrained. However, I did my best and that satisfies me fine. I don't have the official results yet, but I had three different devices tracking me (!) and the unofficial results are a pace of about 13:20 and a time of about 41 minutes.
EDIT: OFFICIAL RESULTS
545 278/327 190/219 480 Nan Shellabarger F 59 Silver Spring MD 00:41:06 13:14 00:41:35 13:23
It means I was 278 out of 327 (190 out of 219 women) and my time was 41:06 for a pace of 13:14.
I ran the first mile, and from then on, alternated jogging and walking. My heart rate had gotten quite high - over 150 - and I really couldn't maintain that for long. It seems that for this morning, at least, that heart rate was the edge of nausea - my redline. So I walked until the heart rate dropped and then I'd jog till it got back up and stayed there for a bit. The first time, I was looking for the recovery rate of 120 but then I thought "wait a minute, this is a race, just go as fast as you can" so I'd recover to under 140 and then push into a jog again. Just before the end, my left calf started to hurt but I barely noticed it. It's quite sore now, however.
I had half a berry-and-nut smoothie (no dairy) beforehand and a small cup of coffee (I'm just re-caffeinating from the detox). Plenty of water. No water along the way (didn't think it would help the nausea).
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Before the race |
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PsychoKiller blaring on the sound system. I'm adding to my playlist! |
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Milling about in the starting pen |
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We're off! (Into the sun) |
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Fast runners heading back the other way |
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I'm now back with the children and strollers and walkers |
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The finish!!! |
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Homage to BitchCakes. Plus I'm strangely reluctant to remove the number. |
1 comment:
So impressed. I don't care if you crawled! And I love love love the homage!
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