Thankfully, I have been keeping myself busy. So much so that I didn't get to post a blog for almost two weeks know. But to update, I ran the Aids Walk 10k run last Sunday the 1st of October. It kicked my butt.
I started with what I thought was a pace that I could have kept. I started to realize that I wasn't able to maintain it. Instead I eventually settled into a 8min. 35 second mile pace, the same exact pace I have been running on the treadmill for the past 6 months.
The lesson I learned here, don't just use the treadmill for running, run various courses that don't enable you to get stuck on one pace, especially for races. I was hoping to get a time that was not too far from my high school 10k time: 38min. and 36 seconds for 6.2 miles. Instead I got a decent time that I'm still proud of: 53min. and 16 seconds. Also came out at 122nd runner out of 357 total runners, basically in the middle. My goal next time is to come out at the top 25. Now I know I have to train harder for the next one, and not just on the treadmill.
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