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I don't usually post a new thread for a race report, but what the heck.<br><br>
I wasn't sure what my performance would be like for this one. It's my first race of the year, and I was just coming off my first 80+ mile week ever, so I thought that might affect me a little bit.<br><br>
Got out there for the race, and did a mile warmup which probably wasn't enough. That really turned out to be too short, since the race started 15 minutes late so my pidly warm-up didn't really do anything for me.<br><br>
The conditions were the best I can remember for this race- about 40 and only kind of windy (and wind is a huge problem in this race because it's completely out in the country, and it's a small race so there's nothing/no one to block the wind for you.)<br><br>
The gun went off, and right away I could tell how the race was going to go. The only people who were in front of me was a group of young kids going a lot faster than they could handle. I held my intended 6 mpm pace until I picked them off. I knew the best kid in that group, and that he's pretty good for his age, but that he wasn't going to keep that pace, and I passed him a little before .4 miles into the race told him good job, and moved on.<br>
I had mixed feelings at this point- I knew that barring something stupid, I was going to easily get my first ever victory in a road race, but it felt almost cheap and anticlimactic that it wouldn't require a big effort.<br>
On the other hand, it did feel pretty cool being that far in front of everyone.<br>
First mile went through in 6:03. I knew that the second mile was by far the hardest, with a few big hills to climb. Couple that with the fact that I had nothing to push me really, and that mile went through in 6:27. I was pretty pissed, but like I said, it was like I was running a solo time trial, so it was tough to get motivated. I grabbed a quick peak during the final turn (about 1 mile to go) and I couldn't even see the next runner.<br>
I broke the toilet paper finish line in 18:49, so I picked it back ip a bit the last mile, but not nearly as much as I should have. The second place runner came in 2 minutes later, followed closely by my dad (4 minutes faster than he ran here last year). My little brother came in 6th (a whopping 8 minutes faster than last year).<br><br>
All in all, I was dissapointed with my time, but I guess I can't complain about getting my first win. I was 3 minutes faster than last year so I'll take it.
I wasn't sure what my performance would be like for this one. It's my first race of the year, and I was just coming off my first 80+ mile week ever, so I thought that might affect me a little bit.<br><br>
Got out there for the race, and did a mile warmup which probably wasn't enough. That really turned out to be too short, since the race started 15 minutes late so my pidly warm-up didn't really do anything for me.<br><br>
The conditions were the best I can remember for this race- about 40 and only kind of windy (and wind is a huge problem in this race because it's completely out in the country, and it's a small race so there's nothing/no one to block the wind for you.)<br><br>
The gun went off, and right away I could tell how the race was going to go. The only people who were in front of me was a group of young kids going a lot faster than they could handle. I held my intended 6 mpm pace until I picked them off. I knew the best kid in that group, and that he's pretty good for his age, but that he wasn't going to keep that pace, and I passed him a little before .4 miles into the race told him good job, and moved on.<br>
I had mixed feelings at this point- I knew that barring something stupid, I was going to easily get my first ever victory in a road race, but it felt almost cheap and anticlimactic that it wouldn't require a big effort.<br>
On the other hand, it did feel pretty cool being that far in front of everyone.<br>
First mile went through in 6:03. I knew that the second mile was by far the hardest, with a few big hills to climb. Couple that with the fact that I had nothing to push me really, and that mile went through in 6:27. I was pretty pissed, but like I said, it was like I was running a solo time trial, so it was tough to get motivated. I grabbed a quick peak during the final turn (about 1 mile to go) and I couldn't even see the next runner.<br>
I broke the toilet paper finish line in 18:49, so I picked it back ip a bit the last mile, but not nearly as much as I should have. The second place runner came in 2 minutes later, followed closely by my dad (4 minutes faster than he ran here last year). My little brother came in 6th (a whopping 8 minutes faster than last year).<br><br>
All in all, I was dissapointed with my time, but I guess I can't complain about getting my first win. I was 3 minutes faster than last year so I'll take it.
