10k race today, sponsored by Living Waters Church to raise money for a children's home.<br><br>
Disappointing turnout. It did look like rain this morning, but that's no excuse. I think there may have been 20 of us doing the 10k--I came in 6th place overall (that's a first, I guarantee!).<br><br>
Weather was actually very nice for running, by Texas standards for the month of May anyway--around 65F, overcast, sprinkles, not much wind. The course was a dirt/packed gravel trail along the West Fork Trinity River Levee. I run this trail a lot, and I love it because it looks like you're out in the boodocks even though your in the middle of the city.<br><br>
Crowd support was excellent, and the water stations were well-manned. I think there were more spectators than runners. They always had an encouraging word. I guess I was the only person over the age of 30 running the 10k, because a woman at one of the water stations said, "You're these guys' hero" as I passed by. While I knew that was an exaggeration, it still inspired me as I forged on.<br><br>
Finished in 49:19, my best 10k time in nearly two years. Still not as fast as I would like to have been; but now that I'm embarking upon marathon training, I haven't been concentrating much on speed, so I wasn't disappointed with the time at all.<br><br>
With a 1 mile warmup jog, the 10k race, and an easy 5 miles afterwards, today's mileage came out to about 12.2.<br><br>
Next weekend it's a 14 mile long run; haven't done that distance in a while. I'm starting a custom training program from McMillan Running, and it looks like TIME on my feet is more the issue than MILES--at least for a while. Has some interesting types of long runs and progression runs, too.