OKC 10k not ok
My idea going into todays race was to knock off the single-age (55) state record of 37:05. I was thinking if things went extremely well I might even lay claims to the age -group (55-59) record of 35:50.
After a two hour drive to Oklahoma City (6am-8am) I found myself lost in the train-yard south of down town. From there it took me a good 30 minutes of frustrated driving to finally reach the race site. I had little time to warm-up and the cold weather only compounded my problems. Mid-twenty thermometer readings are not conducive to top performance running for these old legs.The course itself was run on a concrete 'running trail'! 6.1 miles of cold hard concrete.
Add those 3 factors together with the fact that I am coming off a green slime upper respiratory event and it equals 37:59.
I think this outing had failure written all over it from the beginning. I should have stayed in bed,
The good news is there are plenty of races in the future to look forward to.
Live and learn.
After a two hour drive to Oklahoma City (6am-8am) I found myself lost in the train-yard south of down town. From there it took me a good 30 minutes of frustrated driving to finally reach the race site. I had little time to warm-up and the cold weather only compounded my problems. Mid-twenty thermometer readings are not conducive to top performance running for these old legs.The course itself was run on a concrete 'running trail'! 6.1 miles of cold hard concrete.
Add those 3 factors together with the fact that I am coming off a green slime upper respiratory event and it equals 37:59.
I think this outing had failure written all over it from the beginning. I should have stayed in bed,
The good news is there are plenty of races in the future to look forward to.
Live and learn.
posted by Hawk at
8:16 PM
1 Comments:
Oh man, cold white concrete is the freaking worst. In that kind of cold it can jar your bones until your teeth rattle in your skull and your eyes jiggle. I can even feel a difference in my trail running between the sides of the hills which get hit with the sun first, they are softer on the old joints the the ones still frozen from last night's frost.
All that said, your attitude in the dark days of mid winter is great and continues to sustain the spirit. As you said, you live, and another day will be tomorrow!
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January 8, 2011 at 9:47 PM
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