Firekracker 5k
Thursday, July 4th, 2013. Well actually this starts the night before. My parents were flying in from NY and their scheduled flight was suppose to get into DIA around 8:00 p.m. Not too late. However, their flight into and out of Atlanta was delayed and they had to change their route, putting them into DIA around 11:00 p.m. I drove to the airport, picked them up and finally got home around 12:30 a.m. Not ideal for a girl who loves her 8 hours of sleep! Anyway, the race went o.k. It wasn't a great race for me, but I suppose it could have been worse. The race was scheduled to start at 8:00, which we were ready for. However, a few minutes before 8, as we were finishing our strides, they told us they were now starting at 8:10. Ug! Anyway, the start felt slow, the second mile was bad and then I finished in 19:05. Like I said, not great, but with the elevation and heat that day I'm not crying myself to sleep over it. I finished fourth, missing prize money by 1 place, however did get a pretty sweet piece of pottery!
Long Runs!
Last Sunday I did a 15 miler on the Poudre Trail. I finished in 1:46 averaging 7:05's for the run. I had 4 miles under 7:00's and the last half was faster than the first. It did take a little toll on me for the week considering I've been bumping my mileage up quite a bit for me. Today's long run was 16.3 miles in 1:57, 7:12 average pace. The first half and second half were fairly even, however the second was slightly faster. After today's run I've hit 71 miles for the past 7 days, which is my second highest! But really my mileage will be 62 for the week since I start my weeks on Mondays. I had 2 decent workouts during the week and although my legs are tired, nothing really hurts! We will see how this next week goes!http://connect.garmin.com/activity/341836092#.UeGFVGtH0LI.facebook