I got to our TNT tent a little early, put on my shoe tag and my first race bib ever! The shoe tag is pretty neat. There were blue mats laid across the start/finish line and as soon as your tag crosses the mat, your chip is activated and your time starts. It was funny running across the mats and hearing all the beeps from the tags going off.
The 10K runners were running before us and as the last few runners were coming in it started to POUR, HARD. Thankfully it
stopped right before we started lining up. It may have been sprinkling during the run, but honestly I don't even remember!
The run itself was AWESOME! I listened to my coach and slowly built up my speed and I didn't focus on trying to weave through the crowd (it really was crowded at the start--if I had tripped I would have been trampled). Before I knew it we reached the half way point... the whole race went by so fast! Not too far after the last turn I saw Coach Kiley cheering me and my running partner Pola in. Once I saw him I started sprinting in. I knew the finish line was close and I could see it getting closer. But, you know what? I am NOT a sprinter. I could feel the muscles in my legs tiring and I had the oddest sensation of my insides contracting. I slowed a little before the finish, but was still still running faster than I ever run. Lesson learned: Don't start sprinting too early. I crossed the finish and saw that I came in under thirty minutes. WOW! I surprised myself. My official time was 28:54. Compared to my initial pace assessment time, which was the same distance, I cut my time by FOUR minutes. From 32:56 to 28:54... my coach said that's HUGE for such a short distance. I must admit, I'm very impressed by myself. It's nice to see that I really am at a new fitness level.
After our run. Me, Pola and Coach Kiley peeking through in the back.
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