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October 09, 2005
Calculating
I’m back in Boston. The weekend was crazy and I definitely did not get the extra sleep you are supposed to get leading up to a race so that it’s “okay if you can’t sleep the night before.” Honestly though, I don’t think anything could prevent me from sleeping well tonight.
I was rereading my list of reasons why I might be slow tomorrow and can’t decide if I am being lame. Why would I make such a list before a race?? OR, is my list part of a healthy evaluation of what is going on with my running and a “useful tool” to pick a goal time tomorrow? It’s hard to know if I am being weak…or brilliantly smart.
Here is the plan. I put my 5K time from 9/17/05 (22:11) into an internet race predictor calculator and it says I should be able to run a 46:42 10K. A second calculator predicts 46:15. Both times seem kind of fast. I then picked 47:00 and put that into a pace calculator which said I need to run 7:33 min/miles to pull off 47:00. So I am going to start at 7:33 min/miles (as best I can since I am not very good at pacing) and then adjust faster or slower depending on how I am feeling.
I hope my running shoes dry by tomorrow. They are still wet from the run in the downpour yesterday and then being in my suitcase after that. I may have to go with my old sneakers. I also got my race packet about an hour ago. This is the biggest race (participant-wise) I have been in since I ran Marine Corps in 2002. I am worried the course is going to be more crowded than I prefer. It is also the first predominantly female race I have participated in which I think is kind of cool.
Posted by Audrey at October 9, 2005 04:11 PM
Comments
I would try the newspaper in the sneaker thing to try and dry them out. good luck tomorrow!
Posted by: lilly at October 9, 2005 04:41 PM
One last Good Luck wish. I think you're definitely doing to break 47 minutes.
I was also going to suggest putting newspapers in your shoes. I did it last night at 11pm and my shoes were dry when I got up at 5:15am!
Posted by: Caitlin at October 9, 2005 10:24 PM
Good Luck today! I am sure you will do great! I bet you will do better than 47:00. Can't wait to hear how it was.
Posted by: noelle at October 10, 2005 06:53 AM