Well, did this 10k for pure fun, and had a great time....
Here is a great blog post that describes my fun run at the Great Race!
Kudos to the crew at www.boringpittsburgh.com for putting this together - I had a blast!
Anyway, I ran (or at least tried to run) but still had a good bit of pain from the 50k, so it confirmed my feelings about taking time off.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Monday, September 27, 2010
Yes, its time for STREAKING!
Well, no, I am not running naked...not yet as least. However, I decided today to start a "run streak." A run streak is defined by the United States Running Streak Association, Inc. :
run at least one continuous mile within each calendar day under one's own body power (without the utilization of any type of health or mechanical aid other than prosthetic devices).
Running under one's own body power can occur on either the roads, a track, over hill and dale, or on a treadmill. Running cannot occur through the use of canes, crutches or banisters, or reliance on pools or aquatic devices to create artificial buoyancy.
I guess every runner has reasons to start a streak. I have many reasons, and don't want to elaborate all of them in this post, but primarily the streak is that of wanting to do it...its not going to be my sole focus and its not something that is going to control me, but its something I'd like to give a try. Second, I believe it will give me some motivation in assisting me in logging runs, something I am not the best at, even though I have the equipment to record my runs. I also would like to employ more social networking and fully utilize dailymile, since dailymile is a great place where runners can share their stories, workouts, etc.
My run streak today is going to start with 3 easy miles, since I am officially going to recover from the 50k after a weeks rest, basking in PR glory (I still am), and, even though I ran a 10k yesterday. I guess you could say the streak started on 9-26-2010.
We're going streaking!
run at least one continuous mile within each calendar day under one's own body power (without the utilization of any type of health or mechanical aid other than prosthetic devices).
Running under one's own body power can occur on either the roads, a track, over hill and dale, or on a treadmill. Running cannot occur through the use of canes, crutches or banisters, or reliance on pools or aquatic devices to create artificial buoyancy.
I guess every runner has reasons to start a streak. I have many reasons, and don't want to elaborate all of them in this post, but primarily the streak is that of wanting to do it...its not going to be my sole focus and its not something that is going to control me, but its something I'd like to give a try. Second, I believe it will give me some motivation in assisting me in logging runs, something I am not the best at, even though I have the equipment to record my runs. I also would like to employ more social networking and fully utilize dailymile, since dailymile is a great place where runners can share their stories, workouts, etc.
My run streak today is going to start with 3 easy miles, since I am officially going to recover from the 50k after a weeks rest, basking in PR glory (I still am), and, even though I ran a 10k yesterday. I guess you could say the streak started on 9-26-2010.
We're going streaking!
Great Race 10k Report
A week after the 50k in Youngstown, I decided that I would run the Great Race in Pittsburgh. Originally, I wanted to just run the 5k, but for whatever silly reason, I thought I would run the 10k - and that decision was not one of the better ones I have made. I was still recovering from the 50k, and didn't really run all that much in preparation, however, I actually ended up doing something that I have NEVER done as a runner so far in the past two years of running, so there certainly was a silver lining to the race.
Anyways, the race is one of the oldest races in Pittsburgh, and runs from upper Frick Park to the Point in downtown in Pittsburgh. It is a great race - as you can see from the elevation chart above, the course is primarily downhill, but there are some uphill parts as well, in particular, mile 5 - that mile is a sneaky gradual 100 foot gain over a mile, it has the ability to break your pace.
Needless to say, the run was OK, but somewhat painful because I could not hold a 10k pace, and I had some erratic splits, ranging from 7'44 (mile 1) to 9'24 (mile 5) and 7'22 (mile 6). This was exaggerated by me having to go to the bathroom the first three miles because we got to the start line with less than 5 minutes til start and the porta potty lines were long, and I was on the wrong side of the street (the woods were an option to go to the bathroom, but, they were on the other side, and it was a huge crowd to cut through). I held on until for at least 3 miles and the 5k start point were there were porta potties - hooray! Lesson learned for next year - get to the start line early.
To make a long story short, I finished 7 minutes better than two years ago, and I negative split the run by about a minute, and that I have never done before, so I can report some progress, but, I would like to run a 10k without be fatigued from running a 50k the week before. It will be more of an accurate reading of my fitness, and my abilities in the 10k.
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