I’m pretty proud of myself after this morning’s 10K. Last week we ran the race route and I ran it in 1:10:45. For the actual race today I finished in 1:04:09! I came in 319 out of 420. That doesn’t sound too good, I place in a much higher percentile in 5K’s, but I suppose that is because more people run 5K’s slowly. I placed 19 out of 28 for my age group. That doesn’t sound too good either, but in any case I’m proud of myself!
I told my husband to be at the finish line to take my picture and I said I would be there at 1:10. Well, needless to say, he got there at 1:03 thinking he’d have some spare time, but as he is attempting to figure out how to work the camera I crossed the finish line. Oops!
One bad thing was that I got a cramp in the back of my calf at 3.5 miles. It’s a really long hill at that point and my leg started to feel weird, like heavy. Then it started to cramp. I kept thinking I would have to quit, but I just didn’t want to quit so I kept going. It’s still hurting, I’m sitting here with a heating pad. Luckily I have a massage scheduled for tomorrow. Here’s a graph of the hills:
See that long hill between miles 3 and 4? It just about did me in.
Tonight our running group is going out for mexican – margaritas and chips, here I come!
November 1st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Wow that’s amazing! You are brilliant!
My husband runs. He came in a similar place to you in the race he did last week. I think it IS pretty good. Well done you.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
GREAT!!!!!!!!
You are so inspiring
Enjoy your mexican night – sounds heavenly. Hubby is cooking Indian for us tonight.
OLJ
November 1st, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Harriet, Well done!!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Isn’t it so amazing to cross that finish line and stop your watch and think to yourself, OMG… I just did that!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I am in awe of people who can run. It is such an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations on a succesful journey!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:25 am
Congratulations on your 10k run!
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 am
You Rock!!! What an incredible feat of will and motivation. I wish I had even a little bit of your willpower.
…aqua
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:33 am
Congrats!
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Thanks everyone! I’m still recovering, but I’ll start running again tomorrow.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Wow, just looking at that hill I started to feel weak and bit tearful! Congrats on the great run!