Runs4Sanity
Well...... I beat my modest goal of 24:58 by 18 seconds, and my old PR by 40 seconds I think.
I now know I have a limit on how cold I can race, my heart and mind was in it to get under 24 minutes but my legs were saying "FUCK YOU!". My calves were frozen stiff it felt like, an average pace of 7:57 was all I could give - now grant you my goal this year was to get a sub 8 min/mile pace for a 5k so I did achieve that.
In the first mile we came up onto the river front and were blasted by freezing cold wind... and the shock from that took a while to get through.
Mile 1 - 8:21
The 2nd mile wasn't so bad, I had gotten used to the chilly air coming off the river and was actually beginning to burn up. My stride didn't exactly feel right and I'll blame that on getting used to running trails for the last 2 months. Still, nothing was hurting and I wasn't really struggling to maintain pace, just struggling to pick up pace.
Mile 2 - 8:13
The 3rd and final mile was perhaps the toughest, I was beginning to burn up at this point and trying not to notice a few people passing me. I just kept pushing along and telling myself "fuck these temperatures, fuck this shit, fuck these temperatures!" I decided I was going to earn my Thanksgiving meal and pushed harder wanting the last mile to be under 8 minutes.
Mile 3 - 7:53
That final little bit, as I saw the finish I found some energy and mustered up a little kick though I don't want to see any photos this time as I probably would kick myself in the teeth. The final little .1 was with a 6:45 pace and I was done. I am so glad I didn't commit to any races next month, I am going to enjoy this little break.
Official time: 00:24:40 - 7:57 min/mile pace
Overall: 247th out of 1,521
Female: 68th out of 833
F 25-29: 13th out of 114
*Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*
PRs
5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)
I am so glad I can race on New Years Eve next month. I am going to enjoy going sub-24:00 to end the year.
FYP.
Congrats!!! Did you warm up? Maybe a longer warmup will help for your next attempt. But another PR is sure to happen soon.
Damaris
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No LRB! Lol, my next race isn't until January 25 and that is a night time trail half marathon up near Indy.......... I think I might be insane.
D, I forgot to post that - I only warmed up for .3 miles and walked around some.
That is probably why. I usually do 2-3 miles in warm weather, imagine in cold weather I would do 3, as it takes me close to 5 miles to warm up at below 50F.
Congratulations, FS!
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Thanks Julie.
D, I'll use Tomas's line - I was lazy I wanted to, I swear I did but I just.......... didn't lol.
Congrats on a great race and PR. I'd rather race in warm weather myself.
Way to go FS. Enjoy the rest of the day!
First Race
Hot Chocolate 5K Chicago November 4, 2012 30:17
Second Race
Penguin in the Park 5K Decatur Illinois March 23,2013 27:08
Scott
No LRB! Lol, my next race isn't until January 25 and that is a night time trail half marathon up near Indy.......... I think I might be insane. D, I forgot to post that - I only warmed up for .3 miles and walked around some.
This is the best date ever, haha. I nned to find a race on my birthday.
Congrats on a great race, you are getting really fast! I bet your pics are better than you think. What was the temp? I hate that wind coming off the Miss R.
you did effing great...congrats!
marathon pr - 3:16
Lol, thanks all!
The temperature was 25 degrees with a feels like 16 degrees, and 7-8 mph winds.
Skirt Runner
Congrats!!!!
I also raced in a "feels like" 16 temp and experienced the same kind of thing.....though I had done a warmup my muscles were really frozen and crampy. I felt like I wasn't pushing hard enough but if I tried to push harder my leg muscles seized. No fun!
PRs: 5K- 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13) 4M- 41:43 (9/7/13) 15K- 1:34:25 (8/17/13) 10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14) HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14) Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)
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Thank you, and yep that was pretty much how my legs felt.
Congrats!!!! I also raced in a "feels like" 16 temp and experienced the same kind of thing.....though I had done a warmup my muscles were really frozen and crampy. I felt like I wasn't pushing hard enough but if I tried to push harder my leg muscles seized. No fun!
Congrats on the new PR, Free!
Enjoy that break. Racing in the cold is tough even with a solid warm-up, great job adapting and overcoming the frozen legs.