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5/19/2012

7:30 AM

8 mi

54:00

6:45 mi

Health

156 lb
3952

Weather

70 F

Ratings

5 / 10
5 / 10
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Des Moines

Notes

I'll call it a tempo, but who knows. Jumped in a 10k (2 loops). Started downhill, 1st mile in 5:40 which felt easy of course. I started to get in the hills and was more around 6min pace. It was interesting running with others (just a few others around me) and not knowing who's in the 5k or 10k. Pretty sure I was in 3rd or 4th in the 5k race(~18:30), but then kept going. I thought I saw one person up ahead but wasn't sure. Kept trying to keep steady. I definitely wasn't going all out but also wasn't bounding up the hills with ease (I slowed on the hills). Hills and heat got to me, as well as not being too ready for a longer road race - sort of felt like my half-marathon where my legs just were not used to the pounding (downhill pounding in this case). Hopefully, this helps whip me into shape for Dam to Dam in 2 weeks (along with a little more rest). Ended in 37:27 (right at 6min pace) which was the goal I suppose (and one last parentheses).

*WHAMM

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