Week 14 - Long run (a race)
Today was my last hard run before the marathon, which is now just two weeks away. I got up early and headed downtown for the 2nd annual Hermes Cleveland 10 Miler. Kind of a unique distance, though it's just what I was looking for following last week's 20 miler.
The starting point was the House of Blues in Cleveland. The course took us around Jacobs Field, over a few bridges, past the West Side Market, through Ohio City, down around the Cleveland Browns Stadium, out to Burke Lakefront Airpot and finally back to the House of Blues. Overall the course was interesting and fairly flat. The only part of the course that I did not care for was the run out to Burke. We ran on a service road along I-90, and went about a mile out, turned around, and came the mile back on the other side of the road. So not only was it a very unscenic route, but I am not a big fan of two-way running like that.
I started up near the front, which I should have known better than to do. I'm used to passing people, but today was the day of getting passed. I probably passed less than a dozen people over the course of the race, while getting passed by well over a hundred. Not a good thing for your mentality. I did my best to keep up early on, and over exerted myself the first two miles. My first mile split was 7:14, and my second was 7:13. That's extremely fast for me. But it hurt me, because I was feeling it very shortly after that. There were the usual doubts, thoughts of quitting, and all of the standard mental elements.
I endured though and managed to come in just under my pace from the half marathon a few weeks ago. To be more exact, just a mere second faster, with a 7:54/mi pace. Not bad, but I was hoping to shave more than just a second off that pace. I think if I hadn't started so hard, I could have done better. For the marathon, I know that I'm going to pace myself, so I'm not too concerned about burning out early.
Here are the numbers from the race:
Time: 1:18:58
Pace: 7:54/mile
Overall: 204 of 845
Division: 19 of 53 (Men, 25-29)
Not bad, though I'd like to keep working to break into the top 25% in more races.
Weekly Total: 15 miles
Yearly Total: 275.7 miles
The starting point was the House of Blues in Cleveland. The course took us around Jacobs Field, over a few bridges, past the West Side Market, through Ohio City, down around the Cleveland Browns Stadium, out to Burke Lakefront Airpot and finally back to the House of Blues. Overall the course was interesting and fairly flat. The only part of the course that I did not care for was the run out to Burke. We ran on a service road along I-90, and went about a mile out, turned around, and came the mile back on the other side of the road. So not only was it a very unscenic route, but I am not a big fan of two-way running like that.
I started up near the front, which I should have known better than to do. I'm used to passing people, but today was the day of getting passed. I probably passed less than a dozen people over the course of the race, while getting passed by well over a hundred. Not a good thing for your mentality. I did my best to keep up early on, and over exerted myself the first two miles. My first mile split was 7:14, and my second was 7:13. That's extremely fast for me. But it hurt me, because I was feeling it very shortly after that. There were the usual doubts, thoughts of quitting, and all of the standard mental elements.
I endured though and managed to come in just under my pace from the half marathon a few weeks ago. To be more exact, just a mere second faster, with a 7:54/mi pace. Not bad, but I was hoping to shave more than just a second off that pace. I think if I hadn't started so hard, I could have done better. For the marathon, I know that I'm going to pace myself, so I'm not too concerned about burning out early.
Here are the numbers from the race:
Time: 1:18:58
Pace: 7:54/mile
Overall: 204 of 845
Division: 19 of 53 (Men, 25-29)
Not bad, though I'd like to keep working to break into the top 25% in more races.
Weekly Total: 15 miles
Yearly Total: 275.7 miles
posted by Brad at 11:47 AM
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