Today’s 10K training run didn’t quite go as expected.  An unplanned Saturday night of debauchery with my husband, a dear friend and an incredible bottle of port resulted in my crawling into bed at a time when I am normally just getting up to run.

I ended up getting out on my chosen course at 11:45 or so—way too late.  The sun was already high and the air temp was around 95 degrees.  WAY too hot to expect any kind of a decent performance.

My Higdon schedule called for a 10K race today, but having been too crazy busy these last couple of weeks, I failed to locate a race in my area.  I decided to map a flat10K course and run it at a tempo pace, measure my splits and evaluate.

Everything started just fine, but as the heat increased, I found myself feeling dehydrated and low on energy. Nonetheless, my performance wasn’t too bad.  The knee felt good (having dutifully done my IT band stretches), and I ended up finishing in 1:01:29…about a 9:50 pace.  It sucks, but it could have been worse considering how I felt the night before.

Teaches me.  The kid’s not 21 anymore! Nonetheless, it was good to totally unwind last night and go a little crazy. 

The course is a loop, about 7/10 of a mile long, so I needed to run the loop about 91/4 times.  Here are my basic split times:

6.47, 13.10, 19.22, 26.19, 32.53, 39.41, 46.44, 53.26, 54.05 (water break), 1.01.29.  Yuck!  Oh, well, tomorrow starts a new week. I must repent my sins!

 

 

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Tags: 10K, splits, training run, higdon, half marathon training, IT band stretches

Yeah,I couldn't believe it, I really thought that I would barf or something but considering all things, I felt pretty good. Hey, I figure if I can run after a night like that, I should be able to complete, ya know? Posted by: bmoore on Sep 29, 2008 at 06:28 PM

Sounds like you are doing pretty good for all that fun you had the night before :) Keep it up, we're all rooting for you! Posted by: Karen on Sep 29, 2008 at 01:50 PM

hahaha. Thank god, or whoever. I had a kid weekend...that meant getting them together for one out of the two times every month that I can, with their friends. Its a good thing they pick friends with mother's I love. Regardless, my one day off, turned into 2.5 days off!! All in good fun, beaches, new restaurants, secret sharing, philosophizing about the world, and I got some great material! Good for you for getting out there and doing it. See you on the road this week..back on track! Posted by: Betty on Sep 29, 2008 at 09:39 AM

hahha. Thanks just do not always go as planned. Glad you found yourself having a good time. Posted by: Sarah on Sep 29, 2008 at 09:33 AM