I did okay. The one thing for certain was that it was (and still is) quite cold. Having to warm up muscles in 35\u00b0 weather is never fun. If the race had been around lunchtime the situation would have improved a bit, but… Morning races have their own set of virtues–getting a jump on the rest of the day, better traffic situation, among other things.<\/p>\n
I didn’t set a PR, but I ran better than my last 5K. 21:40. The good news is that I didn’t crash and burn during any of the legs of the race–kept a steady pace. It’s a good baseline, then, since I didn’t have an overly “good” or “bad” race, but ran very near capacity the whole time. The bad news is that I seem to be stuck in a rut of sorts in terms of my training. I need to vary my course a bit and do some speed drills, I think. Not to mention get my watch fixed. Heh.<\/p>\n
One of the qualities of a race that I appreciate is that they’re like a test that actually benefits you. In other words, if you take an academic test, you’ll have to draw on the reserve of knowledge accumulated during class, but you won’t learn anything new. They’re designed purely to see what you know, not to increase your knowledge. In a road race, on the other hand, not only do you get a sense of where you stand in terms of athletic fitness (the “test”), it also serves as a great exercise period (the “class”). So you get the evaluation and<\/i> the workout. Two-for-one.<\/p>\n
Driving back to Chapel Hill today to participate in my dad’s birthday festivities and do the whole buying-a-Christmas-tree thing with the family. Tomorrow will also be the first time I’ll have been to my home church in several months. I’m looking forward to it. And sleeping :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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