Hot Diggity, Finished 9th place in a 5 mile winter run.
This weekend I competed in a winter run/race event. It was a 5.4 mile run about an hour north of where I live in Burlington. I felt like my performance didn’t go as well as hoped, but it is the middle of winter, so what more could I expect. I guess my numbers look better then how I felt during the race. I finished 9th place overall, and first for my age group. My average mile time was 6:55, with a total time of 37:03. I felt like I was too cold while running, it was only 40 degrees out, and I wore my shorts and long sleeve running jersey (Cold legs). I also felt like my swim the night before didn’t help too much. For about the first mile, we were running into a strong headwind, which seemed to sap a lot of energy out of me. Anyhow, I attended a local concert in Ballard at the Sunset Tavern to see a local band named the "Cops". Whilest moshing in the crowd I could feel my legs and tell that I had ran pretty hard that morning. -Travis Stecker
December 16, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Congratulations on your performance. That’s a good pace, especially considering the conditions and the fact that (it sounds like) you didn’t taper before the race. I think I would be pretty stiff-legged racing in 40 degree weather.