Next Race
Tomorrow is my next race, the Buffalo Stampede 10 miler. It’s my longest race since March 2007, when I ran a half marathon. Since then it’s been all 5Ks and one Olympic distance triathlon (with a 10K run at the end of it).
Since I’ve never run this distance I’m a little uncertain about the right goal time, but based on my recent 5K time (20:04) and a various running calculators I’ve reviewed I’m going for under 1:10, which is a 7 min/mile pace. That sounds like a real bear of a pace to maintain over 10 miles, but the running calculators I’ve seen say I can do it so I’m going to try.
It’s been a light week for running since the 5K. I ran 7.85 or so miles Wednesday morning, and about 4.8 on Thursday night. I took Friday off and will take today off as well, although I may do a little swimming or some light upper body workout.
I still haven’t got the scale to work. I replaced batteries, but it’s not working and I wonder if the batteries are old. I will try with some new batteries one more time to see if the scale is salvageable. I fear my diet has gone to pot without the scale to help me discipline myself. Last night I had a big Mexican dinner at a local restaurant (but they were clean enchiladas, really!) and two margaritas.
I’ll be eating better and holding off all alcohol today in anticipation of my race tomorrow. It starts only about a mile from the house so my jog over to the starting line will be my warmup. Here goes!
