Famous Last Words
“I think this course is mostly flat with a few hills.”
Not really. It was mostly hills with some flat. I had hoped to break 1:15 in the Loma Linda Holiday Classic 15K this morning, but at mile 2 as I trudged up the hill slowing from 8:00 pace to 10:44 at the apex (it was steep) I quickly reevaluated. I had begun to question breaking 1:20 at that point. But thankfully, with up hills comes down hills so I was able to make up some of the speed bumps but my splits clearly display the elevation changes:
Split | Time | Distance | Avg Pace |
---|---|---|---|
Summary | 01:16:13 | 9.23 | 08:15 |
1 | 00:07:59 | 1.00 | 07:59 |
2 | 00:08:36 | 1.00 | 08:36 |
3 | 00:08:36 | 1.00 | 08:36 |
4 | 00:08:13 | 1.00 | 08:13 |
5 | 00:07:58 | 1.00 | 07:58 |
6 | 00:08:31 | 1.00 | 08:31 |
7 | 00:08:28 | 1.00 | 08:28 |
8 | 00:08:00 | 1.00 | 08:00 |
9 | 00:08:04 | 1.00 | 08:04 |
10 | 00:01:43 | 0.23 | 07:31 |
They also show how kind of unfair the St George races are. I ran slower for 9.3 miles than I ran at Snow Canyon for 13.1 with the 2000 foot elevation loss.
Anyway, I finished 1:16:10 and while I am kinda bummed that I just missed the 1:15’s by 10 seconds, I am content with my time considering the negotiations that took place from mile 3 to 7.
Last year, that would have been first in my age group but faster folks showed up today, and #1 was well under 1:15. So I had to settle for #2. Two more medals to add to my collection:
The race was smaller (maybe 200 in the 15K) but it was d-tag timed with plenty of porta-potties and course support. For $40 it’s a good one! Even if I had to drive a bit out of the way and get up a 4am for the 7am start.
The rest of the day will be spent making Etsy stuff. It’s been kinda crazy with that, actually. I think I am pricing things too reasonably because certain items sell within a few hours – I’m sure it’s the holidays and come January it’ll probably be few sales if any.
My latest creation is this guy (dragonfly earwarmer/headwrap):
Keep your prices that way and you'll probably always have buyer traffic. If it's not shorting you on cost and potentially making you a few bucks, that is. :)
ReplyDeleteYour running has me so insanely jealous to begin running, you have no idea. Keep posting...and running. I'm going to need you around May/June.
Ahh, congrats on placing! Those are pretty sweet lookin' medals too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the great run!