4th of July - PR!
Like 80% of every other blogger I read, I ran a 5K yesterday. I had not run a 5K since I did this race last year and last year I did not PR in spite of having a pacer. She was fresh off finishing Coeur d'Alene but she's young and she's fast and pacing me at a 9 minute pace was a good recovery run for her. Sadly, it was too hot and I was not fit enough and ran the race in 29:31 which was not a PR off of my December time of 29:29.
Yesteday I was pretty sure I could PR since my mile splist for just going for a run are often below 10 minutes and the whole run will be anywhere from 9:50 to 10:05. I figured if I worked hard and made it hurt a little I could carve into my previous PR pretty significantly.
I was right. My official time was 26:38 - woot! My splits:
8:37
8:56
7:55
not sure about the last .2 because I forgot to turn the watch off in the chute. A little math suggests it was 6:00 which is absurd. This is the problem with races that don't use timng chips but whatever - I was smokin'!
Full results are not up yet but I was somewhere below 3rd. I expect not too far below and I'm happy - very happy.
Update - The official, official results are posted and they upped my time -bastards! But it didn't change my place which was 10 out of 32 in my AG (top 10!!) and 63 out of 374 women. I'll take it!
Comments
I am so jealous that you got to run a 5K yesterday! And congrats on the PR!
Posted by: bex | July 5, 2008 1:34 PM
I am so jealous that you got to run a 5K yesterday! And congrats on the PR!
Posted by: bex | July 5, 2008 1:35 PM
holy cow, are you like SuperMom now? where's your cape?
Posted by: runner susan | July 5, 2008 1:48 PM
Wow, well done! Very speedy!!
Posted by: Nancy Toby | July 5, 2008 2:27 PM
Damn, that is a HUGE PR! Congrats! You've gotten speedy and didn't tell us ;)
Posted by: Laurie | July 5, 2008 4:56 PM
HOLY CRAP!!! you are SMOKING! 7:55?!?!?! Congrats. very very nice!
Posted by: jeanne | July 5, 2008 6:29 PM
Check you out 26! Right on.
Posted by: stronger | July 5, 2008 6:44 PM
Woot!! Congrats on a huge PR!!
Posted by: Melissa | July 6, 2008 1:08 AM
Wow-take that PR to Vineman now!
:)
Posted by: swtrigal | July 6, 2008 5:03 AM
Wow...your nickname is "21st SPEEDY Century Mom" now. That time is fantastic!
I will be racing virtually through you the rest of the season! Yeah 21st!
Posted by: fe-lady | July 6, 2008 7:42 AM
WOOT! Great job! Your training is really clicking.
Posted by: waddler26.6 | July 6, 2008 12:41 PM
wow! that's a lot off. i know where to send my walnuts for crackin' now.
Posted by: ihatetoast | July 6, 2008 8:04 PM
great job, p!!
Posted by: momo | July 7, 2008 10:40 AM
Yes, w00t! indeed.
Posted by: Brent Buckner | July 7, 2008 1:52 PM