I ran Riverwoods 10 Miler this morning I was able to meet Sasha and James from the blog, that was really cool. After talking and meeting James we decided to run together we had the same goals as far as pace time so we hooked up. I lost track of him at the start so I booked it ahead to try and find him but he was actually behind me and so that first mile was ran alittle too fast but we where able to pace each other after we found each other. He was trying to keep the pace at 7:00 and I thought that would be alittle bit of a stretch for me but I was game. I was able to keep with him for about 4.5 miles but I was having a hard time keeping up so I told him to go ahead. I was surprised that when I found a pace that was comfortable I was able to hold that pace for the rest of the race, I will give you my splits they went as follows, 7:08(155), 7:01(160), 6:47(161), 7:12(167), 7:29(165), 7:14(167), 7:23(168), 7:33(169), 7:40(170), 7:05(175). It was nice that I had that extra kick towards the end that was real incouraging, I also took first in my age group which is a first i am not one to brag but pretty good for a guy who in high school couldn't brake the nine minute mile I was very pleased with my effort. My average pace was 7:16 my Heart Rate was 165 average, from the heart rate information it seems I was working alittle harder with the readings I was getting. The course is mostly down hill or flat so my heart seemed to be working harder than it should have been, but I feel like I am on the right track and my foot seemed alright although it is a little sore as I am writting this blog, it being 11:10pm. I feel like the 7:40 pace is a pace I could hold for while which is promising, now if I can hold it for 26.2 that remains to be seen.
I would like to thank Sasha for all he does, we are very lucky to have him on our team and all the expert advise we get on a daily basis, thanks again.
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