Monday, June 25, 2007
4 Mile Championship Race Results
Saturday I ran the 4 mile Long Island Championship race. It was a beautiful day, sunny with a nice breeze and temps around 70 with no humidity. This race was further east than I realized and good thing I left plenty early.
Did my warm up of 2.75 miles and and the course is advertised as a flat fast course. I could see a little hill for the start (going down so knew their would be one on the way up somewhere). Took off and felt comfortable and did the first mile at about 6:12. Mile 2 was flat and settled into a pace and hit the 2nd mile at 6:30 (tad slower than I hoped but not to far off). Mile 3 came and everything fell apart for me. The hill that was relatively flat seemed to take it out of me. It was a steady climb with an elevation change of 350 feet and more than anything I lost focus on it. Mile 3 came and pace was down to 7:42. Mile 4 I did what I could and hit it about 6:45.
Total time 27:12 6:44 pace. Finished 43/647 overall and 10/48 in M45-49 age group. I was seriously disappointed with my time and effort in the second half of the race. Ran the 4 mile race at the same pace as a 15K race. I still think I should have ran sub 26 on this course but it just didn't happen today. There is always next year though.
I am taking a break from racing for a few weeks and next race is a 5 miler on July 14th.
Enjoy the day everyone.
Saturday I ran the 4 mile Long Island Championship race. It was a beautiful day, sunny with a nice breeze and temps around 70 with no humidity. This race was further east than I realized and good thing I left plenty early.
Did my warm up of 2.75 miles and and the course is advertised as a flat fast course. I could see a little hill for the start (going down so knew their would be one on the way up somewhere). Took off and felt comfortable and did the first mile at about 6:12. Mile 2 was flat and settled into a pace and hit the 2nd mile at 6:30 (tad slower than I hoped but not to far off). Mile 3 came and everything fell apart for me. The hill that was relatively flat seemed to take it out of me. It was a steady climb with an elevation change of 350 feet and more than anything I lost focus on it. Mile 3 came and pace was down to 7:42. Mile 4 I did what I could and hit it about 6:45.
Total time 27:12 6:44 pace. Finished 43/647 overall and 10/48 in M45-49 age group. I was seriously disappointed with my time and effort in the second half of the race. Ran the 4 mile race at the same pace as a 15K race. I still think I should have ran sub 26 on this course but it just didn't happen today. There is always next year though.
I am taking a break from racing for a few weeks and next race is a 5 miler on July 14th.
Enjoy the day everyone.
# posted by Kurt @ 8:05 AM 
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Hey, I have a 5 miler on July 15th! It's flat - on country roads. Working on a strategy now...any tips?
P.S. I would be very pleased with those times.
P.S. I would be very pleased with those times.
Maybe you need a rest week. :-)
Not every race can be great (at least that is what I try to remind myself). I'm sure you will come back strong on the 14th and will own this course next year!
Not every race can be great (at least that is what I try to remind myself). I'm sure you will come back strong on the 14th and will own this course next year!
I know you aren't happy, but I think it sounds like you did awesome! :) Enjoy your time off the road, I hope that you surprise yourself with how well you do on the 14th!! :)
That's the thing with races. We can plan it all, and weather can even cooperate, but sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't. Could just be your body saying hey, I need a break...rest, recover and shake it off for the next one. Did you do enough rest the days prior to it?
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