Quote of the Month

I think ultrarunning is America’s hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some
powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race.  I showed up at the Leadville Trail
100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, “Whoah! Get a load of the
hotties!” Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful and—believe it or not—good looking. I
couldn’t figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for
optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the
daily life of an ultrarunner. They’re out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes,
eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away
with the miles.

- Christopher McDougall, author - Born to Run

Saturday, November 07, 2009

2009 Cranberry Crawl 10K

I was feeling better this morning, but didn't know if that would mean I run faster or not. The plan was to finish the 10K in 1 hr 20 or less. I lined up about mid-pack and moved way over to the side since I wasn't sure if I was in the right place for whatever pace I might run. I started off pretty slow but definitely better than the 11:30 miles I have been running on the trail. I was easily passing people up the hills and this pace felt okay and was low impact. For the first 2 miles, I passed a lot of people.

At the end of the first loop, it looked like I was going to finish in under an hour so that was good to see. I passed a few more and then caught up to a girl (Emily) and she seemed to be the right pace so I stayed with her. We had a good conversation about running and ran together until the last hill where there less room on the side of the road to run. I picked up a little to stay out of the way of any cars passing and since it was a hill, I felt like I could run faster.

Overall, this was very easy for me and my butt gave me fewer problems today which I think helped with the pace. From what I can tell, it is the SI joint that is becoming inflamed and keeping me from running faster. I did hold back for this run but not sure if I can run this pace on a normal run or if it was because of the race. Hopefully, it is a sign I am getting better, but I do not plan to push the pace for quite awhile. I'd be very happy if I could run 9 min miles pain free for awhile.

I placed 3rd in my age group with a time around 58 min, about a 9:27 pace. I didn't quite get my GPS started for a few seconds at the beginning. I picked out a pair of Mizzou running socks from the table of prizes. Hugh placed 1st in his age group in the 10K.
Posted by Andy at 12:45 PM

1 comments:

Judi Kaufman said...

Glad you are feeling better. Your slow pace is about my fast pace :)

11:30 AM

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