Initially appeared on vox.com on 3/28/2009.
So today i finished my first 10k, the aptly-named Hudsonville Eagle 10k.
I actually managed to hit two goals: to get in under 1 hour and to
maintain an average 9:30 pace (the astute reader will note that
achieving the second goal assumes the first). A third "lurker" goal
that i failed to achieve was to try and get in under 58:08 (which would
imply that i finished two successive 5ks faster than my PR of 29:04). I
was almost sure that i'd be able to do it, as i managed to finish my
"dry run" this past Wednesday in 58:17 (with a 30-second pause for
traffic), but of course that was doing my usual route. Oh well.
At least there's been consistent improvement in my "Age Grade," which i take to be my percentile rating. In my very first race, Mitchell's Run through Rockford, i was 39.7%. I'm moving up in the world!
The median time (not age-adjusted) seems to be roughly 50 minutes... seeing as how one of my (near-future) goals is hitting a 25-minute 5k, a 50-minute 10k would be consistent.
Although i haven't thrown my hat over the fence, i am contemplating running half of the Grand Rapids Marathon this coming October. I hope i don't dither too long that all the spots will evaporate before i try to register, but i don't want to sign up without a reasonable expectation of finishing under two hours. Maybe i should just go ahead and sign up, at least then i'll have something to work towards. After all, i have nothing to lose except my pride and $63.
One interesting thing that i tried this week was setting my strike rate with music. More on this later.
At least there's been consistent improvement in my "Age Grade," which i take to be my percentile rating. In my very first race, Mitchell's Run through Rockford, i was 39.7%. I'm moving up in the world!
The median time (not age-adjusted) seems to be roughly 50 minutes... seeing as how one of my (near-future) goals is hitting a 25-minute 5k, a 50-minute 10k would be consistent.
Although i haven't thrown my hat over the fence, i am contemplating running half of the Grand Rapids Marathon this coming October. I hope i don't dither too long that all the spots will evaporate before i try to register, but i don't want to sign up without a reasonable expectation of finishing under two hours. Maybe i should just go ahead and sign up, at least then i'll have something to work towards. After all, i have nothing to lose except my pride and $63.
One interesting thing that i tried this week was setting my strike rate with music. More on this later.
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