I ran my first 10k yesterday in 44.25, good for 7th place, 4th in my age group. My legs are very sore today! It was a really fun course, lots of hills, not so good for my hopes of a fast time, but I had alot of fun and ran as fast as I could for that day. It was great to run for a cause, I recommend every runner do this if they have the chance. I raised over $300 for the Santa Barbara Cancer Center, and got to run for free! My father is going through cancer treatment right now, so this race had extra meaning for me. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to perhaps make life a little easier for another family suffering the effects of this disease.
I am quickly realizing that I am not very good at longer distances (at least not yet) -- in my training plan I can always run the track repeats at my goal distances, but the longer the run, the slower I get. I think 44 minutes is still pretty good for a first 10k, but it is slow compared to my 5k results, and even slower considering I can run below 5.40 for a mile.
I am going to take some time off to heal up my shin splints and knees, and then focus on shorter distance training -- mile and 5k. Should be fun! Good luck with your training everyone.
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