River Run 2010

I ran the river run in 21:33.  My goal was 21:45 so I made my goal, the weather was a little cold and windy but it didn't really effect the race or the course.  The biggest detriment was running in a sweatshirt and wind pants.  I started out really fast.  My first mile was 6:15, and I knew I couldn't keep that pace up, but during that mile I had identified another guy that was running step for step with me. 

I stayed with him as best I could he distanced me in the first part of mile 2 but I caught him on the big downhill at the end of mile two.  I ran the 2nd mile in about 7:30  Once we got to the flat of mile 3 he put some distance between us and finished about 30 seconds in from of me.  But he was a driving force of me making my goal time so a special shout out to you, Mr. Yellow Bandana Man.  I rant he last 1.1miles in about 7:45 which is about a 7 minute mile pace. 

This was a good start to the competitive season I'm entering.  I shaved 3 minutes off my total time from a year ago.  I finished 14 out of 62 in my age group and 66th out of 365 males.  Much better than a year ago.  I hope this success carries forward all through September.

This is my last week of the base phase of my tri training and next Monday I start the race phase of my training.  Its 4 weeks of bricks, time trails, and long swims to get ready for the competition.  I'm gonna make another push to lose some weight through these 6 weeks leading up to the race to get down close to 168 pounds for my race.  I think carrying 10 less pounds for the race should really help my times.  Hope you all have a great week.