7.19.2007
Running's Humble Lessons
The interesting thing about running competitively is that just when you start to feel good about yourself, you can be served a nice big piece of humble pie. I signed up for the 3K option of the weekly White's Woods trail races and managed to run a strong race. My first mile was 5:47 (right on target). Ahead of me were the usually really fast 5K runners. No problem I thought as I saw no one close behind and I cruised into the finish thinking I had won. To my surprise there was already a name on the board. It turns out that there was someone ahead of me running a course record 9:21! He was so far ahead that I didn't even realize that I was racing him. It just goes to show that even when running competitively you need to just do your best and ignore the rest because there is always someone faster.
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You are a competitive SOB. I wish I had more of that fiery spirit. Did you keep up that 5:47 pace? I took yesterday off, but have a tempo run scheduled for next Thursday that could be worked in to the whites woods race. Remind me if I don't talk with you before then.
Thanks, Dan. No, I didn't keep that pace but I still averaged around 6 minutes per mile (I slowed up a bit when I thought I was running unchallenged). I hope you can make it next week. There was another large crowd again despite the heavy rains earlier in the day and the resulting super muddy course.
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