Sat October 2nd - 10 Mile - 16mi

Time of day 7:30 AM
Distance 10.00 mi
Duration 54:21 @ 5:26 min/mi
Shoe Zoom Streak Xc (NZS)
Route Capitol 10 Miler 2010
WUCD Shoe Air Pegasus (NP27)
Distance WU/CD 6.00 mi
Comments Warmed up around 6:30 am for the race. I was still feeling last nights beer and Mexican food, and the locked up porto johns made for a long line that made it impossible to take a slam before the race, as the officials were warning that they would not delay the start. I decided to take a risk and just get some strides and scope the competition. Outside of Guy I was looking for other potential runners who could run a fast race and threaten my spot on the podium.

The race went out faster for me this year, with a 5:15 opening mile, this worried me slightly but I was feeling really comfortable and tried to just allow my pace to come naturally. Guy and another runner took off about 10 secs ahead and never looked back. There was a small pack forming behind me as things were sorted out in the first mile. I was working alone but just tried to relax. I put about 15-20 secs on the remaining runners over the course of 5 miles (27:03). The next two miles were rolling and I backed off on the pace to set up for the final 5K. 2 other guys in the field caught up to me around mile 7. I let them pass to see how they were feeling. One guy pushed the pace from the front and I had to fight to hold on, but he seemed tired and soon backed off again. The guy behind me went for a surge and took the pace up again. I was dropped about 10 meters but the pace slowed again and I was able to latch back onto this group. We all seemed to recover around Oregon Hill with the long downhill section. It was now all about setting up for the finish. after mile 9 there was a long half mile uphill section. None of us wanted to take the lead up the hill and resulted in around a 3 minute half mile. Once we got to the top we started preparing for the sprint. I new I had a stronger kick but was hurting from the incline despite the slow pace and from pushing the first 5 miles alone. The last half mile was a hard downhill and a sharp turn before a final 100 meter sprint. The two guys made a move with 300 to go to try and drop me but once I got rolling I was able to hold them off after the turn and stretch it out over the straight. The final 800 was 2:23 I would have really hoped to have gotten under 54 but was pleased to get into a good fight and not only run a PR but to commit myself to a race; usually I get stuck between the elite and the amateur, running by myself. Good day, Im glad I decided to make the trek back down south for the Capitol 10M for the second year straight. New Vomeros are also a plus...

3rd Place overall

Splits;
5:15
5:29
5:23
5:31
5:25
5:31
5:30
5:28
5:25
5:23
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