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Posted by Nedicus on August 27, 2007, 7:20 pm, in reply to "Northeast Harbor Road Race report"
I had a great time at the 5-miler, despite going out too fast, as usual. Running in on Sargeant drive was beautiful and I really thought the weather pretty good for running. The humidity was broken by cooler sea breezes and some shade here and there. That said I'm sure that if Patrick and I had paced our selves better we could have run a better race. Going out too fast seems to me like swinging to early at a pitch or taking the wrong line through corner in a race car; having a smart strategy and sticking with it is just as important as being physically fit. So I'm resolving to really focus on pacing. I haven't really been running competitively for more than about eight months but I ought to be better at this. I have started to do track workouts every Monday (mostly 3 min. 800s to burn what 6 min. pace feels like into my head. Does anyone have any ideas about what else I should do or ideas about running at the track? no advice is too basic because I'm really new to this.
My brother Bob, Mary Ropp, and my friend Philippe all ran great races right out of the box with almost zero training or prep. Bob is moving in with me here in Portland and I'll see if I can get him to cut about 10 min. off his time by next year.
I also want to congratulate everyone who ran the race with me, but I didn't really know so well as I live in Portland. Seeing so many people of differing situations and abilities all come out together and push their individual limits is a very humbling and moving experience for me. I look forward to expanding my own limits.
And holy crap David Wilson is FAST! I want to take some road trips to his high school track meets andsupport him this year!
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