Missing a personal best time it isn't necessarily a loss as much as it is a learning experience, trying to factor in all internal and external conditions to see what one could learn from and overcome next time. Missing it by a mere 1 or 2 secods, however, can be frustrating. Especially knowing that one or two adjustments could have made all the difference..
Overall time: 32:11
Overall Finish: 13th
Pace per mile: 6:28.5
Age Group Finish: 4th
Splits: 6:06, 6:06, 6:18, 7:02, 6:39
It's pretty obvious by the split times where I fell off. I hit stomach cramps hard on the 4th mile and struggled to recover before the final approach to the finish line. I pin a lot of this on running out just a bit too hard, and part of it to not being able to push through the pain and discomfort on the vital stretch of the race. The terrain was flat, but I think that might have made me a bit overconfident. I paced it like a shorter race - which showed as I was crossed the 5K mark at roughly 19 minutes flat before falling off.
With no single-mile and 5-mile races left for the year (in Maine anyway), my attempt to PR every major distance this year will come up a little short. Disappointed? A bit. Discouraged? Not at all. I'll make every effort next year to PR them all.
Monday, October 18, 2010
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