Sunday, March 1, 2009

Burke Lake 12K

When I do the math, 12k comes out to 7.45 miles...but the GPS says we actually only ran seven.  So go figure.

The temp this morning was hovering around freezing and there was already an inch of snow on the ground.  When Badri, Ryan and I got out to the lake it was snowing steadily.  They stayed in the car before the race while I ran around like a fool, trying to warm up.

I came out too hard.  No surprise there.  I was hanging with first place up till the turnaround and then I started fading.  I finished in sixth (out of about 90 folks) with a time of 47:33.  That's about a 6:45 pace.  Not horrible, considering my lack of consistent training....but lets not kid ourselves, that disgusts me.

Run hard-er.