My First 10K!

Saturday was the Yellow Rose Race. I was looking forward to this one more than any race in recent memory. This was my first 10K. 18 years of running and I'd never run a 10K. I felt like I was ready for it. Coach Ironfist thought I could do it in 58 minutes. I thought she was a little too optimistic... I set my goal at 60 minutes. 

My plan was to start out at a 10:15 pace and aim for negative splits. I also planned to take my time and walk at the water stands. Well, that plan turned out to be too ambitious. My second split was probably negative, but after that things fell apart. I finished with a time of 62:48. Thankfully, it was good enough to go home with a medal. I have a long way to go to get a second place medal.

My personal photographer couldn't make it to the race. I managed to pinch this image off the race web-site. 

My next race will be a 5K. In the future I hope to do a 10K once every summer.