I wrapped up the Spring running season with a decent performance at the Soldier Field 10 mile race this past Saturday. Set a new PR for the 10 mile distance (1:13:28) and managed a top 5% overall finish (top 10% of men, and top 9% in age group). It wasn’t my best racing effort, but its hard to complain about setting a new personal best by two and a half minutes. For some reason, I was really nervous about this race (only got an hour of sleep the night before) — I think I was really desperate to see continued improvement in my racing, especially when I narrowly missed a new PR in the 8K that I ran a week ago.
So as the calendar turns to June, I think we can put a wrap on the Spring racing season. Among the highlights:
age-group placement (2nd) at the 8K (and first race not to be chicked)
Both March and May came in over 200 miles for the month, and January, February and April were all pretty close to that mark. Also, my average running pace has steady come down from 8:25/m in January to 8:00/m in May. Some of that is due to more racing in recent months, but the fact is my training paces are faster too. All in all: not a bad set of milestones, if I do say so myself.
The Spring Season
Both March and May came in over 200 miles for the month, and January, February and April were all pretty close to that mark. Also, my average running pace has steady come down from 8:25/m in January to 8:00/m in May. Some of that is due to more racing in recent months, but the fact is my training paces are faster too. All in all: not a bad set of milestones, if I do say so myself.