Divided By Zero's Journal, 15 May 2010

Nice work on the 5K! Congrats on the medal! 

Way to go! That's so exciting! I'm aging up this week - to a new age group. Too bad there are lots of FAST ladies over 50 in this area. I doubt I'll ever medal. I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. It may not be my fastest since I ran 8.5 this morning. Again - WOOOOHOOOOO on your medal and PR! 

Woah!! Congrats! I hope one day I can run a 5k in around that time :) 

How cool!!!! See we TOLD you you would do well! 

YAYAYAYYAYA 

Awesome news! 

Congratulations! That is a huge improvement over your last PR. What do you think made the difference? Was your last 5k before your 1/2 and marathons or more recent? 

Congrats /0!  

@erika: I ran 28:00 even on St. Paddy's Day this year. 

Well double wow then. Excellent time!! 

@erika: To answer your other question... I just went all out. I normally reserve a lot during my races for a finishing kick, but I decided to just start fast and see how long I could keep it up. I'm not going to lie, it hurt... a lot. By mile 2 I had a stitch that wouldn't go away, and I felt like I was about to vomit. My last mile was a lot slower than my first two, but my overall time improved because of the early effort. A few steps after the finish line I just laid down on the sidewalk because I couldn't go any farther. 

Yeah when I ran my 5k apparently the people who were the first to cross the finish line looked like they were about to keel over. I really think I pushed myself when I ran, but not to the point where I felt like I wanted to die lmao. One guy finished it in 15 minutes and some odd seconds. I have NO idea how that's even possible! 

Thanks for the details. I was afraid that would be your answer. :)  

/0 that is awesome!!! I'm so excited for you. I myself am hoping to get to 26 or 25 minutes in a 5k, soon. Way to go! Now when's the next race? I'm contemplating which next half marathon I'm gonna do...ugh.  

/0, I need some advice. I am having a persistent problem of starting out much faster than I can maintain, even if I am trying to go slower. Today I did a dry run of my 5k plan which was basically to do a 10:30 first mile, 10 second and fast as possible on the third to hopefully come in under 30. The dry run was terrible--I ended up doing a 9 min first mile with a pace up to 7:30 for a few minutes. I nearly had a Biggest Loser treadmill moment and didn't even finish the 5k. I have done pretty much the same thing multiple times now and can't seem to stop. Any advice? Do I need to aim for a much much slower first mile and time bedamned?  

@erikag: I'll send you a message. 

Thanks! 

Thats fantastic! VERY COOL! You deserve that medal!!!!