Race report - Brentwood 10k run.

by luluorange Posted May 25, 2008 Digg! this story! Digg! this story.

This is my first race, I was getting excited last night, didn’t sleep very well, I woke up every hour on the hour since 3 in the morning. Finally by 6 am, I decided to just forget about sleeping. I am also hosting a Memorial Day Bar-B-Q at my house after the race. So I ended up marinating beef ribs and chickens, prepping for my party after I woke up. The 10k doesn’t start till 8:45 am but my friends and I went a bit early to ease the nerve.

There were about 1200 runners, some were running 5k; the location is the beautiful Brentwood on Coral tree-lined San Vicente Boulevard. I chatted with a few other runners, everyone asked me about my Garmin Forerunner 405, they all loved their 305s. Talking with people calms me down a little.

The first mile was hard for me, I was a bit worried that my sluggish week of running was going to carry over to the race. My legs feel heavy, I was thirsty, and I didn’t drink anything after 7 am because I didn’t know what the bathroom setup was going to be like at the race. By the time mile one hits, my throat was burning from thirst. The aid station at mile 2 was great help; I downed a cup of water and felt much better.

I started to pickup pace after mile 3, feeling good, the crowd cheering around the neighborhood was exciting. I continue to grab Gatorade every chance I get. My best training time for 10k was 57:55 minutes, I was secretly hoping that I could at least match my personal best if not beat it. The second half of the race, it started to get hot, but my momentum was good and beating my personal best was becoming likely. My husband and my daughter were in the crowd cheering for me. I finished in 56:14 minutes and felt really good! I am so happy that I finished strong and I can’t wait to do it again!

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 05/25/2008
  • Time: 08:45:00
  • Total Time: 00:56:14.00
  • Distance: 6.2 miles
  • Average Pace: 9:03.81/mile
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1 Comment so far

  1. marathonerwannabe on June 6th, 2008

    WOW! Way to go! I can’t wait for my first race. It’ll only be a 5k, but it’s a start. I love GU. I bought a box of 24. Half the chocolate outrage (it is awesome) and half the tri-berry. The tri-berry is like a melted push-up ice cream. Very awesome race report..Keep it up! :-)