PASAVANT 10K - RECAP

Oh wow! Even w/ my little mishap, I managed to get 3rd place in my age group today!!! We just checked the results and there it was!! Guess that's when we went to the car and didn't here them announce it... OK, so maybe I feel a little bit better my race..

Kevin and I headed over to Jacksonville early this morning to do the Passavant Hospital race. He was doing the 5K and I was doing the 10K. There was a pretty decent crowd of just over 300 including a few from Springfield. Got our packets, pinned our bibs on, snapped a few pictures and it was just about time to get lined up. Kevin wanted to come in under a 8:00 minute pace and I was hoping for 10:00 or under. (Kevin came in at 24:37 for a 7:56 pace!!! PR for him! Woo Hoo!!!

It was very warm.. no, HOT with the sun out and early on I knew I better hit every water station. The first 5 miles were good. Got into a nice rhythm and just tried to maintain it. Stopped quickly at the water stations for a drink, took 1/2 my gel at mile 3 w/ water then the other 1/2 at 4. Some lady was standing out by the street with a hose to hose people down as they went by at mile 4. That felt awesome. Thanks for that!

I was maintaining a good pace and was thinking I might come in under slightly under 62 minutes. Then disaster struck. We headed into the last mile which is all those twists and turns in a neighboorhood right before the end of the race. I missed a turn. Yep, I missed a turn. So maybe the 'blondeness' kicked in, but I swear there were no markings and nobody was on the corner directing you, and there was nobody to follow in front of me. (you know how some streets are really short and if someone has already turned a corner, you can't see them?!) I came up to a T and had no idea which way to go. I chose left. I kept looking behind me to see if I could see anyone, but I didn't. Went way up to another street, turned right and saw people coming TOWARD me. Oh shit. Turned around and ended up doing that entire loop around the neighboorhood again. Yes, AGAIN.. Got up to where I missed the turn and the guy was standing about 3-4 houses down the street instead of on the corner. A lot of good that does!! So I hit the Garmin at 6.2 and just walked/jogged the rest of the way back. I was very tired at that point and there was no sense in racing. I should probably have another infamous 'notes to self' here, BUT in this case, it wasn't my fault.. I swear!

Mile1 9:46
Mile 2 10:08
Mile 3 10:07
Mile 4 9:49
Mile 5 9:49
Mile 6 10:36.. too much slowing down trying to figure out where to go, looking behind me, stopping w/ some gal and her showing me the map she was carrying...etc. etc. etc. Now that's a thought.. carrying a map.. WHO KNEW!!!

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Kevin says 'Forget your ending time and just concentrate on the splits you know you did'.. Yeah, I know but it's still frustrating!! sighhhhh.... Actually It's kind of funny.. I've never had that happen before and it is quite a strange feeling getting 'lost' in a race... it could only happen to me.