Its been a while since ive raced in a track meet. Last weekend I ran the 5k at the Western Washington University Twilight meet here in B-Ham. The weather was amazing compared to how it has been lately. It felt slightly weird running in a track meet considering ive been focused on the road. I had a fun time with it and ran a season pr! well, i guess its only been my first 5k of the season, but eh. Racing 5,000 meters was quite a bit different than racing 50,000 meters lol. The pain was much more sharp and came on a lot faster, but it was nice to get my wheels turning like that again.
Time: 15:34
Place: 5
Pace: 5:00.6
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Vancouver Sun Run
My First Blog Post! Well here it goes...
Last weekend on April 17th, 2011 I ran in the Vancouver Sun Run 10k. It was a fairly early morning getting up around 6:00 to get ready for the race (Im not really much of a morning person). Put on my race gear, packed up some other race day necessities, took my Udo's Oil, and left the house to go meet up with my teammates. There were four HTC runners in the race. Myself, Mark Burke, Oliver Bear Don't Walk, and Emily Uhlig all made the hour and half long drive across the USA-Canadian border with the HTC assistant coach Jim Pearson.
When we arrived to the race site to pick up our bib numbers the reality of the size and magnitude of this race hit me. I was racing against 50,000+ people!
Although the butterflies in my stomach were going crazy, I was so excited to get this race started! While preparing for the race in the warm-up area, elite runners from around the world were running by us, and along side us also preparing. It was a humbling moment for me, these were the kind of runners that I watch on tv or online, and that day I was part of that field.
The first 1,000 meters of the race was downhill so naturally the race got off to a fast start. My first 1k was at 3minutes and went through the mile in roughly 5:02. After that first mile the race around me seemed to settle down a bit, but I kept pushing forward at my own pace. Sometime around 2.5 miles I had worked my way up enough where I found myself in a good group of five or six guys. At this point I could see Oliver quite a ways up rolling with another group. I felt pretty relaxed for most of the race and led my group up until 8k. There were two moderately big hills in the race I had decided to be slightly conservative on. The group would open a little gap on the two hills but I would always catch back up and regain my position. We hit the 8k mark in 26:00. With 2k to go the pace started to pick up a bit, and thats where I started to feel the pain of racing a 10k. Over the next 1k negative thoughts started to enter my mind, and I was just hanging on to the back of the pack. Eventually I was able to flush those thoughts out before I hit the 9k marker. It was at roughly 1k to go when I started to shift gears and get ready for my kick. I could just feel the tension in the group; I knew everyone was thinking - ok whos going to make the first move. I knew if I was going to beat this group I had to be that guy to make the move. In my head I counted down to get my self going. 3, 2, 1 Go Cory Go! As I was kicking in I could see the finish line down the road, and all the while knowing there is a pack of guys trying to chase me down. I felt like I was running scared. At 200 meters to go I was able to pass one more runner before finishing.
The Weather was fantastic, the competition was amazing, and the entire atmosphere of the race was absolutely exhilarating. This was my first Vancouver Sun Run and I would definitely recommend this race!
Vancouver Sun Run 10k
Place: 29
Time: 32:26
Pace: 5:13
Results
Last weekend on April 17th, 2011 I ran in the Vancouver Sun Run 10k. It was a fairly early morning getting up around 6:00 to get ready for the race (Im not really much of a morning person). Put on my race gear, packed up some other race day necessities, took my Udo's Oil, and left the house to go meet up with my teammates. There were four HTC runners in the race. Myself, Mark Burke, Oliver Bear Don't Walk, and Emily Uhlig all made the hour and half long drive across the USA-Canadian border with the HTC assistant coach Jim Pearson.
When we arrived to the race site to pick up our bib numbers the reality of the size and magnitude of this race hit me. I was racing against 50,000+ people!
The first 1,000 meters of the race was downhill so naturally the race got off to a fast start. My first 1k was at 3minutes and went through the mile in roughly 5:02. After that first mile the race around me seemed to settle down a bit, but I kept pushing forward at my own pace. Sometime around 2.5 miles I had worked my way up enough where I found myself in a good group of five or six guys. At this point I could see Oliver quite a ways up rolling with another group. I felt pretty relaxed for most of the race and led my group up until 8k. There were two moderately big hills in the race I had decided to be slightly conservative on. The group would open a little gap on the two hills but I would always catch back up and regain my position. We hit the 8k mark in 26:00. With 2k to go the pace started to pick up a bit, and thats where I started to feel the pain of racing a 10k. Over the next 1k negative thoughts started to enter my mind, and I was just hanging on to the back of the pack. Eventually I was able to flush those thoughts out before I hit the 9k marker. It was at roughly 1k to go when I started to shift gears and get ready for my kick. I could just feel the tension in the group; I knew everyone was thinking - ok whos going to make the first move. I knew if I was going to beat this group I had to be that guy to make the move. In my head I counted down to get my self going. 3, 2, 1 Go Cory Go! As I was kicking in I could see the finish line down the road, and all the while knowing there is a pack of guys trying to chase me down. I felt like I was running scared. At 200 meters to go I was able to pass one more runner before finishing.
The Weather was fantastic, the competition was amazing, and the entire atmosphere of the race was absolutely exhilarating. This was my first Vancouver Sun Run and I would definitely recommend this race!
Vancouver Sun Run 10k
Place: 29
Time: 32:26
Pace: 5:13
Results
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| Emily Uhlig, Oliver Bear Don't Walk, Cory Jenkins, Mark Burke |
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