Frigid 10K 1/7/12 –

Frigid 10K 1/7/12 –

First race of 2012.  It got off to a shaky start.  The Dallas Running Club (DRC) is implementing some new timing technology and they warned us that check-in was going to take longer than normal and to arrive early.  I’m not sure if everyone got the message or they didn’t believe just how long it would take.  The race was supposed to start at 8, but because of how many people they had to get through it ended up getting pushed back to 8:30.  At 8:30 we all go out to the lake and get lined up and it is nice and sunny out however, you can see the cold front rolling across the lake.  Then around 8:40 someone comes running down the hill saying they are still having problems with the database and it is going to be at least 20 minutes.  We have been standing around, getting cold, and at this point everyone just wants to run.  We finally convince the race director to just start the race.  There will be no awards and no official times.  98%+ of the people there have some sort of watch, so it wasn’t a big deal.  Let’s run!!

I really wanted to PR in this race (one of my January goals).  I haven’t run too many 10Ks and my PR was 55:53 (9:01 pace), and I knew I could do a lot better.  According to my watch I was about 53 minutes flat.  Just to be on the safe side I will say 53:03 and call it an unofficial PR.  I definitely could have gone even faster.  Now I know what I am capable of, and next time I will officially shatter my old PR.

I was very happy with the run and it felt great to get back into racing.   The only other races I have this month are the Carrollton Runner’s Club races, 2 5Ks.  Pretty cheap month for racing (2012 goal). J.  

Next BIG race is the Hot Chocolate 15K!  Time to get my mileage up a bit, hoping for another PR.  Official this time!