Afternoon Run

Afternoon Walk

Idk what’s higher, the elevation or my HR

the rockier the road,
the tastier the ice cream

Lunch Walk

So, I didn’t get in the corral on time so I was about 5 feet from the start, so I didn’t really get a good look at who was there. I’m warmed up, feeling good, gun goes off. We trudge up to the line, start my watch and off we go. I have to weave for about 25 ft before we got into the open. From there it was just one guy in front of me. I’m thinking to myself “just keep him in sight”. First mile clicks, 5:42.8. Goal pace was 5:45, so I was right on track. Guy maybe hit 5:35, not too far out. We maintain positions but I’m slowly creepin, mile two: 5:46.08. Catch the guy at about 2.5, tell him good job (have to ya know). There’s someone on a bike to lead the first place male so he asked us whose running tomorrow, we both were. I told both of them that tomorrow is easy day, today was everything. Guy running was like “it’s opposite for me”, after that I told him I’d see him later and took off. Mile 3 was 5:44.24, 5k was 18:01. At the time I couldn’t see who was behind but I was like this is where I make my move. Unfortunately when the 5k clicks you hit a Highway On ramp so a little bit of a climb. No big deal, power through it, coasted coming down, as I was taking a turn, I heard someone spit and was like awwww fu@k. There was a bit of turns and the uphill kinda got to me so mile 4 was 5:50. Here’s where the piano fell on me. I was coasting, maintaining moderate effort while not letting up too much. That’s when it happens. I take a peek behind me at mile 4.5 and see two guys trailing, maybe about 6-7 seconds from third place to me. 4.7 guy passes me and I’m like that’s it, I’m sticking with him. We ran together, talked a little bit, can into the next mile at 6:00.44, he starts pulling away, 3rd place is still close behind me. As we start approaching the last park, we hit the boardwalk at 5.5 and third is two steps behind me. Because I’ve run this course so many times now I knew I couldn’t let go, I had to push hard. 3rd place catches me at around 5.80, and I’m thinking to myself “just latch on to him, just hang on”. First place is trotting, he’s pretty much dead. Second place is holding strong. And then there’s me. I am struggling to even maintain a somewhat decent pace. Mile 6 clicks... 6:09.92... And that’s when I just go. I turned on the boosters, I hit the noz, I drop the hammer, whatever you wanna call it, I did it. I take off giving it my all. I honestly think if I had kicked earlier I could’ve caught 2nd. .27 was the distance from mile 6 to the finish line. I ran it in 1:24.49 (5:14 pace). I could not believe that I got third. I was so happy to place top. Official time was 36:41, a solid PR and a solid race. Couldn’t be happier. Next year I’m taking that number 1 spot.

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Idk what’s higher, the elevation or my HR

the rockier the road, the tastier the ice cream

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