NYRR Team Championships
by Robert James Reese » Saturday, August 7th, 2010 » 4 Comments
This will be a quick recap because I'm not really in the writing mood. Still, I like looking back on these race notes, so I feel obligated to put something down.
This morning's NYRR Team Championships went just about exactly as planned for me. In an email volley earlier in the week, I told Antonio that I planned on running just under 31 minutes. I ended up running 30:46, a 6:09/mile average.
I started right on track with a 6:10 mile. 2 and 3 were quicker. Cat Hill slowed me down a bunch, making mile 4 my slowest at 6:19. I actually had the legs and lungs to push harder, but my stomach was giving me hell. I was right on the verge of throwing up and didn't want to so I had to reign it in.
After cresting the hill and finding some shade, I began picking it up again and started passing a fair number of runners. I saw Helen cheering for me and ran a little too fast past her – the nausea came back bad and I had to slow again. Still, mile 5 was 5:57, my fastest of the day.
It felt good to run a smart race. I wish I knew what the stomach issue was, but besides that, I really didn't feel too bad out there today.
I saw tons of familiar faces out there this morning. That was cool. It still seems crazy to me how there can be such a sense of community in a place as giant as NYC. After the race, I chatted with several of my new Warren Street teammates and I planned on making it to the team barbeque this afternoon, but when I got home and laid down for a quick nap in the air conditioning, I ended up sleeping for several hours. Guess I needed the sleep...
Our team came in eighth and, because they were taking the top ten times from each team, my time actually helped out the team a bit (I was ninth). That was unexpected and felt good.
This morning's NYRR Team Championships went just about exactly as planned for me. In an email volley earlier in the week, I told Antonio that I planned on running just under 31 minutes. I ended up running 30:46, a 6:09/mile average.
I started right on track with a 6:10 mile. 2 and 3 were quicker. Cat Hill slowed me down a bunch, making mile 4 my slowest at 6:19. I actually had the legs and lungs to push harder, but my stomach was giving me hell. I was right on the verge of throwing up and didn't want to so I had to reign it in.
After cresting the hill and finding some shade, I began picking it up again and started passing a fair number of runners. I saw Helen cheering for me and ran a little too fast past her – the nausea came back bad and I had to slow again. Still, mile 5 was 5:57, my fastest of the day.
It felt good to run a smart race. I wish I knew what the stomach issue was, but besides that, I really didn't feel too bad out there today.
I saw tons of familiar faces out there this morning. That was cool. It still seems crazy to me how there can be such a sense of community in a place as giant as NYC. After the race, I chatted with several of my new Warren Street teammates and I planned on making it to the team barbeque this afternoon, but when I got home and laid down for a quick nap in the air conditioning, I ended up sleeping for several hours. Guess I needed the sleep...
Our team came in eighth and, because they were taking the top ten times from each team, my time actually helped out the team a bit (I was ninth). That was unexpected and felt good.
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