Today is the day for the 2nd virtual race sponsored by Non-Runner Nancy, the 9 on the 9th. My plan for training for the Richmond 10K had me doing 12 miles and I had planned to do them easy. Figured I'd just take my average pace and report that for the 9 miles of the virtual race.
I run with a YMCA training group at 8:00 on Saturdays and they were going to run 5 miles, so I headed out early to do what I thought would be 7.5 before the group run. I left a few minutes later than planned and picked up the pace a bit to try to meet the group on time. When I got to the Y, the group had already gone. So I signed in and took off again. Neat thing was that I was behind the novice group so got a real boost by passing them trying to catch my group. I found the back-o-the-pack runners in my group but felt so good at the pace I was running that I just kept on. I finished those 5 miles in 38:49.6 and thought, Wow! A total of 1:42:13 is not a bad time for 12.5 miles. I signed out of the ghttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifroup run and took off for a short run home. My total time was 1:47:11.4 and I thought I had done a half-marathon. Pretty pleased since that was faster than my only real half-marathon race time.
Stretched, took a shower and sat down to plot out the run to see just how far it actually was. When I plugged the figures into my running log, I couldn't believe what I saw. I double-checked the map to be sure that I had plotted the route right; I checked my watch to make sure I had put in the right figures for my time. I had.
Turns out the my first route was 8 miles (I forgot to check my map before leaving and ran the wrong streets). Then, the 5 mile group run turned out to be 5.5. By the time I added the short bit home after the group run, the total was my longest run ever -- 14.11 miles. That put my pace at 7:35.8 mpm. I'm still in shock. One of the anomalies of running is that a slow pace can feel so awful one day while a fast pace can feel so good on another.
So, 9 on the 9th miles @ 7:35.8 mpm is 1:08:22. See all the virtual race reports here. and, probably, here. Congratulations to all who participated in the race.
Run well, y'all,
Bob
Richmond
7 comments:
Wowzie Bob! You can 14+ faster than I ran 9. Way to go!
Wow, great run, way to go Bob, you rock!!!
Wasn’t that fun running the virtual 9 on the 9th, you had a great time!
Thanks too for stopping by my blog, please stay in touch....congrat’s on your first half marathon too, it only gets better with each one you accomplish,
Take care,
Laurel (Lily)
Thanks, Amy and Laura. Amy, today I ran 14+ faster than I often run 9. One of those days when everything just fell into place.
AWESOME running, Bob. What a fantastic suprise, too!! Thanks for joining us. It's so fun to see everyone's reports.
Oh great, you're making the rest of us look bad! That's totally awesome though (your PR, NOT making us look bad)
:)
Great job! That is too funny to accidently run so much more. I know right away when I take a .01 step :-)
Fantastic time!!
Nice pace!! 7:35 -- I can only dream at what that feels like --maybe someday :)
Great run!
Have a great week!
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