The distance may look impressive for me lately, but it wasn't all that...I did crave a bag of chips though.
Route was pretty flat, but it was hot today and I was feeling it by the time I got to where I wanted to turn around. I thought it would be closer to 2.0mi but it was 2.75. The first 1/4 or so was fairly slow, but the rest I was feeling pretty good. Finished in 25:43 (9:21 pace). I was a bit disappointed since that's not going to get me a sub-27 and this was flat. I walked for maybe a minute then headed back, walking for a couple 100 feet every 1/2 mi or so. Finished the 2.57mi at 10:14 AP.
Still two weeks to go before the race, so I'm still hopeful. I think I would have nailed it but with the severe blood loss and starvation, I think that played a major role in today's run. I had to fast before our annual Health Screening. Then they prick your finger and take blood to run the tests. Certainly that decreased my blood volume to where I was a good couple mins slower. Haha
I was disappointed with my 180 weight since the previous two years I was at 170 and 171. The 180 pushed my BMI just to 25 which is "overweight." Sigh... All the other numbers were very good to excellent, so I guess I'm going to live another year. That's a good thing, depending on who you ask, of course. :-) | 