I ran my Chance for Hope 5K today.
As I've mentioned a million times, my HR has sucked recently on my runs, and this is a step back week in terms of mileage. I wanted to get the run done in September, but that wasn't in the cards and bigbottom said it didn't need done by month end, that we just needed to register.
I chose a different route than what I had done for my FBG 5K b/c I wanted to be able to run to it after walking my kids to school. I did all sorts of things wrong today
It was cold out, so I wore a long sleeve, gloves, and ear cover / headband thing. I had all of these, and my mask that we have to wear when dropping off the kids. So, I dropped them off, stuck my mask in my pocket and slowly jogged to the starting point. HR was pretty high considering my pace...so, I was worried. I was also sweating way more than I should have.
This was a route I had never run before but had mapped out earlier this week. Got to the starting point and realized there was no way I wanted my gloves and my ear warmer., so I took them off and stuff them in my pockets along with my mask. I now had hugely bulging pockets (no, I was not happy to see you). I really didn't want the long sleeve either, but there was nowhere to put that.
Mile 1 - 6:24 (153 HR)
Net downhill and started out fast. Took a bit, but found my pace, but my HR was already in the mid-170s by the end of this mile, which is not at all a good thing for me. Based on my Unproductive status, I knew that this was going to hurt and that I may crash and burn after mile 2.
Mile 2 - 6:36 (175 HR)
This was a pretty flat mile. Since this was the first time running the route, I wasn't familiar with what I was doing. I made a left turn one street too early and ended up running an impromptu loop. I lucked out that everything connected back to where I wanted to go, but it really threw me off as I was running lost for about half a mile. HR was in the upper 170s by the end of this mile and the delirium was starting to set in...but we push on.
Mile 3 - 6:40 (179 HR)
This mile started with an uphill before turning into a slow decline for the rest of the mile. My pace wasn't looking great and my HR was hitting 180. I apparently had a little left b/c I started picking it up with about 1/4 mile left. I had to run through a tunnel under a main road and the uphill out of that back to the street sucked, but then it was all downhill.
Mile 3.1 - 5:38 (183 HR)
Gave it all I had left. 180+ HR is pure misery for me. I actually had to slightly slow this down b/c my chest was hurting and I didn't want to die.
5K Time - 20:16
I missed my PR by 7 seconds. I am happy with the results and it was such a great cause to run for. I am also pretty sure that if conditions were different (physical and logistic), I could have beaten that PR and flirted with sub 20:00.
And my joke wasn't even about that.
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