Close but not quite.

It's Flag day today and we had a nice little race at McAllister today. I had marked this as the race for me to attempt to beat my personal best for 10k a couple months ago. After a injury last month, I was pretty sure it wasn't going to happen, so I set a different goal, under 1 hour. My previous best was 55:18 or something like that. It wasn't too bad of a day, a bit humid, but good cloud cover. The race was not very well organized and got off to a late start. The lack of a large crowd probably was a good thing, the trail weren't crowded at all. I started off faster than I anticipated with the first two miles in 18 min. flat. I crossed the halfway point at 28 even. I slowed just a little and completed the next mile in 9:23, then 9:06., then 1.1 mi. in 9:48. So, I pretty much kept up the same pace over the course of the race.

The day I set my personal best, happened to be my first ever 10k. It was a bit cooler that day and the biggest difference was I had much more left at the end that day. I did the last mile in about 8 min. with my brother-in-law pushing me along.

So, a mixed bag today, I was close enough to my pb to be disappointed that I didn't get it, but I also finished in 56:19, which was about 4 min. faster than I thought I would, so I'm happy.

It's been difficult the last couple week getting motivated to train. These close to 100 degree temps are not good for running. I guess I don't have much to complain about, I could be in Iowa where I wouldn't find many dry roads to run on.

So, Happy Flag Day!