tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post805651284345430909..comments2024-03-28T12:05:47.779-04:00Comments on Racing Stripes: Kiss My Asphalt 5KElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265175590096078175noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-2761335137702015152018-02-17T17:40:20.916-05:002018-02-17T17:40:20.916-05:00Winning is ALWAYS a good day - and I think that wi...Winning is ALWAYS a good day - and I think that winning or leading (even for part of the race) can be harder than PRing. In fact, it is tough to PR when you are in the lead! Definitely more effort, and the race can become tactical instead of a time trial. Good work in bad weather for an overall! Oh, and sub-20 will come - soon, and easily! Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641028266038110278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-10195270952174881522018-02-12T09:21:54.958-05:002018-02-12T09:21:54.958-05:00Well Zebra I will offer you my often different per...Well Zebra I will offer you my often different perspective to help you see your race performance in a different light. I feel you put too much focus on this "sub-20" 5k goal. And even if you ever do break that 20-min barrier...what next...a sub-19? We are all mortal runners and at some point you will have to face their are limitations to your abilities, and not all runners are created equal, nor do they excel at all race distances. And my knowledge of coaching and training principles would concur with that distinction if you focus your training to run longer distance races as half and full marathons, you cannot at same time train to run your ultimate potential in the 5k. Personally, I think your forte is speed and strength to run fast in the longer distances. To run sub-20 in 5k could require you a total shift in training and racing...focusing only on training and racing 5k's...not 5k's interspersed in a longer macro-cycle of training to run half and full marathons.<br /><br />The 2nd point is you were the 1st place woman overall! Even world elite distance runners don't care about the PR...just that they win or where the end up placing relative to the rest of field/competition. Years ago when I ran Grandma's Marathon in Duluth...the front or elite field had several men and I think some women Kenyan runners. I don't recall the exact times, but if they finished and won the race in 2:16 or so...they took with them a nice cash prize and 1st, 2nd or 3rd place medals. It wasn't about running their fastest PR, or even breaking the course record (though the latter has some incentive in extra prize money). They just ran the race to finish or place 1-2-3. You ran that 5k recognizing you were lead woman, and you ran what it took to finish 1st woman overall. The FT doesn't matter in that sense...you ran what it took to be place first!<br /><br />I never was good, nor did I even like running the 5k or lessor race distances as it was all about running in the "uncomfortable zone" of extended duration at 90-100% HRmax. It was what I called the "puke your guts out,,, after you cross the Finish Line" racing. And even when I ran my fastest 5k at average 6:48 pace in my mid-50's...I knew it was unrealistic to expect to come in first overall male as way too many younger men ran far faster than sub-20. And just short of 3-mi mark I came to a brief 1-3 sec walk to recover at crest of hill. I knew I was still going to finish 1st in my age. At that time it was (still is) my PR, and then my only disappointment was that that last hill the HR intensity so painful that at the crest..that I couldn't run through it without those couple secs of walking.<br /><br />There are always ways to find disappointment...and always ways to discover the positive of your training and your race efforts. You ran a 5k to the best of your ability on that day and those specific conditions and you 1st female overall. Celebrate and cherish...irrespective of the FT. There could be another book in the making..."Sub-20"....LOL! Enjoy your moment...enjoy your win. You don't have to give up chasing that "Sub-20 Antelope"...just don't be disappointed if you don't catch it. Besides...it's all about "chasing the antelope" and not capturing it. Froggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269761005612834052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-41506893923143970322018-02-12T08:29:13.231-05:002018-02-12T08:29:13.231-05:00Well done on the solid race. If you are ill that&#...Well done on the solid race. If you are ill that's even more amazing! You'll have that sub 20 min 5k soon I'm sure.AnnaTheApplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990879249353577282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-68220800638071264722018-02-10T20:58:05.819-05:002018-02-10T20:58:05.819-05:00Congratulations on your win and a great finish tim...Congratulations on your win and a great finish time, especially when you were feeling under the weather (literally). I think you should roll with it because you had a lot going against you in this race. Not feeling well, the drive, the rain/weather, the janky course, and no competition. I have won a few small races like this one, and while it is nice to win... I almost never set a PR at a race I have won by a decent margin because once I know I've got it for the ladies, it's like my body slows down to conserve something for the next run. I really think our best times come when we have a deep field of runners.<br /><br />I hope you do not have the flu or anything bad and that you feel better soon! And hooray for low resting heart rates- even out of shape mine is still 47, haha. I was shocked, but guess that's just a runner problem. Amy Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197087030892201936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-12836625095345384122018-02-10T17:57:59.632-05:002018-02-10T17:57:59.632-05:00I primarily run marathons, but I have had similar ...I primarily run marathons, but I have had similar frustrations with racing shorter distances and found that the key for me was a really good warmup, at a good solid pace, shortly before the race. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13099591198116770788noreply@blogger.com