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Race Result

Racer: Corey McDaniel
Race: Fall into Winter 10K
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Location: Reston, VA
Race Type: Run - 10 km
Age Group: Male 30 - 34
Time: 0:49:53
Overall Place: 137 / 440
Comment: PR



Race Report:



An excellent end of year "gauging" 10K on a similar path to the Reston Triathlon bike course. Rolling hills, some tough, today was very cool - perfect for running a PR.

My goal was to finish under 50 minutes and to try to keep all of my splits under 8 minutes. I met my first goal with 7 seconds to spare, I only met half of my other goal. I took the week off since my half marathon PR last weekend so I was fresh, however, I had my first running pain of the season - my left knee started hurting as soon as I started running, it persisted until ~mile 3, really pretty painful, but not something I didn't feel comfortable running through. My only thought was that the timing was fine - this is my last race of the year, then I plan to give my body alot of recovery until February - so now was a good time to see it for the first time, and know to lay off.

I wanted to run this distance to gauge my fitness at the end of this spectacular racing year, so that next year I can hopefully see more improvement with my HR, my splits, and my weight (201 lbs today).

My splits and AHR (yes, I know its high):

Mile/Split/AHR
1 7:42 174
2 8:19 174
3 8:18 175
4 8:24 180
5 7:51 182
6 7:46 183
6.2 1:33 183
TOTAL = 49:53 (8:02 pace)