Woo hoo!
The Scenic 10 web site has the race route online, so yesterday I printed it out and this morning I ran the entire 10-mile course, simulated, of course, on the treadmill.
It seems like a fun course! And since this is my home town, I do actually know the places being described, so that helps me envision it as I pretend to run it on a treadmill 700 miles away. 
The parts where it mentions rolling hills were fun to simulate: I would increase the incline a bit and let it even out, then decrease it to 0 and let that even out, then increase it again, and so on for the entire distance indicated. Whee!
So. I actually finished it in 1:41:45. Which is absolutely fantastic, because my goal was 1:50:00. I was pushing a little, but not nearly as hard as I could. If I really work on my intervals in the next few weeks, I might just break 1:40:00 in the actual race.
I’m icing both my knee and my hip right now, but it’s more preventative than reactive: I don’t feel any unusual discomfort.
This bodes well! I’m excited!
4 Responses to “Woo hoo!”
Posted: Aug 12th, 2004 at 5:48 am
woo hoo! go you
I love reading about your training, I’m using it to get serious about mine.
Posted: Aug 12th, 2004 at 7:58 am
Cool! Glad I can be of assistance.
What kind of training are you doing?
Posted: Aug 12th, 2004 at 8:26 am
When I started swimming at the first of the year, my goal was to be competing in a year. I was sidelined in March with my shoulder and was hoping it would mend on it’s own. I’ve tried about once a month to get back in the water, with almost immediate onset of pain.
I went to the doc Tuesday and he gave me a trigger point injection. I’m hoping (fingers XX’d) that will fix the problem and I can resume. There is a Masters Swim program starting up either this month or next through the Cville Parks and Rec and I want to participate in it. In the meantime, I’ll work on stretching and walking to build my lung capacity, efficiency, and stamina.
Posted: Aug 12th, 2004 at 10:57 am
Good for you for sticking with it. My fingers are crossed for you, too!