First 10K finished

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

I started out too fast.

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

Got closer to my projected pace during second mile.

Mile 2 - 8:49.2

Right on pace for third mile.

Mile 3 - 9:07.2

Paid for the fast start during the fourth and fifth mile.

Mile 4 - 9:30.4
Mile 5 - 9:42.3

The was no 6 mile marker, lazy race coordinators I guess.

Mile 6 plus last .2

11:19 a 9:25.8 pace

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.
By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

I do know that I finished 6th in my age group, 40-44, but they don't
have it online yet as the 5K was yet to be run when we left. Funny
thing, if I had been in the 25-29 (I think) I would have finished
third. And if I had been on the 30-34 (I think) I would have finished
second.

I will post links as soon as they are available.
Overall a good experience.

I put a pic on my blog.

http://darrin42.blogspot.com/

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| OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
| very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
| the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

Congratulation Techguy! 10K down, HM to go.

| My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
| I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
| seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

That is good considering it being your first and the conditions.

| I do know that I finished 6th in my age group, 40-44,
6th of how many in the AG?

Up in New England I do 7:1x m/m, still end up
just above the middle of the pack in the same AG.
I found this to be the toughest and deepest AG around here.
I should race in FL to bump up my ego a bit. 🙂

Keep up the good work!

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago.

Congrats!

Quoted message said:

I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

Hot, burning sand?

Quoted message said:

I started out too fast.

Well... hard to get a good initial pace. Did you do some warm up?

Quoted message said:

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

Got closer to my projected pace during second mile.

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.
By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

Excellent time!

Quoted message said:

I will post links as soon as they are available.
Overall a good experience.

Thanks for the report.
--
Christos Dimitrakakis
Homepage: http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/main.html
Music: http://olethros.dmusic.com

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Techguy said:

Quoted message said:

Overall a good experience.

I put a pic on my blog.

http://darrin42.blogspot.com/

Bravo!

--
Crossing the starting line is 90%.
Crossing the finish line is the other 90%.

Christos Dimitrakakis said:

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago.

Congrats!

Quoted message said:

I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

Hot, burning sand?

Quoted message said:

I started out too fast.

Well... hard to get a good initial pace. Did you do some warm up?

Quoted message said:

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

Quoted message said:

Got closer to my projected pace during second mile.

Quoted message said:

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.
By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

Quoted message said:

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

Excellent time!

Quoted message said:

I will post links as soon as they are available.
Overall a good experience.

Thanks for the report.
--
Christos Dimitrakakis
Homepage:http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/main.html
Music:http://olethros.dmusic.com

If anyone is interested, I posted some pictures.

http://lancaster.bz/lancaster.asp?d=\darrin-veronica\firecracker+10k\

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

I started out too fast.

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

Got closer to my projected pace during second mile.

Mile 2 - 8:49.2

Right on pace for third mile.

Mile 3 - 9:07.2

Paid for the fast start during the fourth and fifth mile.

Mile 4 - 9:30.4
Mile 5 - 9:42.3

The was no 6 mile marker, lazy race coordinators I guess.

Mile 6 plus last .2

11:19 a 9:25.8 pace

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.
By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

I do know that I finished 6th in my age group, 40-44, but they don't
have it online yet as the 5K was yet to be run when we left. Funny
thing, if I had been in the 25-29 (I think) I would have finished
third. And if I had been on the 30-34 (I think) I would have finished
second.

I will post links as soon as they are available.
Overall a good experience.

Final results

http://www.altavistasports.com/results/2007results/firecracker10k070107.html

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

Sand will generally slow folks down by softness, and open terrain in
direct sun may make it feel hotter.

Quoted message said:

I started out too fast.

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

oops.😉

....

Quoted message said:

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.

Good show!

Quoted message said:

By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

Good job! Congratulations. Next time you'll have a better feel for your
starting effort.

....

Quoted message said:

Overall a good experience.

Glad you had a good time!

Dot

--
"The goal is training and adaptation, not destruction and injury."
- John Hardy
http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/misc/training.shtml

Great race. What with the sand, the temperature and your fast mile, you
probably gave up several minutes.

The fact that you could go 1 minute faster than pace means you have a lot of
improvement left.

My all out mile pace is less than a minute per mile off of my 10k pr, and
I'd bet that holds true for the experienced racers out there.

D Stumpus said:

Great race. What with the sand, the temperature and your fast mile, you
probably gave up several minutes.

The fact that you could go 1 minute faster than pace means you have a lot of
improvement left.

My all out mile pace is less than a minute per mile off of my 10k pr, and
I'd bet that holds true for the experienced racers out there.

True, but absolute terms are a bit misleading. I'm 5:30 vs 4:40, which is less
than a minute, but if you take ratios instead, it translates to about 1:20-1:30
for someone who can run a mile in 8 minutes. My fall off is close to that of
the fast mile guys (it scales to about 28:00 off a 3:50)

Having said that, I'd tend to agree that beginners fall off very quickly in
pace from mile to 5k (likewise, my distance paces take a bigger hit than my
mile pace if I'm out of shape)

Cheers,
--
Elflord

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

Congrats. Those were very tough conditions, both the temperature and the
surface, so you will probably find yourself getting pretty fast in following
races, especially following summer.

Starting out too fast is almost inevitable in the first race, the saying
"good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment"
is more true than ever when it comes to pacing.

Cheers,
--
Elflord

Congrats! Those were not ideal conditions for a race (sand and
heat), but you still finished close to your projected pace. More
even pacing will come with time and experience!

Teresa in AZ

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

I started out too fast.

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

Got closer to my projected pace during second mile.

Mile 2 - 8:49.2

Right on pace for third mile.

Mile 3 - 9:07.2

Paid for the fast start during the fourth and fifth mile.

Mile 4 - 9:30.4
Mile 5 - 9:42.3

The was no 6 mile marker, lazy race coordinators I guess.

Mile 6 plus last .2

11:19 a 9:25.8 pace

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.
By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

I do know that I finished 6th in my age group, 40-44, but they don't
have it online yet as the 5K was yet to be run when we left. Funny
thing, if I had been in the 25-29 (I think) I would have finished
third. And if I had been on the 30-34 (I think) I would have finished
second.

I will post links as soon as they are available.
Overall a good experience.

Techguy said:

OK, I finished my first 10K just over an hour and a half ago. I was
very pleased with my run, especially considering that the run was on
the sand and it was 80 degrees by start time.

I started out too fast.

Mile 1 - 7:54.9

Got closer to my projected pace during second mile.

Mile 2 - 8:49.2

Right on pace for third mile.

Mile 3 - 9:07.2

Paid for the fast start during the fourth and fifth mile.

Mile 4 - 9:30.4
Mile 5 - 9:42.3

The was no 6 mile marker, lazy race coordinators I guess.

Mile 6 plus last .2

11:19 a 9:25.8 pace

I was very happy that I was able to speed up the last mile and some.
By the time I was getting close I was beat. Plus they only had warm
water at the end.

My total time was 56:23 @ a 9:05.6 minute per mile pace.
I thought I could run it at a 9 m/m pace so missing it by only 5
seconds per mile is not disappointing at all.

I do know that I finished 6th in my age group, 40-44, but they don't
have it online yet as the 5K was yet to be run when we left. Funny
thing, if I had been in the 25-29 (I think) I would have finished
third. And if I had been on the 30-34 (I think) I would have finished
second.

I will post links as soon as they are available.
Overall a good experience.

Congratulations. lots of others gave good advice, so I'll leave it at
congrats.

Thanks for the report, and pictures.

Ed