Global Warming, My Ass 6.66 Race Report

by - Thursday, March 11, 2010

After this winter, I'm pretty sure global warming doesn't exist. And if it does, it did nothing for me this winter. Seriously, I spent two months with sidewalks too covered in snow to let me run outside. So I felt it was only appropriate that I participate in Razz's first virtual race the Global Warming, My Ass 6.66 miler.

I decided yesterday would be a good day to get the distance in, making it the third day in a row of running for me. Coming off injury, that's a recipe for disaster. But when it comes to running, sometimes I'm thick-headed. I did the race anyway.

I even mapped out a new route (it was 6.78 miles) for the occasion to make it extra special. I get brownies points for that right? It was like a real race, minus timing chips and bib numbers.

Miles 1-3 were uneventful. I kept telling myself to go slower because I didn't want my hip or knee flaring up. I took a one minute walk break somewhere around mile 2.5.

Mile four featured a massive hill. I trucked it to the top and kept going through mile five, when I felt the first knee twinge. It was nothing serious and walking for a minute helped.

With about a mile or so left to go, my knee started talking to me more. Again, nothing a walk break didn't help with. The last half mile though, I had to take a lot of walk breaks, which totally killed my time.

Up until that point I'd been holding steady under 10 minute miles, something I was really happy about given my injury issues this winter. By the time I finished my average overall mile time was 10:04.

I won't be winning any speed prizes for this race, but I had fun doing it. Thanks to Razz for hosting. It's definitely a race I'll keep in mind for next year's calendar.

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8 comments

  1. good job! nice pace!

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  2. Virtual races are kewl... Glad you didn't over do it :-)

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  3. Could it be that those aches and pains are behind you? Good job.

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  4. Nice job on the "race"!

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  5. ya hung in there pretty good Jess! well done.

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  6. nice run! i like the people who still insist global warming DOES exist even though it was ridiculously cold and snowy this winter....

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  7. Hey Jess,
    I looked you up from Razz's site. Great job on the run! I'm glad you didn't overdo it though. As someone who is equally thickheaded about over-training, I know how frustrating it can be to not run when you want to be out there. Good luck!

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