Pre-Race Thoughts:
It's hard to make time goals when I still don't know if I want a time goal. I've gotten so much faster in the past few months, that I feel a little pressured to race because:
1) All my friends are doing it
2) All my friends are more ambitious than me (and totally capable of their sub-50 goals)
3) I'm in really good shape right now. Don't I want to know how fast I truly can run a 10K?
Ugh. Goals. Can't I just run this for funsies? Maybe pace someone to a sub-60 or run with Birgit? Then the pressure to perform is totally off of me, but I can still help someone else reach their goal and get a lot of satisfaction out of my race.
Nope. The peer pressure to be "part of the group" and do my best (or at least run a decent race for me) is too strong. So, here we go...
Goals:
90% Sure I Can: 55:00
This was the original goal for Singleton. Singleton was freaking hard, and I don't think I would have stuck it out without Shelly as my pacer. The idea of letting someone else down was more motivating that letting myself down. That said, Singleton was also really hilly, and less than twelve hours after I touched down after a few days in Houston.
I'm stronger now, will have the ability to rest up, and go into the race prepared for success. Also, I ran a 56:09 this morning on a training run. Surely breaking 55 should be easy for me on race day... right? :/
90% Sure I Can: 55:00
This was the original goal for Singleton. Singleton was freaking hard, and I don't think I would have stuck it out without Shelly as my pacer. The idea of letting someone else down was more motivating that letting myself down. That said, Singleton was also really hilly, and less than twelve hours after I touched down after a few days in Houston.
I'm stronger now, will have the ability to rest up, and go into the race prepared for success. Also, I ran a 56:09 this morning on a training run. Surely breaking 55 should be easy for me on race day... right? :/
50% Sure I Can: PR (54:08)
If I want it, I know I can do this.
I'm just only about 50% sure that I want it.
10% Sure I Can: 52:00
While the rest of the crew (well, pretty much the rest of them) is gunning for sub-50, I think that's a bit too much of a stretch for my mind right now. I'd need to hold just a little slower than my Braves pace for DOUBLE the distance.
Can I do that? Maybe.
Do I want to? No.
I'm 100% sure that I don't want to put in the effort it would take to hold an 8:00 (probably 7:55, since I won't be able to run tangents) the entire 6.22+ miles. A lower mid-8, though, seems "reasonable".
So, now that those are out there, we'll just see which game my head's in on Monday...
If I want it, I know I can do this.
I'm just only about 50% sure that I want it.
10% Sure I Can: 52:00
While the rest of the crew (well, pretty much the rest of them) is gunning for sub-50, I think that's a bit too much of a stretch for my mind right now. I'd need to hold just a little slower than my Braves pace for DOUBLE the distance.
Can I do that? Maybe.
Do I want to? No.
I'm 100% sure that I don't want to put in the effort it would take to hold an 8:00 (probably 7:55, since I won't be able to run tangents) the entire 6.22+ miles. A lower mid-8, though, seems "reasonable".
So, now that those are out there, we'll just see which game my head's in on Monday...
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