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| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
update:.....
45:00 lol!!
I atleast I did not stop!
1st mile, felt good 10-20 people ahead of me
2nd mile, felt it alittle, people passing me
3rd mile, felt worse, mad people passed me
4th mile, felt good again like rejuvinated but I still ran 3 miles already so huritng but no too bad
5th mile, kick and was doing good, passed a few people but then aroud end of 5th mile, started to slow down
last mile, well last 300 m I kicked it and was screaming like those crazy runners at races and pumped my ass in and beat 4-5 people at the line.
1st overall:35:00
me:52nd: 45:00
got bronze in my divison 20-24
I wish I ran better mentally because physically I had in in me but 10k is alot compared to what I am used to running(5k) +6 years since i ran this race also!
They Still owe me a t-shirrt because I signed up 400+ people and had none left those biznitches! |
my last 5k, i got a silver medal for the 18-24 age group. the guy who got first place in my age group and second overall was a freak runner, who was top 10 in the state and ran for my school. he was in the 15 minute range. then there was my puny 20 minute.
yea, its a huge mental game. u need a mental strategy before every race. and to control nervousness. i remember being so nervous, that i felt like throwing up. and that always hampered me before i learned some ways of not letting it get to me.
during a race, its best to trail another runner. find someone who is keeping pace with the pack, and just stay with the pack. a lot of easier than running on your own. its only in the last 1 or 2 miles of 10k that u start fighting for position. that is where u lose it or gain it. the last mile is actually supposed to be your fastest mile, so if thats not the case, u are pacing yourself wrong. even though you are most tired at the end, that is where races are won and lost, is how much u got in you at the end. the last lap or mile, is where u either pull ahead of the pack or fall back. really depends on you and how conditioned your body is.
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