Jan 31, 2009
The goal at the The War Party 10K, held at Warriors Path State Park in Kingsport, was simple... attempt to break 55:00 in order to sub-seed for the Peachtree Road Race. Having never gone that low before, I thought I could get close, but I wasn't sure if I could actually get there. The day was sunny and cool, which set up well for a quick run, though forgetting the Garmin was a bad sign.
The course is a double loop, with a major hill in miles 1 and 4. Knowing that I needed to run around an 8:5o pace, the goal was to run the first mile at 9:15, then slowly decrease the overall pace by :05 each mile. Admittedly, the actualy first mile pace was probably too fast (9:00), and it turned out to be a "hang on" kind of run.
Close, but not quite, as I missed the 55:00 minute mark by 19 seconds. It still should set me up easily to be in the second group.
Time: 55:19 Pace: 8:55
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