Long time since I posted (since no one reads this that's cool). Did the MAD Scramble in Milton, a 5.13 mile mixed race, on June 28th. Pretty hot and humid at race time, with temps just over 80 at the 6:30 pm start. Harland did the 500 yd dash and Olle did the 50 yd dash (so cute).
I went out well, but quite a bit faster than normal (6:45 pace), must have been the adrenaline. Then settled in and felt pretty good most of the race, even on the long 1 mile uphill around mile 2-3. Ended up finishing in 38th place http://www.coolrunning.com/results/12/ma/Jun28_MADScr_set1.shtml with a time of 36:48. good for a 7:12 pace (I was shooting for 7:20 so given the conditions was really pleased with the time). My goal is to work that 5 mile pace down under 7 minutes, but getting harder and harder to chop seconds off the pace. When I started running seriously in February (serious being 3-4 times a week, 12-20 miles a week) I was at like an 8:10-8:25 pace per mile, so have dropped about a minute, but that was the easy part. Have been largely running 3-4 times a week recently, including some really hot 90 plus degree days (which is hard). Will keep on plugging away. No real races signed up for in the next couple months, but will probably add one somewhere soon.
