Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
NYRR Gridiron Classic 4Mile Recap
Saturday morning I did a shorter long run before heading up to the city for Sunday's 4 Mile Gridiron Classic.
I'm pretty sure those are negative splits! Not very fast, but on average exactly at my long run goal pace of 12 minute miles. Also exciting - I ate real food before the run with no GI consequences! I think white toast with peanut butter might be my new pre-run fuel. Much tastier than my usual clif shot bloks.
After the run, I took the train up to the city to prepare for Sunday's race. By prepare, I mean eat my weight in chili cheese fries and vegan sandwiches with my sister. Delicious. After dinner I headed to Jill's to enjoy a little wine and tv. Another wild Saturday night in the city.
Sunday morning, my legs were still a little tired from Saturday's run. Jill and I sort of talked about goal pace, but didn't really commit to anything. I had 9:30 miles in my head, since we had just done 9:44s at the Joe Kleinerman 10k a month earlier.
We met up with fellow 9+1er Brad and took the subway up. The race was really well organized and we had no problem finding Jill's friends Sarah and Kate. Sarah and Kate are way faster than us, but they graciously started in our slow corral.
And then we were off! The course was hilly, but we were feeling good. At first my garmin was showing 10:30ish pace and I was not happy. Pretty soon our pace started dropping... and dropping... and finally we were at 9:45.
And then we got faster:
I'm pretty thrilled, especially since there were some nasty hills in that 3rd mile. I would have majorly slowed down if I had been alone. I love having a friend who runs at my pace.
Our official time was 37:00, meaning 9:15 min miles - aka my fastest pace in any race to date. And also technically a PR, since I've never run a 4 miler.
After the race, the five of us enjoyed a carbilicious brunch and I discovered my new favorite morning drink - grapefruit mimosas. So good.
A train ride later, I was back in Princeton. I headed to the gym for some strengthening and, of course, foam rolling.
Perfect weekend!
I'm pretty sure those are negative splits! Not very fast, but on average exactly at my long run goal pace of 12 minute miles. Also exciting - I ate real food before the run with no GI consequences! I think white toast with peanut butter might be my new pre-run fuel. Much tastier than my usual clif shot bloks.
After the run, I took the train up to the city to prepare for Sunday's race. By prepare, I mean eat my weight in chili cheese fries and vegan sandwiches with my sister. Delicious. After dinner I headed to Jill's to enjoy a little wine and tv. Another wild Saturday night in the city.
Sunday morning, my legs were still a little tired from Saturday's run. Jill and I sort of talked about goal pace, but didn't really commit to anything. I had 9:30 miles in my head, since we had just done 9:44s at the Joe Kleinerman 10k a month earlier.
We met up with fellow 9+1er Brad and took the subway up. The race was really well organized and we had no problem finding Jill's friends Sarah and Kate. Sarah and Kate are way faster than us, but they graciously started in our slow corral.
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| Me, Jillian, & Kate |
And then we were off! The course was hilly, but we were feeling good. At first my garmin was showing 10:30ish pace and I was not happy. Pretty soon our pace started dropping... and dropping... and finally we were at 9:45.
And then we got faster:
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| Woohoo! |
Our official time was 37:00, meaning 9:15 min miles - aka my fastest pace in any race to date. And also technically a PR, since I've never run a 4 miler.
After the race, the five of us enjoyed a carbilicious brunch and I discovered my new favorite morning drink - grapefruit mimosas. So good.
A train ride later, I was back in Princeton. I headed to the gym for some strengthening and, of course, foam rolling.
Perfect weekend!
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