Swim: 1000 Meters
Bike: 13.21 Miles
Run: 18.51 Miles
Total: 31.94 Miles / 3:28
Corporate Challenge Mile Track Meet
While running a hard mile three days after running Hospital Hill probably was not the smartest, I'm glad I did it. Not from the corporate civic duty but from a checkpoint of my fitness. I really have never ran a timed, single mile before. I really didn't know what to expect. If you have a time goal over the course of a half marathon, you can generally correct a missed split. That's not easily the case in a mile. Plus you are running near maximum effort the whole time, that's great if you know what that is. So I targeted some splits to put me in close to 6:00 minute pace. Something like 1:33, 1:31, 1:29, balls:out.
While I did wear my Garmin, I'm not trusting the split data on there because it clicked off the mile about 9 - 10 meters before the end. I did try to calculate the splits as I ran by but, let's be honest, I don't remember much of the mile at all. It's a blur. I remember the sound of the start gun firing and then focusing on the track so as to not fall on my face. I do remember my first couple splits were pretty close to planned but even being off by just a few seconds adds up. What I do remember is I started to pick-up the pace with 300 meters to go and then faster at 200 meters to go... and then with 100 meters to go I had lost all control of my legs. They were doing things I never thought possible as I redlined at 4:15 pace (considering my previous comment about trusting the Garmin data). I would love to see a video of my finish because I bet my legs looked like the Roadrunner. They felt like they were moving in circles and billowing clouds of dust. I started picking people off and then I caught two guys that I apparently provided a bit of motivation and they kept with me stride by stride and finished a step in front of me. I patted their backs, congratulated them, and then went on the hunt for my breath. It had been replaced by the taste of blood in my throat.
Official time: 6:10.930
I spent the rest of the evening
I have one more Corporate Challenge event left, the Triathlon. I don't think I'll do as well as I did last year since I'm not spending much time on my bike/swim disciplines this year. In fact, this may be my only triathlon for 2012 simply because I am not willing to devout the time to swim/bike as I would like in order to compete. I do plan to continue the Shawnee Mission Park Swim/Bike sessions each week for cross training. I'm planning to spend both weekend days on running so little time for cycling.
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