Delmar Dash Recap

My only goal for this race was to beat last years time of 1:00:55 (12:11 pace). I knew I had it in the bag – the question was by how much could I crush it.

I won’t leave you in suspense. According to my garmin I finished 5.02 miles in 47:36! (Race results show 48:00 but it wasn’t chipped timed). I beat my time by 13 minutes!

• Mile 1- 9:28
• Mie 2 – 9:19
• Mile 3 – 9:33
• Mile 4 – 9:44
• Mile 5 – 9:22
• Average pace: 9:29!

I was pushing myself hard the entire time. I started doubting that I would be able to keep the pace up but I quickly pushed the negative thoughts out of my head. The interesting thing about this race was that I was always running with people around me. Last year I ran with 1 other woman and we were alone for most of the race. Being in the middle of the crowd really helped to keep me pushing.

As you can see Mile 4 I really started to feel it. I allowed myself to slow down a little bit. I came up from behind this one guy and apologized for the heavy breathing lol. We kept leap frogging each other and encouraging each other. With half a mile to go the guy took off and I tried to keep up but I didn't have anything left.

I was so pleased with my performance. I hoped to finish in 50 minutes so this was icing on the cake! I realized I had another 5 miles to run and I was dreading it. I hung around to cheer on some friends but I couldn't put off the rest of my run any longer. In hindsight, I should have sucked it up and immediately started running the additional 5. The 40 minute gap between was killer.

I drove to my favorite park. The second I started to run I knew I was in for it. My legs felt like lead. I turned up the music and re-lived the race in my head. My legs started to get crampy and I hate that feeling. I stopped a few times to stretch them out.

• Mile 6 - 10:37
• Mile 7 – 10:41
• Mile 8 – 10:26
• Mile 9 – 10:43
• Mile 10 – 11:18
• .32 – 10:48
• Average Pace: 10:44

Total miles for the day: 10.32                                         Total time: 1:44:44           Total Pace: 10:08

Overall it was a great run. This is my last long run before the MORE 1/2 Marathon on 4/25! I can’t believe I’m going to run my 3rd half marathon.

Some pictures from the race. I don’t think I look much different then picture from last year?

What do you think?

 

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