Frozen Buns Run 10K Race Report

RUN 6.2 miles in 45:20, a 7:20 m/m pace

First race of 2016 and I had a hard well-pushed win! Second place overall female, 18s behind a teenager. She "won" the race, but I won my goals.

Brekkie of bacon, egg, potato. It's a 10 am start which is kind of late for me. But this worked perfect, not hungry at all in the hours before the race and I didn't feel underfueled at all.

To my surprise I lined up at the front, stood with DC jumping around to stay warm. He said his plan was to hang on my tail then reel me in towards the end. Knowing how he can run, I expected this to happen!

The race starts with a slight uphill, and today into the wind. It was a looooong run on Delmar and it was a surprise to me that I was holding sub 7:30 paces for these miles. I commented to DC that I wasn't planning on running this hard! I wondered when I was going to blow up.

DC and I ran together (for the most part) until 3 miles. I later learned he paused at the water station. I keep looking for his yellow vest! At that water stop, Club member Betsy said I was maybe in 2nd place. Oh great, just want I needed to hear....   I had been watching a female in front of me, pink shorts, gray tights, pony tail, wondered where we were in the field...now I knew.

The way back to the finish is the faster part of the run, I think it trends downhill. At some points I was only a few seconds back from ponytail, until around the 5 mile mark when a volunteer said something to her. She peeked over her shoulder and seemed to take off a bit! I never caught back up to her and around the 6 miles sign she really disappeared. I congratulated her on the finish, it was a great run!

The power of a start and finish line! Wow the switch in the mental energy that comes on, the ability to push and push and make yourself go and go faster. How many times in a run you think "oh I need to rest a bit", and how many times you do it? But not in a race, it's magical.

Heard Garth Brook's Fever at the finish line :)