Law Day 10K race

Ran the Law Day 10k Run today. I felt pretty good and surprised myself on the time. Because I didn't taper or really try to do this race with fresh legs. This was mainly a test for fitness to see what I could muster while trying to get as many miles as I could this week with limited time. Thursday I did 11 miles and 12
Friday with Acceleration intervals mixed in. Total of 70 miles

Left home at 7:30 to get to the race befor 8am with my daughter. She also ran the 10K Law Day Race and did a good job after running her city track meet yesterday.

Got there and warmed up a bit... I had on shorts long sleeve shirt and a singlet on top of that.at 39 degrees. Really didn't feel cold and the warm-up felt good. The 10k Course was short by .2 according to my garmin. I really wish they would make it the full 6.2 because I like to run the official distance to know your true 10k time.

First Mile: 6:50 (flat) Since my recovery I hadn't been able to start like I feel fast or in a groove, but It might just be me being mentally conservative since I havent ran races for a while..

Second Mile: 6:55, (flat and hilly) More the same not pushing at least I think. I knew hills were coming and just felt like I shouldn't push it yet. This thought was in the back of my head, but maybe I should have pushed just to see what would happen. I've always told myselt trust in your training.

Third Mile: 6:35 (flat and hilly) Ok I started to feel I was warming up and started passing other runners and felt in a groove. My shoe came untied at this point, but I wasn't going to stop so I just ran this way the rest of the race.

Fourth Mile: 6:24 (flat more uphill) Feeling still good and passing runners and just having fun. I really felt good even with the shoe completely undone. It really felt a weird sense of freshness and strength at this point. I really felt my stride and pace was good and healthy/strong with the sciatic nerve not bothering me.

Five Mile: 6:00 (flat) Fastest Mile since my recovery. Something was happening here it just felt so easy that I was floating. I felt like my old self.

Sixth Mile 5:59 (flat) Lied...REPEAT my fastest mile since my recovery and I passed two runners at this point and finished 4 overall in the race and first in my age division. The great thing is I didn't feel exhausted and just kept the pace strong to the finishing line.

38:30 Time 4 place and first in my age division out of 200 runners.
Overall felt good and will continue to try and achieve more.

Afterwards I ran almost three miles to the start line to get the car with Barry Smith and Bill Mandler. What a fun chatty run. We just had fun and I enjoyed the company as much as running the race. They are both great guys to run with and they did well in the race.



Then I drove to the finish line and let my daughter drive home while I ran another 9.20 miles home.

Off to mow my grandpa's lawn and a daughter's volleyball game.

Beautifully Done Mr. Wheatly! Your mile 5 description had me smiling broadly. Indeed, something appears to have been happening there. Your performance and that felling of ease is a testament to your talent, patience and fortitude.

Damn, Kory - awesome run. That is how to run a 10K! I'm so glad to see everything coming together again. (39F - are you freaking kidding me!)

KBFitz wrote:Beautifully Done Mr. Wheatly! Your mile 5 description had me smiling broadly. Indeed, something appears to have been happening there. Your performance and that felling of ease is a testament to your talent, patience and fortitude.

Three Cheers!

Thanks KBFitz - your right what happen at mile 5 was a key and just magical where I felt like the hard work has paid off. Feeling my old running self again is humbling.

Michele "1L" Keane wrote:Damn, Kory - awesome run. That is how to run a 10K! I'm so glad to see everything coming together again. (39F - are you freaking kidding me!)

That's Michele - you've given me a lot of determination with your post to keep pushing. I really appreciate that. You've done some great things and are very skilled.

Kory:

Been keeping up with your story, and wishing you the best.
Congrats on a great race - Even if it wasn't as fast as you were, the split progression is magnificent. Wish I could do that more often.

Nice negative split race, sounds like you had a better time in you, but smart to hold off at first to get a feel where you are at recovery wise. Congrats on the AG win and solid race!

sounds like a great race ! And I would say your training really seems to be working .Having all that energy to get more work done and volleyball game I say awesome!

Awesome! Congrats Kory.

Way to go Kory! Nice to see the road back is coming along just great for you!

Great race. Nice splits. Congrats.

Once a racer, always a racer. Inspirational, Kory!

Wow, 4th place and first in your age group! Great job! It's great to hear you're back to running again! Congrats!

Jerry wrote:Once a racer, always a racer. Inspirational, Kory!

Thanks Jerry - It's something that's hard to shake when you know that you may have some racing left.

Penelope wrote:Wow, 4th place and first in your age group! Great job! It's great to hear you're back to running again! Congrats!

Thanks Penelope - its amazing what God can do.

Awesome job Kory! You still have a few more races in you, I can tell. Great negative splits!

This race report brings a smile to my face, Kory!!! Great to see you continue your comeback....and first sub-6 at the end of a race? I love it.

Keep up the hard work buddy