On Sunday, July 12th, I ran the Mews 8 km (5 mile) road race. I am happy to report that I finished the race faster than I expected. My goal was to finish this pre-Tely 10 warm-up race in less than 43 minutes. I finished the race in less than 40 minutes with a time of 39:33. I placed 156th out of 327 runners and finished 53rd out of 184 female runners. I was quite pleased.
Despite the short race distance, I learned a lot about my racing style- I tend to run too quickly at the beginning of my runs and did the same thing at the beginning of the race. Because I started too fast, I did not find a comfort zone during the race. By mile 4, I was feeling uncomfortable and felt too tired to give myself an extra push during the last mile of the race.
The Tely 10 mile race is July 26 - only 8 days away! I will have to focus on pacing myself slower at the beginning of the Tely 10 mile race to ensure I can finish strong. Will keep you posted on my Tely 10 race results.
Jackie P.
