I wasn’t sure how this race would go. I haven’t done a 10k race since last November at the James Island Connector (when I was pacing one of my friends in her first 10k) and my fastest 10k was in April 2012 when I almost broke an hour (1:00:30), so I really didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t do any running between my marathon and this race and only played soccer 3 times. This either meant I would be very rested or completely unprepared. My goal was to run 4 and walk 1 which I thought might be a bit of a stretch since I’ve been training at 2:1 intervals for the last 6 months or so, but I decided I would just go with the flow and see how I felt.

I was happily surprised at how good I felt as I began running and just kept running. In the back of my head, I wanted to break an hour since I’ve gotten so close, but I didn’t want to put too much on that goal and end up disappointed. Of course, I forgot to get my Garmin started early enough, so the race started without my watch starting. My official time was 58:24 and my Garmin hit 6.2 right after I crossed the finish line (57:37 on my Garmin), so I’m guessing I missed a couple tenths of a mile at the beginning. Below is my best guess at splits:

• Mile 1 – 9:25
• Mile 2 – 9:21
• Mile 3 – 9:32
• Mile 4 – 9:41
• Mile 5 – 9:23
• Mile 6 – 9:30
• Last .2 – 7:40