I'm running in my 10th race this year tomorrow morning. I'm hoping to do this 10K race through Central Park in an hour or less. I have never been faster than 1:09 in a 10K and was really disappointed in my performance in the Scotland Run. I hope to redeem myself tomorrow morning.
Joining me for this race will be Alex and Deb. Alex has really been training. He's been at sub-8-minute pace and hopes to do this race in 50 minutes. I really hope he meets his goal. I'm not sure if Deb has a goal for this one. She's a veteran marathoner and is pretty fast. She beat me in the last 5K we ran together.
I really hope I don't just give up out there. There is always a point in 10K races that I just think to myself that it's just too long and it's never going to be over. I slow down and eventually stop to walk. Then I get frustrated and tell myself I don't care about that time — that I just want to finish. But then I'm demoralized and pissed at myself when I don't meet the time goal I had in my head. I really hope I can keep my head in the game, run fast, fill the spaces and just go as fast as I can for 6.2 miles. One hour or less!