Today’s run: 3.17 miles, 30:39 minutes. Short pre-race run in a cold drizzle. There was a huge group of people with umbrellas queued up in Tompkins – mostly women, but not exclusively. I’m guessing it had to do with the Baptist church. Crowd looked working class, but definitely not homeless.
Get ready guys – Saturday is my first real race – the NYRR Central Park 8K.
Here’s the plan: Victory uber alles!! I’ll zip through the course, shoving the old and the young out of my path, whatever it takes to get the blue ribbon and RULE ALL OF MANHATTAN!!!! Muuuhahhahahhahahaha….
OK, here’s the real plan: Pretend like there’s no race at all, just a big group of goofy NYers who decided to get together and go on a jog in Central Park. They go their speed, I’ll go mine.
Mile 1: 10:00.
Miles 2-3: 9:30/mile.
Mile 4: 9:45/mile (if I need it).
Mile 5: Give it whatever I’ve got.
I’m not quite ready for a competition mindset, but I’ll be wearing the same bib as those who are. That’s a step.
Woohoo! You’re going to do great. Plan sounds good. But pleast don’t shove any kids or old ladies! :)
My second race, also a five miler, is coming up in a couple weeks. Much more relaxed about this one than the first one.
Sounds like a good plan for a first race.
I’ve got a 10K trail run coming up which will be first event of the season and my attitude is quite the same.
Fake it til you make it seems to be the phrase of the day in my world. Don’t know what’s up with that. I think your (real) plan is brilliant– I am going to apply it submitting my writing places. Pretend I’m sending it to people who are just really interested in reading lots and lots of people’s work.