January 21, 2006 Peachtree City 10K
I ran this race in order to be seeded for the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th. This course is a USTF certified course.
It was not an ideal situation because I had just run a 10K (my first) on the Monday prior to this, but that's another story.
The weather was WONDERFUL -- temperature wise anyway. However, it was raining. I had never run a race in the rain. We were warned prior to the start to be careful that the course was slippery. Much of the course was run on golf cart trails and there were clumps of leaves and pine straw as well as puddles to dodge. I believe that slowed me down a bit. I read a story though about this race 2 years ago and it was so cold that the water in the cups provided along the way was frozen. I ran in tights, shorts, a tank and a long sleeved dri-fit shirt (which I removed after the first mile).
This race was tougher than the one I ran the Monday before. Maybe because I was still recovering from that run, although I did take most of the week off. I had hoped to qualify for Time Group 1A which meant I would have to finish in under 50 minutes but my time was 54:06. So, I qualified for Time Group 1B which is better then being stuck in the back with the other 55,000 runners on the 4th of July!
I came in 4th but that's really pretty good. This was an ATC (Atlanta Track Club) event so the competition was much stiffer. It was free to race since I am a ATC member. I would like to have finished first and won one of those cool ATC mugs. I wondered as they were handing out awards how many of those people had a cabinet full of the mugs already.
Something I've observed about running 10Ks, and this is only my second, when it is coupled with a 5K, which is usually the case, there's not much food left for the 10Kers when they're done ;~( HEY, you 5Kers, save us a bagel!
It was not an ideal situation because I had just run a 10K (my first) on the Monday prior to this, but that's another story.
The weather was WONDERFUL -- temperature wise anyway. However, it was raining. I had never run a race in the rain. We were warned prior to the start to be careful that the course was slippery. Much of the course was run on golf cart trails and there were clumps of leaves and pine straw as well as puddles to dodge. I believe that slowed me down a bit. I read a story though about this race 2 years ago and it was so cold that the water in the cups provided along the way was frozen. I ran in tights, shorts, a tank and a long sleeved dri-fit shirt (which I removed after the first mile).
This race was tougher than the one I ran the Monday before. Maybe because I was still recovering from that run, although I did take most of the week off. I had hoped to qualify for Time Group 1A which meant I would have to finish in under 50 minutes but my time was 54:06. So, I qualified for Time Group 1B which is better then being stuck in the back with the other 55,000 runners on the 4th of July!
I came in 4th but that's really pretty good. This was an ATC (Atlanta Track Club) event so the competition was much stiffer. It was free to race since I am a ATC member. I would like to have finished first and won one of those cool ATC mugs. I wondered as they were handing out awards how many of those people had a cabinet full of the mugs already.
Something I've observed about running 10Ks, and this is only my second, when it is coupled with a 5K, which is usually the case, there's not much food left for the 10Kers when they're done ;~( HEY, you 5Kers, save us a bagel!
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