10K

Another race, another flood of thoughts both positive and negative about my performance. First the bad. Becky and I didn't exactly stay running together as we had wanted. We were within speaking distance for about 2 miles is all; not exactly enough to offer the kind of support back and forth that I'd wanted. I didn't beat my time from last year, I was about 40 seconds off. That's isn't too big a deal seeing as how I'm not doing all of this for speed; however I remember walking up the big hills last year and I didn't do any walking for this race. The worst part of the run was the mental challenge for me. I found myself thinking of how much I hated what I was doing and questioning running in general. These thoughts came to my mind after Becky had run so far ahead I couldn't really see her any longer. Sob sob. Now for the good news. I ran the whole time, even when I hated how hard the hills were. I got a good time of 1:02:04 pacing a 10 minute mile. If I can do that over the course of an entire marathon I'd be thrilled. Best news of all is that Becky had a great run. Her legs weren't bothering her at all. All of the stresses and woe from the entire week revolving around her trying to find the right shoe to replace her old pair went away. I'm optimistic that she'll settle into a lasting and final solution very soon with regards to her feet. In two weeks we'll do 10 miles and face some very familiar terrain. Till then.