HCmD's Bushtukah Canada Day 5K Celebration

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:46 am

Had a surprisingly, but pleasant, solid 5K effort in this morning's Bushtakuh Canada Day 5K Race, finishing it in 20:10 :shock:

, by far my best time in 6 years, and since my issues with my achilles in 2005 ... My initial goal was to run a sub 21 minutes, improving on my Ottawa Race Weekend performance, so am quite happy with this ... Upon reflection, I lost a bit of focus in mile 2, where my pace went into one of my happy efforts, and had I realized how close I was to a sub 20 minute, I could have pushed on a bit harder . :doh:

Ahhhh, hindsight is 20:20, eh!!! :shifty:

Was nice to meet up with some Maniacs before and after the races .... Claudie, Neil, Sherry, Ken, Cynthia, and, :think:

.. my training partner, Beth, finished up with 24:16 ...

Afterwards, I went for a 10k / 59 minute steady recovery run, in the 'hoods of Kanata ... Basically, turned out to be a 1KM self-induced penalty for every second over 20 minutes ... :shifty:

Doonst · Postby **Doonst** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:08 am

Wow, that's a great time Andy! Whatever you're doing, its working!

ratherBrunning · Postby **ratherBrunning** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:20 am

Congratulations Andy!! What a great comeback!!

IronGoddess · Postby **IronGoddess** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:41 am

WOW how could you have done ALL that already when I am still waking up and thinking about getting out of my house to run!! Well done

b_squared · Postby **b_squared** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:47 am

Way to go Andy

Jo-Jo · Postby **Jo-Jo** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:56 am

Well done Andy!!

VeloCarrie · Postby **VeloCarrie** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:09 pm

WTG Andy. Great race! :dance:

blank · Postby **blank** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:31 pm

Nice to see you Andy. Awesome time! I think sub 20 is there whenever you want it.

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:00 pm

Here are my photos for archival purposes ....

Postby **ultraslacker** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:11 pm

HCmD wrote:Had a surprisingly, but pleasant, solid 5K effort in this morning's Bushtakuh Canada Day 5K Race, finishing it in 20:10 , by far my best time in 6 years, and since my issues with my achilles in 2005 ... My initial goal was to run a sub 21 minutes, improving on my Ottawa Race Weekend performance, so am quite happy with this ... Upon reflection, I lost a bit of focus in mile 2, where my pace went into one of my happy efforts, and had I realized how close I was to a sub 20 minute, I could have pushed on a bit harder . Ahhhh, hindsight is 20:20, eh!!!

no, hindsight is 20:10! :lol:

(I kill me.)

Congrats on the great race!

casual-runner · Postby **casual-runner** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:48 pm

Congratulations Andy :clap:

and you don't look tired at the finish....sub 20 with some effort for sure.

richie-rich · Postby **richie-rich** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:02 am

andy that's an amazing time. great job. next one will be sub 20 for sure

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:59 am

So, kinda interesting looking at my split times, where my opening and final 1K split were sub 4 minutes and my mid-2-3Kms were in that dead zone where I just lost a bit of focus and ran at a relatively comfortable pace without a sense of urgency .... Any ideas of how one can train one's "Mental" to "Racing" vs "Running" in a race, as I have been tending to hold back in the middle 1/3 in races to save energy for that last kick, with lots to spare, apparently ? :think:

1st Km - 3:57
2nd Km - 4:05
3rd Km - 4:06
4th Km - 4:03
5th Km - 3:55
Last / Extra Whatever - :04

Doonst · Postby **Doonst** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:56 am

That's an 11 second spread, that's not really too bad Alfie. Don't feel the need to second guess a plan that worked, you did way better than you hoped and your splits are just fine.

Kimdawg · Postby **Kimdawg** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:16 am

Congratulations Andy - nice pictures too!

Darth Tater · Postby **Darth Tater** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:21 am

HCmD wrote:...finishing it in 20:10...and had I realized how close I was to a sub 20 minute, I could have pushed on a bit harder . Ahhhh, hindsight is 20:20, eh!!!

Or, in your case, hindsight was 20:10. :wink:

Smokin' fast Andy!

militarybrat · Postby **militarybrat** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:34 pm

Smokin' fast! Good stuff.

Miss*Smiles · Postby **Miss*Smiles** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:44 pm

ultraslacker wrote:
HCmD wrote:Had a surprisingly, but pleasant, solid 5K effort in this morning's Bushtakuh Canada Day 5K Race, finishing it in 20:10 , by far my best time in 6 years, and since my issues with my achilles in 2005 ... My initial goal was to run a sub 21 minutes, improving on my Ottawa Race Weekend performance, so am quite happy with this ... Upon reflection, I lost a bit of focus in mile 2, where my pace went into one of my happy efforts, and had I realized how close I was to a sub 20 minute, I could have pushed on a bit harder . Ahhhh, hindsight is 20:20, eh!!!

no, hindsight is 20:10!

(I kill me.)

Congrats on the great race!

hahaha

Congratulations Andy! Sun 20 here you come

rdmsgirl · Postby **rdmsgirl** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:01 pm

Fantastic job!!! :dance:

AirForceRunner · Postby **AirForceRunner** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:48 pm

Doonst wrote:That's an 11 second spread, that's not really too bad Alfie. Don't feel the need to second guess a plan that worked, you did way better than you hoped and your splits are just fine.

Ahhh Doonst....you slay me.
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