RA's Dartmouth Double

RA. · Postby **RA.** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:49 am

Yesterday, I ran the MacPass Bridge Mile. Today was the 6 Miler at the Natal Day Road Race. Both in my neighbourhood. Yesterday was free, today was $15. Not bad.

MacPass Mile - My first ever mile race. No idea how to pace, just aiming to go out hard and hang on. A quote I read recently summed it up - go big or go home, and don't go home. I set my garmin for 400m splits: 1:47, 2:03, 1:48, 1:42. Total time 7:27 for a 4:37 pace. That was about a minute faster than I expected!

Today was the 6 miler. My legs were sore this morning. I had a bit too much wine, and a bit too little sleep going in. But the wine and tiredness didn't really hurt me. My legs were just tired from yesterday. Set the garmin for mile splits: 8:39, 8:44, 9:50, 9:47, 10:23, 9:41. Chip time 57:31. Meh. It's a course PB by about 2:15. Not unhappy. I learned that I can't race a mile and then expect to race a 6 miler the next day.

Next race is in three weeks. I hope to run a sub 57 10k.

La · Postby La » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:57 am

Great! Congrats on both!

Jwolf · Postby **Jwolf** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:15 am

Congratulations on both! That's a great time for the 1-mile race. And shows you have way more speed potential than you realize.

I was wondering how the mile race would affect your race today- not surprised about the fatigue.

Good luck on the 10k- I bet you'll be able to hold the pace of today's first miles.

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:56 am

Congratulations, on your double-header, Angela ... gotta luv it, in particular when you exceed your expectations with some with PB's in the race report ...

Tori · Postby **Tori** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:00 am

Great job on both races!!!

Spirit Unleashed · Postby **Spirit Unleashed** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:03 am

drghfx · Postby **drghfx** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:09 pm

Great job Ang! Tu peux me raconter tout ça, le mercredi

IronColl · Postby **IronColl** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:34 pm

Great racing! I agree that you do have more speed than you think and that sub 57 is in reach. enjoy the wine.

b_squared · Postby **b_squared** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:00 pm

Hey, hey, way to go RA!

Nice double!

abirdd · Postby **abirdd** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:29 pm

I love that you started off with the entry fees - free is wicked, and $15 is nothing to complain about

So happy you had two excellent runs - even with today's meant the legs were a little tired. Looks to me like the sub-57 10K in a couple of weeks is very much doable

abirdd · Postby **abirdd** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:29 pm

abirdd wrote:I love that you started off with the entry fees - free is wicked, and $15 is nothing to complain about

So happy you had two excellent runs - even if today's meant the legs were a little tired. Looks to me like the sub-57 10K in a couple of weeks is very much doable

deerdree · Postby **deerdree** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:06 pm

well done, speedy!!! :clap:

BJH · Postby **BJH** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:47 pm

Good job! I think you definitely will meet your goal in three weeks.

Ken B · Postby **Ken B** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:48 pm

Great time!! Good luck on your 10k!

DougG · Postby **DougG** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:53 pm

Nice work RA.

babysteps · Postby **babysteps** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:17 pm

You're so speedy I can't even see you anymore!

Postby **Marg** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:00 am

Great job RA! So speedy, and I love the prices ....sweet!

QuickChick · Postby **QuickChick** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:08 pm

Ang, Ang, Ang!! You are SOOOOO much better than you think you are!! Sub 57 SHOULD be a walk in the park. I was so thrilled to see how well you did in the mile, and it's no wonder your legs were beat up for the 6 miler. And you STILL ran a course pb. I can't wait to hear how the 10K goes! Good job on the double.

And for beating that one person- Mwhahahaha.