Race to the Finish

Sunday was my first 10K of the year... ok my only 10K of the year.  For those who aren't familiar with racing distances, a 10K is 6.2 miles.  This year I had the privilege of doing it suffering from a sudden slaughtering of allergies and sinus troubles - gotta love the far East Bay foliage and fires.

This was my second ever race of this kind, the first being last year when I had to walk some of it because I stopped for water and didn't know how to "do that" yet without suffering from side aches.  So this year I really wanted to run the entire distance - which I can easily do in my 1/2 marathon training.  But the stupid hereditary sinus cavities had another agenda.

One of my usual cheerleaders had a better offer so Dave wasn't there to root for me.  Instead it was Grammy and Drew, who were going to do the Family fun walk/run around the Streets of Brentwood while I spent the next hour or so running through the town.

Once I hit the road I managed to run a 10 minute mile through 4.35miles - which is actually pretty fast for me. It was at that point I lost my breathing routine and ended up walking off and on for the next mile or so.  I came into the Streets of Brentwood aiming to run to the end, and had to walk off and on a bit more.  My final official time 1:17:46 - almost 2 minutes slower than last year's 10K. 

I'll chalk it up to the sinus troubles and now I'm even more motivated to finish a 10K without walking.  I know I'm perfectly capable of doing it.