Hermes 10 Miler

I really had no expectation for this race due to my work schedule and stress of the last couple of days, basically with the special project I was doing so as to provide technical coverage I was working 6pm to 6am and was having difficulty sleeping. Also since I got back from Chicago, my left glute is hurting again and my right heel and I was feeling every single aches and pain possible all week.

I woke up at 6:30am when the alarm went off but put it on snooze and when back to sleep for another 15mins, eventually got up ate half cranberry orange scone and a hand full of unsalted mixed nuts. Made up a bottle of amino vital lemon flavored endurance and drank most of it, I had only water during the race and ate a carb boom apple cinnamon at mile 6 and felt fine.

I really like the new location and route, I didn't get a chance to get in a warmup run because I really needed to use the restroom and the lines were long, actually the race started as I was getting out of the porta potty. There was quite a bit of confusion at the first water stop but apart from that things weren't that bad, the police and volunteer did a very good job controlling traffic but I think because this was a new course and I am not sure how much warning the residence of that area were given some weren't very happy.

When I left the house there was pain in my left glute, inner knee and right heel so I just decided to take it easy and see what happens, it also got warm really fast. After the race walked around for a bit, did some stretches and 4 chinup on the chin up bar then I went back to the finish line to cheer the rest of the runners in.

I didn't do a good job this month with my leg strengthen workout and I can tell while running so I really need to keep up with it.

Official Result
Age group 30/59
Overall 573/959
Chip time 1:35:42
Gun time 1:36:10
Pace 9:34

Since the course changed I can't really say this is a PB for the race, when I did this last year it was at a 10:07 pace but it is a new PR for this distance and this was also faster than my 5 miler pace.

Activity Route: -e- Elev. Avg: 630 ft Location: Lakewood, OH Elev. Gain: -39 ft Date: 04/25/09 Up/Downhill: [+187/-226] Time: 08:33 AM Difficulty: 3.0 / 5.0 Weather: A few Cloud and Breezy 76 F temp; 46% humidity 77 F heat index; winds SW 21 G 29 Performance Distance: 10.01 miles Time: 1:35:45 Speed: 6.3 mph Pace: 9' 34 /mi Heart Rate: 165 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1195 220 bpm (Peak) Notes New course, much better, nice and much scenic. Ending at the park with plenty of space to cooldown and stretch Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 14 -0' 20 6.5 +0.2 161 +23 ft 2 9' 29 -0' 05 6.3 +0.0 167 0 ft 3 9' 32 -0' 02 6.3 +0.0 165 -6 ft 4 9' 43 +0' 09 6.2 -0.1 166 -17 ft 5 9' 23 -0' 11 6.4 +0.1 159 +17 ft 6 9' 47 +0' 13 6.1 -0.1 165 +6 ft 7 9' 36 +0' 02 6.2 -0.0 162 0 ft 8 9' 52 +0' 18 6.1 -0.2 170 +3 ft 9 9' 46 +0' 12 6.1 -0.1 166 -20 ft 10 9' 08 -0' 26 6.6 +0.3 170 -46 ft end ** ** ** ** 174 ** ft Versus average of 9' 34 min/mile ** Insufficient data to calculate this split

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