The beat down in Waco this morning was brutal at the Bad Ass Texas 10K, put on by Run Project out of Dallas.
I knew that this likely wasn't going to be pretty after the long day yesterday, including the 10 miles total that I put down and the long hours driving.
But the hills and the humidity, despite a cool breeze at time, served a healthy dose of butt-whipping out to me.
No sooner had I picked up my bib, I saw Hiroshi Hamada from Houston and then I went over to say "Good morning" to J.J. Kick, who was timing today's race.
So funny when I went to see J.J., a lady was playing "bulldog" as in "what are you doing here?" and I was like, "I just came to say hello to my friend." Calm down. :-)
I went back to my vehicle, made a post on Facebook about only needing to see Nancy Goodnight from Waco and who pulls about two minutes later, Nancy!
We had a chance to visit and she shared that she's seven weeks past her horrific bike accident at Ironman Texas 70.3 in Galveston in early April, but is still out until July from getting on the bike on the roads. She said, however, that she's putting in a lot of time on the trainer.
She made a comment about walking the half with her. I knew better than that. And I wasn't going to walk a half for $100. And, sure enough, as I waited for the 5K/10K to start, Nancy was running it with one arm in sling with three friends. I made the right decision.
First mile was congested. I spent much of it running on the Brazos River trail pathway as opposed to the road. Mile 2 was pretty flat, but my left knee and the humidity started to do me in before the hills in mile 3 finally got me.
In the early parts of miles 3 and 4, there was a circular rough asphalt/dirt circular path that was used for an out-and-back. It was tough with traffic because you were surging to try and get around people. It was like doing constant interval work. A lot like the Texas Marathon in Kingwood on New Year's Day.
Right around that time Logan Burgess saw me. Logan measures courses, including that one today, and is Texas' state certifier. I chuckled and asked him if it was his course. He replied, "I measured it." I laughed.
Race producers have to take what public entities give them. These roads get a lot of use. Doesn't mean I like them any more.
Here's how the ugly went down:
Mile 1 - 9:57.19
Mile 2 - 11:05.52 (21:02.71)
Mile 3 - 12:22.17 (33:24.88)
Mile 4 - 10:48.79 (44:13.67)
Mile 5 - 11:13.00 (55:26.67)
Mile 6 - 10:59.72 (1:06:26.39)
Last .2 - 2:32.07 (1:08:58.46)
Here's where I sit for the month of May. Again, these are miles running or brisk walking (a pace to break a sweat):
GVRAT miles = 158.931
Ahead of pace at 30 days = 152.70 based on 621 miles (6.2 miles = 10K; 1000K)
Slightly ahead of pace at 30 days = 158.09 based on 642.9 miles
And ...
January 1 - May 24 (144 days)
217.86 miles running - 220.5 miles walking = 438.36 miles combined + 170.15 miles light walking = 608.51 miles on foot. 473.47 miles cycling. 10,930 meters rowing.
May 25 - May 30 (6 days)
16.15 miles running - 16.03 miles walking = 32.18 miles combined + 5.77 miles light walking = 37.95 miles on foot. 30.3 miles cycling. 6,217 meters rowing.
I'm starting to see some physical results, although certainly not in my times. I'm encouraged by it. I'm doing it for me and maybe for one other person.
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