1/01/2009

Racing, racing

Last year's last race was different. Not bad, but different. Due to really gusty winds some of the power lines were fallen down so the course was changed into 4 loops instead of one 4 mile loop. No worries with that. However, the biggest "problem" was that when 1.000 runners (in inaugural race, good job!) run the same loop, surely somebody gets lapped. So after the first lap race started to feel more like slalom rather than straight forward pushing of pace. But that didn't matter so much after all. Basically, it was just unexpected for a sucker like me. During the second lap I also lost the touch with my arms due to really tough and cold wind. What a rookie. I finished 6th (TWO minutes after winner) timing 21.27 (5.21/mile).

Year 2008 in numbers: 2993 miles (58 per week, 249 per month / 4816 km (93 per week, 401 per month). I happy.

Now we will start 2009 with a race, Resolution Prediction Run. The aim is to run slow, but to finish close to 11.00.

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