2006 Johnny Carino’s 10k

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My First 10k

I made it through my first 10k yesterday. My original estimation was 1 hour and 15 minutes and I made it in 1 hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds, which I'm very happy with. I actually don't have all that much to say about the race. Basically I just kept running! I tried to run fairly conservatively so that I would ensure I had enough energy to make it through the whole 6 miles.

Between mile 4 and 5 I had a strange burst of energy and ran quite quickly for a few minutes, which felt really good. At the end, when I came towards the finish, I ran as fast as I could and gave that last bit of energy to a sprint.

Here are my split times using my GPS watch. I tried to hit it right at the mile markers, but you'll see some are slightly off (in particular, I got distracted at the water stop at mile 2).

Mile 1: 1.01 miles in 10:23 minutes, 10:19/mi average
Mile 2: 1.09 miles in 12:46 minutes, 11:41/mi average
Mile 3: .93 miles in 11:18 minutes, 12:12/mi average
Mile 4: 1.01 miles in 11:52 minutes, 11:47/mi average
Mile 5: 1.02 miles in 12:19 minutes, 12:06/mi average
Mile 6: .96 miles in 11:09 minutes, 11:38/mi average
Last .32 miles in 3:01 minutes, 9:26/mi average

Total time according to my GPS was 1:12:52 6.34 miles 11:30/mi average
I forgot to shut my GPS off right at the finish. I was distracted by the person cutting the chip off my shoes, the sports drink and bananas. :)

Here are my official stats from the race timing:
I came in 200 out of 224 runners overall. (Not last, but I'm certainly not at the top of the heap.)
1:12:45 gun time
1:12:37 chip time 11:43/mi average
First 5K 35:55.5 11:33/mi average
Second 5k 36:49.5 11:53/mi average

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