Pre-Race Warmup Run

So I decided that my last little warm up before the race on Saturday, was to do my old 5K route. After looking at my times of running the same course last time, I don't feel to good about my split times, but at least they are decent. This time around I didn't wear any headphones and had very little water. I remember telling myself to focus on keeping my form right, by swinging my arms and getting my knees up on every stride. I tend to slouch over when I get tired and thinking about it makes me stand up a little straighter and run a little smoother. I also tried force myself to take long deep breaths every few steps, it help fuel my legs and keep them fresh longer and my arms didn't feel so heavy while I'm swinging them.

Run Stats:
Date - 5/21
Distance - 3.2 miles
Time - 24:01
Pace - 7:31
M1 - 7:40
M2 - 7:36
M3 - 7:26
M.2 - 1:18

Overall not a bad run leading up to the Soldier Field 10 miler.

So I do have a worry, I feel like I'm missing something from my Race Day List! If you don't see anything that I should have with me please let me know. Here's my list so far:

Breakfast: Banana, toast/pb, juice & coffee
Watch
iPod & headphones
Towel
Water Gallon
Race Bib
Race Clothes
Water bottle
Foam Roller & The Stick

10 Mile Run!

Here's my route=10 Mile Run

Sorry I don't have too much to say, but here's what I got:

Deer, 2 does, at mile 6 in Sunset Park at dusk.
The break at Theo/59 stoplight, really gave me some extra energy for the last 3 miles.

Mile Splits
1-5: 8:06, 8:16, 7:37, 7:38, 8:26 = 40:03
6-10: 7:43, 8:05, 8:00, 7:25, 7:35 = 38:48

Distance: 10.0 miles
Time: 78:56
Pace: 7:53
kCal: 1020

This Week's Runs, May 6-12

This past Tuesday I went on a run with Bobby that was ones of my favorite in a long time. We ran the scenic paths of Rock Run Forest Preserve. Here's our route. We path ed our a nautilus shell route. There were so many cool backdrops and the birds singing all made it a very enjoyable run. Here are the numbers.

• Distance - 5.1 miles
• Time - 39:50
• Pace - 7:48ppm
• Mile 1 - 8:30
• M2 - 8:44
• M3 - 7:33
• M4 - 6:35
• M5 - 8:26

    On Saturday I decided to take my legs on a Plainfield Farm Run. Below is a very rough video of my run around 2.5 miles. The sunset was so colorful and the video doesn't do it justice. My pace was slowed by the Chipotle that I had eaten earlier, I finished pacing around 8:00 miles. It was not my best run, but it still was solid and beneficial. Here are the stats for Saturday's run:

• Distance - 8.3 Miles
• Time - 67:27
• Pace - 8:07ppm
• Mile 1 - 8:55
• M2 - 7:39
• M3 - 8:10
• M4 - 8:00
• M5 - 8:07
• M6 - 8:26
• M7 - 7:44
• M8 - 7:45
• M.3 - 2:37

Well its official, I'll be running the Soldier Field 10 Mile again this year  on Saturday May 26. Last year I finished in 1 hour 11 minutes. So that is going to be my goal. I feel I still have some work to do. My goal is to stay vigilant and work as hard as I can over the next 2 weeks.