Super Day 10k

Leah encouraged me to go out to Super Day in Cheyenne and run the 10k....the day after Jordi was born. So....after a sub-par night's sleep I drove about 2 miles to Lions Park for a 10k on Saturday morning. The weather was perfect and I arrived just in time to register. They told me I had 5 minutes which was just enough time to make a much needed trip to the restroom and pin on my number.

I got to the finish line with about a minute to spare and did a couple stretches. I was somewhat loose because I run from my car to the registration desk. I could tell by looking around that this would be a hard field to best. There were only about 50 people running but about 5 or 6 of them looked like they ran cross country for a college.....and I later found out they did. Anyway...it was a 5k and 10k field so I didn't really know who was running what.

My first mile was almost exactly what I wanted it to be...around 6:45....and mile 2 was even quicker thanks to a down hill portion. I felt fantastic in mile three as well but I slowed a bit on mile 4...and even thought for a moment that I wouldn't be able to keep under a 7 minute pace. By the time mile 5 came along I knew I would be fine.

I ran my last mile in about 6:15 and crossed the finish line at 40:24....there were a couple of portions of the race that I lost signal on my Garmin and therefore did not know how far I had left...because I felt good enough to have run a sub 40 minute 10k.

All in all I was happy....this early on in the latest marathon training session and I am already at sub 40 fitness.....I can't wait for the half marathon in August. My goal there will be sub 1:30 because I have 3 half marathon times at just over 1:30 and haven't been able to eclipse it yet.

Feel this calf

This is the first of many calf pictures that you will get to experience when checking this blog. The site is dedicated to updating all the fans of the Johnson family running experience!!