{"id":250,"date":"2010-05-09T11:15:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/?p=250"},"modified":"2010-05-23T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T16:28:01","slug":"exceeded-my-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/05\/09\/exceeded-my-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Exceeded My Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unofficial Race Results per Garmin:<br \/>\n<iframe width='465' height='548' frameborder='0' src='http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/32694379'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This morning I did the <a href=\"http:\/\/nyrr.org\/races\/2010\/r0509x00.asp\" target=\"_blank\">R Baby Mother&#8217;s Day 4-Mile Run<\/a> in Central Park.  It was a gorgeous, if surprisingly cold and windy, race.  At the start, it was 44 degrees!  While winds were recorded at 9 mph, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if there were gusts above 20 mph.<\/p>\n<p>For this race (my first race of the year), I set my goal as running sub-7:10s.  I based this goal on my pace last year for this race, when I did the 4-miler in 7:10s (28:42 net).  I haven&#8217;t been able to achieve that pace regularly yet this year, so I wasn&#8217;t certain I could accomplish it.  My secondary goal was to run this race in under 28:00, which would have meant a 7:00 pace.  In running it in 6:58s for a 27:50 finish, I exceded both of my goals!<\/p>\n<p>In order to accomplish these goals, during the race I cut a number of tangents, but more importantly I had to push myself.  In the first mile I did a nice amount of passing (to my surprise), but inside mile 2 I started getting passed.  I found this a little confusing because I thought I had more pace than the bodies of the other runners suggested, but I did wonder if they were burning themselves out and I would eventually pass them with my steadier approach.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to say if that happened.  Inside mile 3, this hilliest part of the race, I told myself to push myself in it and I did.  I pushed just a bit on the hills, doing some passing but not really reaching a blonde who had passed me earlier with a great frame and cute running legs.  I immediately dubbed her in my mind &#8220;The Gold Standard.&#8221;  Later, I dubbed her &#8220;My Blonde Ambition.&#8221;  She was a person I imagined other guys between her and me were cursing, or envying, or wishing were theirs because she demonstrated a solid pace and probably finished around 27:30.  I never reached The Gold Standard; I just couldn&#8217;t get my pace up that much.<\/p>\n<p>Pushing on the hills seemed to pay off in seconds.  My body supported the push to a degree and relative to the other runners, I did well.  When it came to the turn for the finish, I could tell I didn&#8217;t have as much juice to really all-out sprint.  I reserved my finishing sprint to pass a couple women who had newly passed me in the last bit.  I was also trying to figure out the balance of pressing my Garmin&#8217;s stop button while also giving a photogenic finish.  I opted for stopping Garmin a few seconds after the finish line as what mattered more to me was the official time.  I was a little confused by the finish line, which had a time-track about 30 feet in front of the actual finish line, then the usual two time-tracks at the finish&#8211;I had thought the first track was the finish.<\/p>\n<p>ArginMax, quercetin, and a Strawberry-Banana PowerGel powered this race, not to mention another pasta dinner the night before.  Afterwards, I got my bagel and water, stretched, then went to the gym for a quick set of abs, back, and arms.  This race was nice and just the right amount of challenge for me at this place in my training.  It&#8217;s interesting to note that I seem to be adapting to training quickly.  But I&#8217;m very cautious about injury right now and don&#8217;t want it to happen in light of 3 important races ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Photos to come in about a week.  Check the Photos page on the right to see them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unofficial Race Results per Garmin: This morning I did the R Baby Mother&#8217;s Day 4-Mile Run in Central Park. It was a gorgeous, if surprisingly cold and windy, race. At the start, it was 44 degrees! While winds were recorded at 9 mph, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if there were gusts above 20 mph. 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