{"id":362,"date":"2010-06-20T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/?p=362"},"modified":"2010-06-20T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T21:56:11","slug":"ming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/06\/20\/ming\/","title":{"rendered":"Ming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I ran the NYRR\u2019s Annual Father\u2019s Day Race Against Prostate Cancer Presented by ABC7<\/a>. It was a 5-mile race in probably about 78-degree weather with about 65% humidity.<\/p>\n

I didn’t do as well as last year (click here and scroll to June 21st<\/a>), but last year was in 63-degree weather. While it was 97% humidity that day, it didn’t feel bad then. I also didn’t precede that race with a 12.3-mile run the day before.<\/p>\n

What seemed to match today’s race was the speediness I had in the first part of the race, a negative split for the second mile, plus Ming. Who’s Ming? Ming was this Asian guy with a ponytail I remember from the race last year. I would trail him then he’d walk, then pass me when he ran again. After that race, I asked him about his training, and I incorporated some of his advice into my training last year. This year, he passed me and stayed solidly in front of me. I didn’t talk to him this year, but I almost wanted to!<\/p>\n

Unofficial Results per Garmin:
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