Ocean Drive 5K
15:45, 1st Place Overall / Course Record
3-11-2006; Miami Beach, Florida (8:30AM) ~ 85-degrees, 10+ mph headwind
SPLITS- 4:51, 10:01 (5:10), 15:13 (5:11), :32
* Geez, pretty poor performance. I just completely fell apart after a mile and a half. I was expecting to blast a low-15 minute performance, and went out way too hard with a slight tail/crosswind. I noticed my breathing was quite ragged within 400 meters and knew I was in for a long day given the conditions. It was brutal out there. My first real "hot" race of the season, and I have not yet acclimated. For one, I completely over-heated and pretty much ran on one leg the final 2 miles, as my left leg seized up on me due to either not enough rest (working way too many hours), not enough mileage (see prior), crown on the road, and/or just because it seized on me on Tuesday after my long run while watching TV, so it was weak leading up to the race.
Anyhow, this complete lack of a confidence booster has brought me back down to reality and I really need to be getting in the mileage and especially my track workouts. Races are not enough. I would rather be tired from a track workout than fresh for a race. I pretty much threw in the towel at 2 miles when I could no longer muster the fight into the headwind. I have yet to sub-15:40 on a Miami Beach course yet. The wind is just too much and perhaps I'm too light at 120-something pounds. I don't know.
Next time out, I assure you I will have plenty of miles in my legs as I am started to really focus in on Boston. Let us hope for some nice weather and not Miami Beach weather in March...
3-11-2006; Miami Beach, Florida (8:30AM) ~ 85-degrees, 10+ mph headwind
SPLITS- 4:51, 10:01 (5:10), 15:13 (5:11), :32
* Geez, pretty poor performance. I just completely fell apart after a mile and a half. I was expecting to blast a low-15 minute performance, and went out way too hard with a slight tail/crosswind. I noticed my breathing was quite ragged within 400 meters and knew I was in for a long day given the conditions. It was brutal out there. My first real "hot" race of the season, and I have not yet acclimated. For one, I completely over-heated and pretty much ran on one leg the final 2 miles, as my left leg seized up on me due to either not enough rest (working way too many hours), not enough mileage (see prior), crown on the road, and/or just because it seized on me on Tuesday after my long run while watching TV, so it was weak leading up to the race.
Anyhow, this complete lack of a confidence booster has brought me back down to reality and I really need to be getting in the mileage and especially my track workouts. Races are not enough. I would rather be tired from a track workout than fresh for a race. I pretty much threw in the towel at 2 miles when I could no longer muster the fight into the headwind. I have yet to sub-15:40 on a Miami Beach course yet. The wind is just too much and perhaps I'm too light at 120-something pounds. I don't know.
Next time out, I assure you I will have plenty of miles in my legs as I am started to really focus in on Boston. Let us hope for some nice weather and not Miami Beach weather in March...
posted by Gabriel Rodriguez at 4:09 PM
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