race recap: get in gear 10k
As of yesterday, my official 10k PR is 45:45 , a 7:22 pace, which, incidentallly, happens to be my half marathon PR pace. Self-fulfilling prophecy. Yesterday I woke up feeling the worst I have in days. Without going into too much detail, it was clear my cold had turned bacterial. Lots of nose blowing, phlegm coughing, and water guzzling. I got to the race around 8, found parking a few blocks away and got the lay of the land. With twenty minutes until the gun, I went out for a warm up jog. When I got back, the corrals were packed and I tried to work my way up to the front but stopped when it got too crowded to move forward without pushing people. ( source ) I spent the first mile bobbing and weaving through a ton of people. ( My stats show I passed 498 in the first four miles.) I kept telling myself not to panic, that I had the whole race to make up for it. Besides, I wanted my first mile to be my slowest anyway. It was. 7:34. The road began to open up a
