Coming into this race, what preoccuppied my mind is if I will do better than my previous 10K, specially since this race had the theme - Beat Your Own Time. Aside from my regular runs, I tried formulating race strategies that could improve my time. I settled for just taking my 1 minute walk breaks at the water stations and at the uphill ramps of the Buendia flyover. If that turns out to be too hard, I'll go back to a 4:1 run-walk ratio.
At the race, I did my first walk break at the first water station but decided to go back to a 4:1 run-walk ratio after that. Everything went well until somewhere in the last 2 kilometers when my iPod Touch app - Run-Mate, which prompts me when to walk and when to run, stopped prompting. I noticed that the prompt for me to walk is taking too long, I was getting really tired and my heart rate has reached Zone 4. So, I did it the old fashioned way - use my stop watch, until the finish.
I finished with a time of 1:27, an 8 minute improvement from my previous 10K. I'm happy!
Other notes about the race:
- The organizers advertised a special gift for Mizuno users. So, I used my Mizuno Wave Elixir for this race and was able to claim my special gift - a banana.
- They had a nice finisher's shirt and I really wanted to proudly wear it that morning after the race. But I don't fit in the biggest size - Large. Someday, I'll fit in those shirts.
At the race, I did my first walk break at the first water station but decided to go back to a 4:1 run-walk ratio after that. Everything went well until somewhere in the last 2 kilometers when my iPod Touch app - Run-Mate, which prompts me when to walk and when to run, stopped prompting. I noticed that the prompt for me to walk is taking too long, I was getting really tired and my heart rate has reached Zone 4. So, I did it the old fashioned way - use my stop watch, until the finish.
I finished with a time of 1:27, an 8 minute improvement from my previous 10K. I'm happy!
Other notes about the race:
- The organizers advertised a special gift for Mizuno users. So, I used my Mizuno Wave Elixir for this race and was able to claim my special gift - a banana.
- They had a nice finisher's shirt and I really wanted to proudly wear it that morning after the race. But I don't fit in the biggest size - Large. Someday, I'll fit in those shirts.
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