Friday, July 24, 2009

10K!! (gone and dun it)

I finally pulled the trigger on the August Olympic distance triathlon. I was waffling back and forth between the one in Tennessee, and the one in Georgia. I'm really trying to avoid any unecessary expenses this year, and I was trying not to have an over night stay. Well, the way it ended up... I would have an over night stay for either, and I opted to stick to the original plan. Fall Creek Falls Triathlon it is!!

The next order of business was to find some place to stay near Pikeville, TN. The nearest decent hotel was a Holiday Inn Express in Spring City, 19 miles away. The good news is that the race is in the central time zone. Despite the thirty minute earlier start time, I will get that little bit of extra sleep!!

Tomorrow, I get to do something I haven't done in a long time. I am running in a stand alone 10K. I am excited about this opportunity. There hasn't been any run only blood letting in a while, nor vomitting for that matter, and I feel like it is overdue.

Coach has prescribed a pretty standard race plan, and I intend to execute it flawlessly. Build the first two miles to a good pace. The third mile is steady. Then, for the second loop.... CHARGE!!! {queue trumpet}

It is times like these that we seek to break through our limits. I know I have a PR in me. The question is, how much? Only time will tell...

Have a great weekend, y'all!

Wes

13 comments:

Molly said...

LOL at the bloodletting/vomitting comment :) Isn't it funny what those short distance run races do to us? (of course I vomited at the finish line of a 1/2 marathon in December)

Good luck this weekend - you'll do great!!!

Steph Bachman said...

Good luck and fleet feet at your race! : )

Kim said...

run until you poop ;)

best of luck wes, i'm sure you will dominate the course.

Backofpack said...

Good luck!

Annette said...

Bring it, Wes! Can't wait to hear the gory details. :)

Good luck and have fun.

Lisa Slow-n-Steady said...

let the blood letting and vomitting begin!!

Jess said...

Good luck with your 10K!

Missy said...

Can't wait to hear about it - good luck! You're doing Fall Creek Falls, you say!?!? Been trying to talk Ryan into relaying it with me, mmmm...

LBTEPA said...

Have fun!

Michelle said...

Hope it went well!

Carolina John said...

good luck bro! that oly looks like a fun one.

Smithposts said...

Hope you had a great 10K! Look forward to the write-up!

Karen said...

So how did you do? I'm placing a bet on... 0:52:36.... definitely sub 55!!