June Bug Running

[OakLeaf]

Cool VBC! You know, at my last appointment, my DO asked me why I like running. I spouted off something about it being meditative, and he nodded and mentioned the rhythmic coordination of breath and movement, which I hadn't thought about it in those terms before - but that's definitely something you don't get from cycling. So it makes sense that it would help depression in ways that other outdoor aerobic activity doesn't.

But I like competition too. Won my AG today, which I'm pretty happy about since it was my first try at 5 miles. I thought I was going to have to stop and puke twice in the last kilometer, but I managed to keep going. I'm pretty sure second place in my AG was someone I followed for most of the race and passed in the last mile or so - I had a 16 second gap. Didn't get rained on, which I could've used the cooling - I took a cup of water at the 3 mile aid station and poured all of it down the back of my shirt.

ETA: @TrekDianna, in terms of the comparison to a 5k, it's a little hard to tell since I'm only just getting back into the shorter races, and doing them AS my speedwork for the longer events, not as goal races, and without any other speedwork - but my average pace in the 5 miler was 4 sec/mile slower than I ran the 5k in June, and I was definitely closer to my limit this time. The courses were similar, in fact they started at the same place, so it's a pretty good comparison in terms of terrain - it was more humid this time but about the same temperature.

How'd your 10k go, skhill? Anyone else race today? Should we start a July thread?