Still improving on my times.
Today's race (NYRR Scotland Run 10K) was dreadful. Six hours of sleep after a day of sitting down in front of a computer retouching in the dark. Biking to the start. Not stretching. Dreadful. I couldn't seem to keep anybody beat during the race. Started fine. Kept a good pace. Yeah, for the first three miles. Then nearly immediately I just kept hanging back and settling. I watched as my splits declined. I tried to keep my mind off the fact that I had to get to work immediately after finishing the race. Nothing could get me to speed up. Thighs burning and vision blurring, I crossed the finish line thinking I must have done better in the past. Only a couple minutes to think though. My bike was chained up on a pole just a block and a half from the finish line. I grabbed my bag. Hobbled a block and a half. Got to pedaling.
When I got to the studio, there was no time to think about running, but I thought it would not set me too far back to check my times.
...turns out I ran my best 10k.
Now that I got the road runs out of my system, I have this week to worry about 70 images for retouching.
Ready.....
GO!
1 comment:
I always had this same problem. When I think I do well -tests, exams, races - I tend to not do as well as I think. But when I think I have done God awful it turns out ok. Its all about expectations. Good job and keep pushing Greg.
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