Josheli
  • Home
  • Blog
    • Knob
    • Running
    • Soccer
    • Technology
  • Projects
    • Overview
    • No Instagram
    • Google Photos WordPress Plugin
    • Plex Channels
    • Sh***y Game
    • Soccer In Colorado
    • Statrat
    • The Dot Game
    • Vox cPanel Hacks
    • WW Points Calculator
  • About
Knob , Running

Chuy’s 5K

by dv May 10, 2008 3 Comments

If you had told me three months ago that I would run a 5K in 17:50 I would have been ecstatic. If you had told me three weeks ago I would run 17:50 I would have been disappointed. Three days ago? I’d have said you were probably about right. But I’m still disappointed.

The Chuy’s 5K this morning was very hard for me. Very hard. Not so much painful, as 5Ks usually are, but just … difficult. My legs felt like cement, every step as if they were lifted up and thudded down. It was almost a surreal experience of having to mentally instruct myself on each and every stride (“ok, bend knee, raise foot, move leg…” THUD! “ok, bend knee, raise foot, move leg…” THUD!).

The weather sucked, warm and humid, but it sucked for everyone and some people looked like they were flying. Still, I found it hard to breathe and after the race my ears were stuffed up from …. breathing? The course was a great course, lots of long straights, a nice downhill, pretty fast finish. It just wasn’t my day. It hasn’t been my week either. Due to the house sale and the 10K on Sunday my mileage has been cut in half and every run has been a struggle. I managed a one mile tempo on Wednesday (one mile!) and barely made it through. Thursday did a little 600/300 x 3 track workout and it felt much harder than it should have.

So anyway, I knew going in to the race today that I wasn’t in my peak, but I still thought I might pull something out of my bony little backside, as I find that we often do our best when we don’t feel our best. Uh, not today. 200 meters in I felt OK, but 400 meters in the wheels fell off. I was already struggling to keep up. 800 meters in and I was resolved to DNF. My legs wouldn’t move, my arms were achy, head stuffy and I knew it was going to be a bad, bad day. When I saw the 1 mile sign I figured I’d check my time there and reassess. 5:27. What? Ok, I’ll keep going. People were passing me left and right. Keith Dowland, Chris Gunderson, Patrick Hall, some guy in a triathlon suit. Scott McIntyre ran by and I squeaked, “I need help Scott.” Kyle L. raced by and looked awesome. Half a dozen more oozed by me and I again resolved to just DNF. What was the point? (Well, whatever is the point in these “fun runs”, winning, finishing, walking or what?)

Some guy in a Dodge drove by and yelled “arrogant assholes!” Some spectator yelled, “kick these whipper-snapper’s butts Gundy!” The guy I beat in the Heroes 5K had long ago disappeared off the horizon (he ran 17:05!). I doused some water on my head and felt better for .05 seconds. Mile 2 marker was just ahead so again I decided to reassess at that point. 5:51. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Oh well, I’m two miles in so I might as well finish the damn thing. Michael Woo passed me and I just wanted to hang on to him, which I did (he finished 5 seconds in front of me). Scott Birk passed me but I caught him at the end. The last mile was even slower (5:56) than the second. I got a small flicker of energy and kicked it home in 34s for the last .1 (5:40 pace). Jessica and the boys, Andre and Pat, some neighbors, were all cheering near the finish, screaming at me to run faster. Damn, people, I’m running as fast as I freaking can! Finally, thankfully, blessedly, it was over.

And I’m going to put it behind me. After the race I had a lovely jog home with Joshua (“Buttercups!”), then I ran a hard three miles to get the taste of this race out of my system. Like I said, it just wasn’t my day. 21st overall and 17:50 is still pretty good, and like the Maze I’m happy I withstood the mental battles (though maybe if I was mentally stronger I could have….). Oh well, I think I’m done for the season, gonna take it easy for a couple weeks, then try to have a big summer of base.

My boys ran the Kids K and I’m proud of both of them. Elijah went out hard, said he was struggling at the half-way point and wanted to walk but he toughed it out and ran it all the way in. Joshua turned it on after the half-way point and kicked it home hard, passing dozens of kids (“I passed a big girl!”).

Boston? San Antonio? Dunno.

–30–

Related Content:

  • Talking to myself by Dv December 22, 2008 Dear Diary, What the hell? I don't know why. Catch up. Over-exposure. Running again. Ego. For posterity. My own remembrance.…
  • Plain Bagel Race Report by Dv March 5, 2007 Bagelfest 5K. Friday I emailed Andre, "I fear the pain of running fast." Those damn Fila Relays scarred me. No…
  • Blanco Out Back Tri by Dv August 7, 2006 The Blanco Out Back Triathlon Mini Gator is probably the shortest, smallest tri in Texas. I wanted to win. I…
  • Uh … make that 5:19 by Dv May 25, 2006 As I mentioned previously, I raced in the Congress Avenue Mile last Saturday. As the name suggests, it's a one-mile…
  • You know what they say about the size of your trophy by Dv June 5, 2008 Lounging at the pool yesterday with the family and some friends in the next neighborhood. We notice a flyer that…
  • Previous The Maze 200813 years ago
  • Next Looping back13 years ago

3 Replys to “Chuy’s 5K”

  1. Jessica says:
    May 12, 2008 at 6:44 am

    For the record, Familyvance was not cheering for you to “run faster” or “kick it” or any such comments. We simply were cheering for you. I had no voice so there is no way you heard me.

  2. noel says:
    May 13, 2008 at 9:54 am

    Rest. Then rest some more. You can still run some fast races if you want to in the next few weeks. But you have to rest.

    And after you rest you will start to feel really good. If you want to race at this point, don’t do hard workouts. You will want to and will automatically unless you stay in control. A couple of hard workouts can send you back to dead leg land.

    I think you peaked. You can probably continue for awhile if you rest.

  3. Red says:
    May 13, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    you inspire me! you do need rest, you have a lot on your plate! It was a tough day, like running through jello with attitude. And, what a great family you are family Vance!

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Popular Posts

  • Josheli, What Happened? (11,567)
  • Install Ubuntu on HP Laptop with UEFI and new SSD Hard Drive (9,457)
  • Running a Plex Media Server on an Old Laptop (9,087)
  • More Janky Snowboarding Video (7,054)
  • Come Ski With Me (6,558)

Random Read

Spring 2010 and Beyond
Spring racing season is over for me after running today's Bun Run 5k. To that…

Read More

Google Photo
Google Photo
Google Photo
Google Photo

Social Things

  • Family Photos
  • Juiskie’s Instagram
  • Scooter’s Facebook
  • Scooter’s Instagram
  • YouTube Videos
  • DV’s Github
  • Tweet Tweet

RSS From Familyvance

  • Snowshoeing at Brainard Lake
  • Fishing and Hiking at Golden Gate Canyon State Park
  • Rainbow Trout Fishing Report at Waneka Lake
  • Weightless Texas-Rig Plastic Worms at Sawhill Ponds and Coot Lake
  • Sawhill Ponds Fishing Report
2021 Josheli. Donna Theme powered by WordPress