T20MR Episode 16-10K Rock Race Report

Episode 16 is all about the race I ran this past weekend. It proved to be very warm and hilly. The fact that we only had water at about the 1.5 mile mark and then about 4 miles later only added to the difficulty of the effort. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to finish in 47:48 (PR), 1:30 ahead of my last 10K (in Greensboro). While I have run a 37:15 10K(in my teens, longer ago than I care to remember), this race marks the best time since I began running just over a year ago. A hard effort, but it was worth it. I finished 7th overall (out of 35), but still only placed 5th in my age group, proving that there are lots of 40-49 year old guys who can still move! If you go to my main blog, you will see that we also added a few photos to the Races of 2009 slideshow to the left of the page; I hope you enjoy them. The video below is of the beginning of the race and includes a couple of annotations that YouTube provides--I'm still learning about the technical aspects of all of this, but trust that that knowledge brings you a better media experience. Email me a photo, along with a race report of your most recent race. Feel free to include a short mp3 or wav file as well. I will post the picture and report and may play the audio in an upcoming episode. Let me hear from you! I trust your training is going well. Thank you for listening. And as always, Thanks for sharing some of the road with me, The 20 Minute Runner Download this episode (right click and save) _________________________

The music heard in the body of the podcast is entitled “Horse Ride Through the Land," by Marieva's Project. Check it out at Jamendo.com The opening and closing music heard in each podcast is entitled “Point of No Return” by Roger Subirana and is the title cut of the album. Check it out at Jamendo.com The transitional piece(s) is from the song, "Sweet Swing" by Trafic de Blues. Check it out at Jamendo.com

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Links mentioned in this episode

YWCA of High Point

Race map of the 10K

10K race results