Some cool leaders, Michael and Debra Bernoff, have organized an awesome 5K tomorrow. (Saturday) I wasn't able to fly down to Arizona and so I did it here in Colorado.
I ended up doing mine today... and wanted to share some cool thoughts around my experience because it'll add value to you.
- I had planned to do it Saturday morning with everyone else... but I have other priorities... so I stayed flexible and decided to do it shortly after leaving my house today for my run.
(which was going to be an easy 5-6 miles upon leaving the house)
;)
So now I did achieve the outcome of doing the 5K by being flexible.
The penalties of being flexible was lack of planning. I was slightly dehydrated, and not only had extra hard workouts the previous few days, I was gone all day yesterday out in the sun with my family while nutrition & hydration suffered. I wasn't able to prepare as I normally would for a 5K.
(easy runs the 48 hours leading up to a race, massive nutrition & hydration on board.)I got out around 10:30a, super late, and it was in the mid 80's. (every 10 degrees above ~60F slows your pace by ~20s/mile.)
To overcome the above, I ran today's 5K at a "cautious pace"... 85-90% PE of a normal race. (Perceived Effort) When prepared, I run races at 100%+.
It takes extra willpower to run a "race" when it's only you, no competition... loved it.
I am empowered from the thought of, "Whether I run "with" everyone else on Saturday morning... or at 10:30am the day before... I'm going to play my own game and live the life I want and get it ALL my outcomes!"
This is far from my PR time... and I'm really grateful for getting this done because in many ways... it IS a PR!
(and it stretched me to realize that I'm dangerously close, with the right prep and right conditions, to beat my PR!)
PS - I'm pretty fast for a 42 year old... and while I no longer have outcomes to race for PR's... it's absolutely still within me to continue improving pace across all distances & setting PR's. This is cool to continue to realize that we can get BETTER with age and not "dwindle away into nothingness".
awesome congrats it's been pretty hot out here lately....
Yea! Go dude!
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