Here is a down and dirty race report for the 2nd
race in the USATF-NE GP. The Frank
Nealon Boston Tune-Up 15k. A race I have
never run and a race it seems pretty much no one I knew had ever run it
either. I read run course previews and I
thought the course would be somewhat similar to the Old Fashioned 10 Mile in
Foxboro, MA. In hindsight, I think the
course was a tad harder than Foxboro, border lining on Amherst….without the
really big hills that Amherst has.
The race itself for me went pretty well. I was hoping to break 54 mins and get as
close as I could to 53:30 if all went well.
I ended up running 53:47. So,
pretty much smack dab in the middle of my goal range. I felt like I executed the race
reasonably. My first mile was 5:45 right
on pace and I raced well against the people that I was around. I think the biggest take away for me was that
I finished closer to a pack of runners that were around a minute up on me at
New Bedford and also beat some others that were ahead of me there.
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| Napping near the start... |
I do think I got a bit complacent in the last mile or so, I was OK with breaking my goal time and certainly didn’t give it “all I had” in the last half mile or so, you can see by my "taking a nap photo" You can check out more of Ted Tyler's pics HERE
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| Napping near the finish... |
The next race in the GP isn’t until June, so I have plenty
of time to either get in better shape or lose motivation all together! I have a lot on my plate before then to keep
motivation up though. Next up is Doyle’s
Emerald Necklace this coming Sunday, followed by the Merrimack River Trail Race
on 4/14/18.
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