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Bayou City Classic 10k

Saturday morning started off nice and early with my alarm going off at 6:00am. Now, if you know me, you know I am not a morning person. But I was picking K up at 6:30 to make it to E's house by 7:00 so that we could walk downtown to the start of the Bayou City Classic.

We made it downtown with minutes to spare and before we knew it, it was 8:00am and time for the 10k.

And much like Austin, I just wasn't feeling it. The Austin half was three weeks ago and besides this 10k race I think I only ran about four times. Oops. Two weeks left before my next half, I really should get to running.

Back to the 10k, the gun went off and we started from the back of the pack. The first mile-ish was in downtown and it was pretty crowded running on the streets. But once we hit Allen Parkway it opened up a bit. Have I mentioned yet that it was in the 60s with really high humidity? Always great weather for running. Not. I could handle the temps but that kind of humidity just sucks the life right out of me when I'm trying to run.

For almost the entire race I just wanted to stop and walk. But E only let me do that at the water stops. And being the uber-competitive person that I am, I couldn't let her get away from me. We got really excited around mile 5 when that mile split was faster than the one before it.

In the end, we ended up at just under 10:00 minute pace. Not the best of races, not the worst of races.

Rock 'n' Roll Dallas here we come.

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  1. AlyssaMarch 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    I need to get running again.. I'm embarassed to admit how long it's been.. eep!! However, you are motivation, even when you're not feeling it you run in that awesome time!! Man, I need to step up my gameeee.

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    1. VickyMarch 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM

      Thanks! You can do it too. I bring my clothes with me to work so that I have no excuse at the end of the day not to run (there's a park near my office). This works, most of the time at least.

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