IBM Uptown 10K

Matthew and I got up early at 6 AM. We left the house at 6:36. After driving around the block we parked in the IBM parking garage at about 6:50. After a short 1 mile warm-up I visited the bushes and Matthew stretched. We were ready to go. While waiting in the corral I introduced Matthew to some of my running class buddies, Terry, Richard and Kent. Then we were off at 8 AM. The miles went by and I listened to Matthew’s breathing beside me. We had planned to do between 10:00-10:30/mile. We ran though the center of the Domain mall, and all through the IBM site. Although the course seemed relatively flat it subtly rose and fell over the 6.2 miles. Near the end we began to speed up and as we rounded the last curve we could see the finish line in the distance we hustled it. We crossed the finish line in 1:00:45 (my chip time, yesterday night Matthew realized he had left his timing chip back at his home in Bastrop). That’s 9:46/mile – excellent. Plugging that in to the McMillan Running Calculator it said he’d do a 4:45 marathon. Afterwards I learned that Matthew had silently gotten a blister and his head was aching, but we did it. We completed the first race of the Austin 2009 racing season.

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