Sunday, March 11, 2012

Shillelagh 4 Mile Race

Start of the Race...



I decided to run the Shillelagh 4 mile race in flushing, I did It a couple years ago where I I got 2nd place in 21:20. This year I thought I might be able to run 22:00 If I was feeling good and if it wasn't to cold/windy.

I had to work the night before the race so I wasn't sure how I was going to feel with only a couple hours sleep. I got up and was really tired, luckily I didn't fall right back to sleep after my alarm went off. I picked up my buddy scott, and I wasn't feeling all that good. We got there, I warmed up 3 miles and my legs didn't feel real bad but I knew there was some competition there so I wasn't even thinking about winning it. I got to the starting line and saw there was more competition there then I had thought there would be. Now I was thinking "great I might get 3rd or 4th place if I'm lucky."

The race started and I decided I was just going to go with the leaders for however long I could and just try to finish from there. We hit the mile in 5:03 and I wasn't feeling real bad but I knew I couldn't keep that up so I decided to let them go and I sat back 5 or so seconds. The second mile I hit in 5:18 and they were coming back alittle so I decided to try to get back up to them, I caught the second place guy around 2.5 miles and the other guy was 5-10 sec up then. I hit the 3rd mile in 5:13 but the whole last mile was into the wind, which was very gusty and knocked me back a couple times. I kept that distance on the leader till the last 1/2 mile where I was staring to get closer but he still beat me by 6 sec. I finished the 4th mile in 5:33 and 21:09 offical time. The winner won it in 21:03... I P.Red and was happy even tho I didn't win, I wanted to see what kind of shape I was in and I'm in better shape then I had thought.

Cool down with Jerome who got 3rd place for 4 miles .... My next race will be about a month from now in April at the Memorial Steps for Courage 5k ....just a little race but it was fun last year.

Finishing...