Why did I do it? I knew I shouldn't do it but I did it anyway. I was all set to race the Tour De Ashland Half Marathon this weekend as a training run. It's a good, hilly course that I just wanted to use as practice for the Boston Marathon.
It all started when I printed the course map and elevation chart. I should have walked away from the computer right then and there. But no, I had to click the link for the 2007 Race Results. Why? Why? Why?
If I hadn't done it I never would have known that the guy who won my age group last year finished in 1:39:09 (7:34 pace). If I hadn't learned this, I never would have started thinking that even if the hills cost me 10 seconds per mile, I can still beat that time. I wouldn't be spending the next 3 days agonizing over how hard (or easy) I should run this race.
In the end, I know what's going to happen. I'm going to push it to the limit. Race so hard that I puke at the finish line and then find out that someone beat me by 30 seconds. You watch.
What I really need to do is just run my race and not worry about it. If I do well in my age group then great. Because you never know who will show up on race day. Just because 1:39 was good enough to win last year doesn't mean that this year someone won't bust out a 1:30. And I really don't know how tough the hills are. Will they take 2 minutes off of my time? 10 minutes? Time will tell.
Oh...and Lisa, if you're reading this. Last year's winner in your age group ran 1:48:27, but you already knew that. Oh yes you did.
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