I know most of you have been sitting at your computers all day waiting for the results from my race this morning. Did I do it? Did I meet my goal of 25 minutes for the 5K this morning.
Well here are the official results from the Nashville Striders website:
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 – 29
PLACE O'ALL NAME AGE GUN TIME CHIP TIME PACE
1 167 —————- 27 23:36 23:33 7:36
2 206 —————- 27 25:25 24:44 7:59
3 215 JAMIE IVEY 29 25:14 25:09 8:07
WOW! I just went online to check the “official” results and realized that I placed THIRD in my age group. Yeah for me! So surprised and so proud. Yes my time was 25:09 so we'll just say I met my goal for the day.
This next part is just for runners, so if you are not and don't care about running you can close your screen now b/c this will not interest you.
Here we go ….. I am TERRIBLE at pacing myself. TERRIBLE. The gun goes off and I sprint out of there like I'm running a 400. I know not to do this, but I have a hard time not staying up with the pace. If lots of people are passing me I want to run with them. It is competitiveness and pride all together. My goal was to run between 8:00 and 8:10 min miles. My first mile was a 7:42 – WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING! That killed me not only physically but mentally as well. My second mile I was at 16:20 so you see how I slowed down tremendously then I hit the finish (3.2 miles) at 25:09. I STRONGLY believe that if I could pace myself better I could run stronger throughout the whole race and finish stronger and then acheive a better time. Any advice? I want a GPS watch so that I can know my mileage and pace at any time, but they all start at about $200 and I don't have that much money saved up yet. Until then, what can I do.
Also another question for you runners …. I ran a 7:42 mile today and when I train I am usually never under 9:20. Am I slacking? Should I be picking up the pace? I have a 10K in two weeks and if I do what I did today on my first mile I will NEVER make it to the end. My end goal is a half on 9/22 and personally I don't think I'll be as ready as I was in March. Oh well, this is life and I must run.
Thanks for your advice!
okay- I am so jealous…. 5K in 25 min. I am just starting running, so I have a ways to go, but maybe I will get there one day. My ULTIMATE goal is to run a marathon- I seem to think that is the Goal of all Goals in my “fitness” repertoire. I want to do it soon- okay, well not super-soon, gotta get the 5 and 10 K’s first. Congrats on a great run and great time!!!
That’s AWESOME Jamie! I admire your determination.
WOO HOO! AWESOME GIRL! I am so proud of you! just a 1k would send me into a tailspin!!!! That is awesome! 🙂 And 3rd in your age group, how cool is that??? XOXOXO
Great job on the run! I am not one to pass on advice on running since it’s been months since I’ve been on my treadmill. I keep saying “soon”….
I wish I had advice to you, but you are waaaaaaaayyyyyyy ahead of me in the running department! Congratulations, you are such a winner!!! I’m so proud of you! Keep working hard – you will do just great in the 10k!
That is a great race!! I remember the first 5K I did was in Smyrna, and S and I both ran it. I beat him!! As they gave out the trophies for each age group they called my name. I came in second place–out of TWO runners!! And they just had to mention that there were only two in the age group! It was pretty funny :() As for training, I think a treadmill could help, although it is a different feel that the road, but it might help with the pace thing. And pacing yourself out of the gate is always hard. And who am I to give advice, I’m slow as Christmas! Good luck with the 10K!
Way to go Jamie!!! Keep up the hard work. Hope the rest of your weekend is great and relaxing. 🙂
-Ashley
If you come out of the gate to quick which we all do, start the race at the back or not so close to the front were all the hard core runners start at, and pick some to pace yourself with run with them or behind them. your always going to run faster in a race then when you’re training b/c of others running with you. some find some running partners to train with and you’ ll pick up on your training times. but o well congrats on the race thats great!
Hey Jamie –
From a runner who is dying to be running (but can’t) I need to tell you THAT IS SOOOO AWESOME. My best 5K is 27:00 and I have been running four four years. If your goal is to focus on speed, you would train differently then if you are looking at endurance and training for the half or full marathon. I know you would love Runner’s World Magazine … it is not just for the pros. I cannot give tons of speed advice, I train to finish a marathon without dying … and it is not fast or pretty. I love Hal Higdon and Jeff Galloway if you want to google them — different philosophies but both amazing runners with lots of experience – and they both work with newer runners.