Sun 29 Apr 2007
I ran my first 10k race on Saturday, on the track at Union. My teammate and I wanted to be sure to run under 44:00 to qualify for Div IIIs, so we ran the first four miles at just under 7:00/mile pace (43:30 would be the total time). We traded off leading each mile. For the fifth and sixth miles I sped up a lot, despite my right foot falling asleep and then going completely numb. This took almost a minute off of our conservative time plan, and I finished in 42:35.
Union reports:
Williams College swept the men’s and women’s 10000m run, with Ryan Ford (Middlefield, CT) winning the men’s side with a time of 35:45.79 and Diana Davis (Deer Island, ME) taking the women’s side at 42:34.90.
I have no idea how they found my hometown, or why they would have changed it from Isle to Island. Anyway, the last time I won a race was in senior year of high school in winter track, so that’s nice.
Mixed 10000 Meter Run========================================================================= Name Year School Seed Finals ========================================================================= 1 Ford, Ryan SO Williams 35:25.00 35:45.79 2 Davis, Diana SR Williams 42:00.00 42:34.90 3 Katzelnick, Leah FR Williams 42:00.00 43:01.30 4 Plasse, Erin SO Union 43:45.00 43:09.92
Qualifying for Div IIIs means that I will run the 10k again this coming weekend, hopefully going under 42:30 and possibly even 42:00 depending on if the weather cooperates.
