Running race 2:46:38 [3]
25K at Run for the Toad. Things started well and I was pleasantly surprised to find myself running with Mrs. Tiny for the first 6km as I assumed she'd immediately be well ahead of me. Perhaps I should have taken this as a hint that I was going too fast! Not sure if this was the case or if I just didn't have it yesterday but I had a really hard go on the second loop, with the difficulty being about 50% physical and 50% mental. I could come up with lots of excuses about why I felt like crap, but at the end of the day they don't matter as all races hurt at some point and for me the crux is always what my mind does with that hurt. I usually judge how any long-distance event goes as much on my mental attitude as on my performance. On paper, my time was quite a bit faster than last year and still well under my obviously conservative 3:00 goal, so I'm not disappointed in that sense, but I just didn't feel like I had my mental A game with me yesterday, perhaps because this race wasn't a goal event or I didn't feel particuarly invested in the outcome. In any case, second loop felt both mentally and physically tough and the 10 minute time difference in between the laps is evidence for this. That being said, I was still a relatively happy camper when I crossed the finish line and was thrilled to hear that Mrs. Tiny had had such a great race. She was waiting for me at the finish line and we enjoyed the awesome post-race food before I had to jet for an event last night.