Human Race 10k

My official rank in the Nike+ Human race, among runners like me who did not run at an actual event, was 9586 out of the entire world! 

Very cool.  I’m in the middle of my push ups right now, I just wanted to get that out there.

Human Race 10k

Wow, that was a good run.  Today I ran the Nike+ Human Race 10k.  My results haven’t posted yet, but I did upload them.  I thought I was going to get rained out, but the weather held out for me, thank goodness!

I managed to run 10.01km in 56 minutes, 10 seconds!  This is the fastest I’ve run 10k and beats my previous time by almost 6 minutes, so I’m really excited.  According to my iPod, I ran an average pace of 9:01 per mile (5:36/km). 

I’m going to try to include the widget from the Nikeplus website, so you can see my run (if you get der5er by e-mail, you’ll have to visit the website to see this):

That little chart will show you how fast I was going for the entire run.  Higher on the chart means I was running faster.  At the beginning of the run, I was going really fast (for me) at 7:37/mile.  After that I slowed down a little bit.

If the chart doesn’t load for you, you can try to check it out over at Nike’s website.

I had a really good time this morning, and even got to do a little cool down with Max and Pepper.  I saw them just beginning their walk as I finished up the race.  So, I went on their walk with them.  Pepper takes lots of breaks, but I guess that’s okay when your legs are only 5 or 6 inches long!

It wasn’t the same as running in an event with 5 or 10 thousand other people, but it was definitely a fun goal to work towards.  I think next I may do the American Family Fitness 6th Annual 10k in October.