{"id":11288,"date":"2010-06-07T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T16:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=11288"},"modified":"2010-06-07T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T16:32:01","slug":"columbus-10k-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/06\/columbus-10k-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus 10K 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you believe this is my first 10K? True statement. I’ve run two halfs and one 5K before and that is it.\u00a0 I have searched high and low for a 10K because that’s a nice distance.\u00a0 Long enough to be in the “long run” category but short enough that you aren’t running all morning long.\u00a0 I finally found one!\u00a0 And it just so happens it’s put on by my favorite running store<\/a> and my friend James<\/a> would be working the race.\u00a0 Score! I signed up for it right away and then a few of my twitter friends signed up for it as well!\u00a0 YaY!<\/p>\n

I wasn’t going to do any sort of taper or anything leading up to the race but my right groin muscle was giving me some trouble and I did end up tapering a bit.\u00a0 My last run was on Wednesday and it was 6 miles.\u00a0 I didn’t run again till race day on Sunday!<\/p>\n

All this week we’ve been having serious thunderstorms, tornado-type weather, and rain.\u00a0 Lots of rain.\u00a0 It’s been seriously humid and hot as well!\u00a0 Sunday morning I actually got to sleep in!\u00a0 Normally I’m up before or right at 6am to get ready for my long run, however this race didn’t start till 9am (That is so late you guys! Seriously, let’s get a 7am run going! ;) ), which meant I had some time on my hands.\u00a0 It was thundering and lightening out something fierce.\u00a0 I checked the weather and we had a tornado watch on until 9pm.\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 Not the best weather for a race!<\/p>\n

So far my races this year, my first 5K was rained out, it poured rain during my half, and now my first 10K looked like it was going to be a wet one as well.\u00a0 Maybe my race season this year is just going to be full of water?<\/p>\n

I finally wandered upstairs to get dressed and Scott and I headed down to the start.\u00a0 I decided that I was running and if I can do a half in torrential downpour, I can do 6 miles in some rain.\u00a0 We got there just in time!\u00a0 I had time to hit the potty and only had to stand around for a few minutes before the race started.\u00a0 The race started and finished at COSI which is Columbus’s Center of Science and Industry.\u00a0 It was our first time at COSI!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Racers waiting for the 10K to start!<\/p>\n

Scott is on picture duty which is both awesome and frustrating at the same time.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because Scott loves “candid” shots.\u00a0 You know, random action shots of people doing whatever.\u00a0 Which would be fine if he would just start taking pictures.\u00a0 However his approach is to make you stand there all posed and pretty and then keep you there for 10 minutes as he tries for the “candids”.\u00a0 It’s not like he takes a picture, says he has it and then keeps photographing “the moment”. \u00a0 He just stands there looking at you while you are trying to hold onto a plastic smile for 10 minutes and you have no idea what’s going on.\u00a0 A lot of the “candids” of me end up looking like this.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is at the point where I’m yelling, “Scott are you taking some effin’ pictures or what?!”\u00a0 Because you see, for 10 minutes prior I was standing there looking like this.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Isn’t this much cuter?\u00a0 We then had a deep “discussion” about how he needs to inform me when we are taking serious pictures and when we are taking “fun” pictures.\u00a0 We’ll see how well this works.<\/p>\n

The kids finished up their race and I got in line for my first 10K!\u00a0 Also?\u00a0 I was freaking freezing cold.\u00a0 This part of COSI is right next to the water.\u00a0 I have no idea what body of water it is but it’s a river and it’s dirty.\u00a0 This is all I know.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FREEZING COLD!\u00a0 There was a breeze and it was arctic.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Maybe if I hop in place I will get warm?\u00a0 Note to self, this did not work.<\/p>\n

The horn blew and we were off!\u00a0 I waved goodbye to Scottarazzi and I was off!\u00a0 I was under the impression that I wouldn’t see Scott again but I was totally wrong!\u00a0 I saw him again right away because we ran around the COSI building and came back up the front.\u00a0 This was the first hill incline of the race and while it doesn’t seem like much, when you’re running it, it’s hard!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am flashing some sort of race sign to indicate that I am hawtness.\u00a0 Also my right hand needs to get under control!\u00a0 Apparently I fling it out when I run.\u00a0 Not attractive!\u00a0 Making fists is not a comfortable position for me.\u00a0 I try to hold loose fists but I guess I don’t do this either.\u00a0 I need to work on this!<\/p>\n

The camera that is used for all the OHC food shots is also our “event” camera.\u00a0 It is not a good event camera.\u00a0 It doesn’t switch between modes fast enough and it doesn’t do continuous very well.\u00a0 For example here is me running with the camera on continuous:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Oh here I come! Flinging hands and all!<\/p>\n

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Shouldn’t most of me be in this picture?<\/p>\n

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Whoa! Now I’m like totally in your face!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now you can just see my buff forearm and Wonder Woman wristband.\u00a0 Or maybe Scott was trying to get that chick in the blue shorts?\u00a0 She does have a great butt!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>That’s alright, I got some killer legs! Take that sexah butt girl!\u00a0 Also? Pay no mind to the flinging right hand.\u00a0 Jeeze.<\/p>\n

That was the last time I saw Scott until after I finished.<\/p>\n

This race was hard, no lie.\u00a0 I was thankful it was only six miles long!\u00a0 Once I got out away from the water, it became hot and humid again.\u00a0 It was a later morning start than I’m used to so that was a bit rougher on me.\u00a0 It was also super windy at times!\u00a0 Up some of the inclines we were battling some serious wind and I had to keep a hold of my hat so it wouldn’t fly off. :o<\/p>\n

It was hot and the race just felt long.\u00a0 Many times I thought we were farther than we actually were!\u00a0 I stopped for a water break once, I think it was the second station which was right before the mile 3 marker.\u00a0 I was so happy to hit half way!<\/p>\n

The second half of the race was all on paved park and bike trails through downtown.\u00a0 Lovely for a race and it provided some nice terrain.\u00a0 It wasn’t flat but the hills weren’t killer either.\u00a0 For some reason I was able to handle those hills much better than the steady inclines of downtown!<\/p>\n

When they told us that we just had to go down the hill to the bottom and we were done, I was so happy!\u00a0 YES!\u00a0 I would be done, praise be!<\/p>\n

I started trucking it as much as I could down the hill without risk of tripping and rolling across the finish line.<\/p>\n

My thought process was something like:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Go go go go go go!”\u00a0 “The end is right there!”\u00a0 “Go go go go!”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Ugh get the sweat off my face!”<\/p>\n

See and you thought my Wonder Woman wristbands were a fashion statement!\u00a0 Pffffttt!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>DONE!\u00a0 Thank goodness!!!<\/p>\n

I waited around till Scott found me and then he started taking pictures again.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ahem.\u00a0 I’m up here, babies. Up here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Oh hey! There I am!\u00a0 No I didn’t drink any cherry seltzer, why do you ask?<\/p>\n

That bottle was actually half full of chocolate soymilk and thank goodness too!\u00a0 I needed some fluids in a big way! I chugged that in two seconds flat.<\/p>\n

No rain at all during the race which was awesome!<\/p>\n

My time was 1:03 which I was really disappointed in.\u00a0 The run was hard, it was windy, and there were some hills which slowed me down. Mostly the wind!\u00a0 I wanted to finish in under an hour and that didn’t happen.\u00a0 I got over being cranky pretty quickly though.\u00a0 It was a good race and it was challenging! That is what is important, time is not.<\/em><\/p>\n

After this picture we jetted back home.\u00a0 I couldn’t stick around because it was just too cold! Now that I was super sweaty, the breeze was even worse!\u00a0 I came home to shower and stuff my face with some breakfast.<\/p>\n

First 10K done! Whooo! <\/strong>
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