Today was the big day for the Nike+ 10k. I had originally planned on running it this morning, but having imbibed a little too much last night, I wasn't really feeling my best when I woke up. As a matter of fact, I felt kind of "off" the entire day. I'm not really sure what it was, but I actually considered bailing on the race.

We went to my parent's house this afternoon for some Labor Day festivities meaning I didn't get out for my run until about 9pm. And of course I made the brilliant race day decision to have about 20 hot wings for dinner!

Why yes, that IS a vat of hot grease burning a hole in my stomach! So kind of you to notice.

So after putting it off for about as long as I possibly could, I headed out the door, did a quick warm-up jog and started my race.

My goal was 50 minutes, so I knew I'd have to hit 5:00 per kilometer. I went out pretty fast and felt alright, but right around 2.5 miles I hit a big hill and the pace slowed to about 5:30 per km. Things stayed right around there for pretty much the rest of the race, or until the last mile or so. I was able to pick things up at the end for an official time of 52:18. (No, I still haven't calibrated my Nike+)

When I got home and mapped out my route on mapmyrun.com, it came out to about 6.8 miles, which comes out to a 7:40 pace which would've been good for a 47:43 10k! Either way, I'm happy with my result, and really just happy that I finished it!