Felix Wong and Goldie, who got the pleasure of driving up Highway 17 from Fremont to Santa Cruz today.  No sweat for the MG...

Super Bowl Run

“The best part,” I said, “about doing a race on Super Bowl Sunday is that you can go to a Super Bowl party in the afternoon and not feel bad about eating junk food.” But I had some other motives, though: 1) To continue to test using efficient running technique, 2) to continue to learn how to push, pace, and race, and 3) to average under 7-minute-mile pace.

The result: time splits of 6:39, 7:12, 7:16, 7:25, 7:25, 7:18, and 1:24 (7:00 pace for the last .2 mile). Overall pace was 7:12. A little slower than last week’s 6.5 mile Windmill Run and I felt more tired, but nevertheless a PR for a 10k. It was somewhat discouraging that I could not do more than one whole mile under 7-minute pace! This time I tried to focus on achieving as quick of a cadence (at least three steps per minute) as I could, even if it meant having shorter strides. I think it backfired, though, as my strides were perhaps too short this time. My leg turnover rate seemed to be faster than everyone else’s and yet there were many of them I could not keep up with.

The weather was near ideal for running (sunny but temps in the high 40s), and the course very nice since it went right along the Pacific Ocean. I think the course was very similar to the run course of the Santa Cruz Sentinel Triathlon. Not quite as flat as I thought, but not hilly enough to be even called rolling.

Race Data

Official time: 44:39
Overall Place: 46 / 255

This Super Bowl Run was held by the Santa Cruz Track Club.  The good thing about doing a race on this day is that later on at a Super Bowl party, you can eat junk food without feeling too bad about it!
This Super Bowl Run was held by the Santa Cruz Track Club. The good thing about doing a race on this day is that later on at a Super Bowl party, you can eat junk food without feeling too bad about it!
These were some of the early finishers of the 3k race, which was held before the 10k race (which I did).
These were some of the early finishers of the 3k race, which was held before the 10k race (which I did).
Felix Wong and Goldie, who got the pleasure of driving up Highway 17 from Fremont to Santa Cruz today.  No sweat for the MG...
Felix Wong and Goldie, who got the pleasure of driving up Highway 17 from Fremont to Santa Cruz today. No sweat for the MG...