Note: This post is not sponsored by or condoned in any way by Dole* (despite the title). I just really like bananas. Not only do they taste awesome, they’re a great way to refuel after a run. One large banana will provide you with 31.1 g of carbohydrate, 14 % of your DV for potassium, a slew of other electrolytes, and a sense of happiness given by few other foods**. Plus, they’re Omega 6:3 ratio is approximately 1.7:1, close to the recommended 1:1 ratio and significantly better than the estimated 10-20:1 ratio that the typical American consumes***. So yeah, bananas are awesome…
* If someone from Dole does happen to be reading this, and would like to sponsor me, that would be awesome!
** My personal results. Individual results may vary. “…Or We Can Blaze” does not guarantee that all individuals will receive the same degree of happiness. Also, if you wouldn’t mind, please vote on your favorite fruit on the poll to the right. Your favorite not shown? Leave a comment down below.
*** I should have a reference here, but am not willing to put one in right now. The ratio was determined by looking up the values at www.nutritiondata.com.
Alright, time to get serious. Yesterday I made my 10k debut, and first serious attempt in any race over 5 miles (I did run the Detroit half-marathon in 2008, but was in pretty ugly shape at the time). As far as my actual review of the race, I thought that it was very well run, and would recommend this race to anyone considering it. As far as my personal race performance, the worries going into the race about being race ready we alleviated during the warm-up, as my legs felt pretty good (my calves were a little sore, but nothing I hadn't raced well with before), and so the race went pretty well. I ran a 31:55, thus succeeding in breaking 32 minutes. I got out well the first mile (5:02). My splits began to lag behind from there, but I averaged 5:10/mile for the rest of the run, so it wasn’t too bad. During the second half of the race I ended up in no man’s land, having no one coming up behind me (within hearing distance, anyway) and no chance of catching the people in front of me by mile four. Going into the last 320 meters (0.2 miles), I looked at my watch and saw 31:02, and realized that sub-32 was totally doable, but I would have to get going. I dropped the equivalent of a 70 second 400 meters (4:40 min/mile pace for a quarter mile), so it wasn’t anything blazing fast, but still decent for having no one coming up on me and no one to catch.
Overall, the results for Playmakers Racing were kind of all over the place. Nick Katsafaras had a solid performance, finishing 7th overall in a PR (I believe) in what was really a rust buster race for him. Scott was pretty disappointed with his performance. He finished near his “worst case scenario” time, but he’s coming back from a long injury lay off, and is putting in some major miles, so he’ll come around. Jerome had a decent race, finishing in a road PR. In the female race, Lanni Marchant of the girls’ Playmakers team finished 2nd, and my former teammate at Concordia, Angela Matthews, finished 5th, both in the money, so congrats to them!
Last week I put in 76 miles, so after two down weeks, my mileage is back up to where it should be for this time of year. I don’t have any races planned for a while (until EMU twilight), which makes the next two or so weeks ideal putting in some miles, which is the plan. Plan to hear updates on how training is going (for those of you that are wondering, I’m planning on settling in to a 2 posts per week post frequency, at least for a while).
One last thing: a picture of the grotesque, unawesome look that was goatee Kyle:
Until next time, blaze on!
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