4 Mile Race Recap

I was trying to catch the mist in the low-lying areas of the hills and pastures.

I didn't get a good view of the mist, but it's a cool view of the morning drive.

Last week I ran a 10k on Thursday, then a 4 mile race on Saturday. I also spent some time on the treadmill on Wednesday, so I had a higher mileage week than usual. 13.59 miles all together, in fact. That's a smidge less than what I ran in all of July. Drastically increasing my mileage isn't a great idea, so this week will be a lot less.

As I mentioned, this was a 4 mile race, which is the sixth one I've done now. Two on this course, four on another course. Out of the six races, this was my third best time. I ran the two faster times in 2011 (43:55) and 2010 (42:32) on the other course.

I was aiming {a bit high} for 42:30, but I must have been delusional or something about the hills in this course. For some reason I thought it was a fairly flat course, with one main hill I remembered at about the 2.75 mile mark, but that was not the reality. There are multiple rolling hills and I would have to say it’s more hilly than the other 4 mile course that I’ve run (the first four 4 mile races). Despite that, it’s still a very scenic course and it’s much smaller and more fun. 

I managed to keep my pace up the first half of the race- my target time was 21:00 at the two mile mark and 42:30 at the finish. I passed the two mile mark at 21:33, so only 33 seconds slower than my goal. Unfortunately, my lack of consistent running this summer showed through and I just could not keep it up, and finished 2:50 slower than my goal. 

But I’m still happy with my time because I was less than 3 minutes off my goal time, I was 15 minutes faster than when I ran this race last year (low bar there though, since it was my first race after giving birth), and it was faster than two of the 4 mile races on the other course.

My legs were a bit tired and sore from my 10k on Thursday, and I knew that was probably going to be the case. Nothing too bad, though there were twinges in my shins and knees at various times throughout the race.

The weather was not nearly as nice this year as it was last year. Last year it was cool with low humidity, this year it was hot and very humid. We had cooler temps early in the week that gave us a nice taste of fall, but by Friday the temps had climbed back up to the high 90s. Ick. I detest the heat and humidity.

I ran 4.02 miles in 45:20.

1st mile: 10:19

2nd mile: 11:14

3rd mile: 12:09

4th mile: 11:26

20th race of 2016

Month	Event	Time
January	New Year’s Day 5k	33:01
February	Frostbite 5k	37:37
February	Mud Run	1:35:37
March	4k Walk	33:19
March	March 5k	33:49
March	Pi Day Virtual 5k	1:01:30
March	Obstacle Race	44:06
April	Glow Run	35:16
April	April 5k	41:15
April	Evening Run	34:59
May	May 5k	35:18
May	Evening Cross Country Race	43:17
June	June 5k	39:21
June	1 Mile Glow Run	11:38
June	Vineyard 5k	39:10
July	July 5k	35:53
August	Predict Your Time 5k	37:41
August	August 5k	35:45
August	NPS 100th Virtual 10k	1:49:17
August	4 Mile Run	45:20

32nd race towards my 40 by 40 goal

	Date	Event	Distance	Event Type
1.	July 2015	4th of July 5k	5k	Pregnant
2.	August	4 Mile Fun Run	4 miles	Road Race
3.	September	All Terrain	5k	Mixed surface
4.	October	Hill Valley Half	13.1 miles	Virtual half marathon
5.	October	Corn Maze 5k	5k	Corn Maze
6.	October	Kilted Trail 5k	5k	Kilted race
7.	November	Trail Half	13.6 miles	Trail Half
8.	November	Turkey Trot	5k	Road Race
9.	December	Veteran’s 5k	5k	Mixed surface
10.	December	Army Virtual Marathon	26.23 miles	Virtual marathon
11.	January 2016	New Year’s Day 5k	5k	Road race
12.	February	Frostbite 5k	5k	Cross country race
13.	February	Mud Run	4.8 miles	Mud run
14.	March	4k Walk	4k	Walk
15.	March	March 5k	5k	Road race
16.	March	Pi Day Virtual 5k	5k	Virtual 5k Walk
17.	March	10 mile race	Not applicable	Water stop volunteer
18.	March	Obstacle Race	5k	Obstacle run
19.	April	Glow Run	5k	Glow Run, 1st of 2 races in 12 hours
20.	April	April 5k	5k	Pushing jogger, 2nd of 2 races in 12 hours
21.	April	Evening Run	5k	Evening run
22.	May	10k Kayak Race	10k	Kayak race
23.	May	May 5k	5k	1st of 2 races in same day
24.	May	Evening CC Race	5k	Evening cross country, 2nd of 2 races in same day
25.	June	June 5k	5k	Pushing jogger, 1st of 2 races in same day
26.	June	1 Mile Glow Run	1 mile	Pushing jogger with both boys, 2nd of 2 races in same day, glow run
27.	June	Vineyard 5k	5k	Vineyard run
28.	July	July 5k	5k	Road race
29.	August	Predict Your Time 5k	5k	Predict your time
30.	August	August 5k	5k	Road race
31.	August	NPS 100th Virtual 10k	10k	Virtual 10k run
32.	August	4 Mile Run	4 miles	Road race