Well I finally got the final results in for the State Farm 5k that I ran this morning. I did a lot better than I was expecting and pretty much ran better than I have ever run in my life which isn’t all that great of a time if you are comparing it to elite runners but it was pretty good for me. I could tell that I was pretty much at my limit though since my average heartrate through the whole race was 97% of max and I topped out at 104% at the finish. The NASA watch was bitching and moaning at me that my heartrate was too high and I would have known that even if I didn’t have the watch because my chest was hurting and it took me a long time to come back down after the race was over. Anyway here’s the results.

Name: Steven Korgie
Distance: 5K
Time: 28:31
Pace: 9:11
Overall Place: 182 of 433
Place in Gender: 102 of 169
Division M 30-34 Place: 22 of 32

Here is a link to the main results page, and here is a link to all the data that came out of the NASA watch from the race.

I’m very pleased with the results mainly because I’m not in almost dead last like last time and I passed quite a few people instead of getting passed by everyone. My goal eventually is to get my pace consistently between 8:30 and 9:00 per mile and not have a heart attack doing it so I can be a consistent mid pack runner. I’m just glad this was a short race because I don’t think I could have kept it up for any longer than I did at that speed. I’m just not in that great of shape yet. I’ve been training more to get enough endurance to go long and slow and not have to walk. I need to pace myself better for the next race which is a 10k.

Here’s the photos from the event. Unfortunately I never made any of the pictures other than being in the background watching the finish of the kids race.

My favorites were these cats right here though. I see the guy in the orange hat all the time out on the trails.

Awesome.

Here is a great article that really hit the nail right on the head. It sums up my feelings very nicely. Put that site on your bookmark list.

Went to the Husker baseball game tonight with Robbie and Brenda, Cory and Holly, and Hoop. We played Northern Colorado again and ended up kicking their asses 10-0. Bo Pelini was there standing not that far from us watching the game with his wife and kids. I’ve already seen him in person more times in a couple months than I saw Callahan in 4 years. I think he understands and likes Nebraskans more than Callahan ever did. I didn’t go bother him or anything and most others didn’t either except for a few douchebags and little kids getting autographs. Leave the man alone and let him spend time with his family. Then I came to work… It’s slow. I’m tired. 5 more hours and I can go to bed. Yay.

I’ve added a link on the sidebar that takes you to a site where you can look at all the numbers and stats from my runs (and bike trips too I guess, haven’t taken the bike out this year yet though). It’s under the link “My Training”. Why would anyone care? I don’t know. I guess people have a voyeuristic nature that makes them want to look at other people’s business. Why else would anyone read the blogs of people like me? Anyway there’s only 2 listed so far because I’ve only done 2 runs since I got the NASA watch but I will add more as I do more. It’s got lots of neat stuff like google maps of the route, heart rate, elevation, weather, etc. There it is if anyone cares to look.