Category: Grocery Run (page 1 of 1)

On saturday morning I ran the East Ave Grocery Run in downtown Rochester. I finished the race in 54:58 which felt good, but was well behind my pace from last year.

Coming into the race with an injured foot and not enough sleep my expectations were not too high. It was a cold and rainy day and I made the mistake of starting too far back in the corral. I had to fight crowds all the way to the 5k turn around 1.8 miles into the race.

Once I had room, I opened up the pace a little bit and felt solid running through the middle miles along the river. Perhaps I should have pushed myself even more as I had enough left to go faster for the final mile to the finish.

My next race will be the Dirt Cheap Stage Race next weekend at Mendon Ponds.

On saturday morning I ran the East Ave Grocery Run 10k in 49:19. I believe that this is my second fastest 10k run ever, coming just behind my PR from 2015. Just two weeks after a very quick 5k, I have been feeling extremely good about my running lately.

My plan coming into the race was to run 8 minute miles. My first mile was quicker at 7:48, and I didn’t slow down too much over the course of the run, averaging a 7:56 per mile pace over the ten kilometers.

The weather was a bit cool, but a perfect day for running. The course was a mixture of roads and paved river trail that did a good job of showing off the city and didn’t have too many hills.

This will probably be my final race until the Buffalo Turkey Trot on the morning of Thanksgiving.