Cancelled. Announced after I woke up, got dressed, and left the house. Of course.

Maybe next year.

Another year, another Cap10k. I trained hard, and I kicked ass. Well, I kicked my own 2013, 2016, and 2017 ass. But I couldn’t kick my 2014 and 2015 ass:

• 2013: 53:12
• 2014: 48:33
• 2015: 48:22
• 2016: 50:59
• 2017: 50:53
• 2018: 49:17

I trained really hard using the RunKeeper app’s subscription only training programs which asked me to run an insane amount of miles. I ran more miles in the last few months than I had ever run in a similar time period before. And yet… it wasn’t enough to beat my own record which I thought I could and was a little disappointing.

The weather was perfect. I slept well the night before. What could have possibly slowed me down? Possible factors:

1. I’m old
2. I skipped my traditional pre-race porta-potty visit
3. A week of Passover food binging and run skipping the week before the event

Alas, it was not to be.

But here are the positives:

• A great result
• 140th place in my category
• Had the race been a month later, I would have been 108th in my category!

• I won the famous Cap10K Kirsch Challenge. Take that, Fin!

Will I run again? My legs, at the moment, say no. Ask me again in a few days.

I ran my fifth Capitol 10K this morning. Right after I crossed the finish line someone asked me: “How did you do?”. “I don’t know, haven’t checked” I replied. “But how did you feel?”…

“I felt like crap”

Which is not a bad thing, in my opinion. If I didn’t feel like crap, wouldn’t that mean that I didn’t push myself hard enough?

My results:

• 2013: 53:12
• 2014: 48:33
• 2015: 48:22
• 2016: 50:59
• 2017: 50:53 (link to MyChipTime)

That’s right! I’m a year older but 6 seconds faster.

Thank you to my family, my coach, and to all my sponsors for their support.

T-5

This is kind of cool: the My Pace page for the race. You can see a map and then “replay” the race to see how I advance. You can add others for comparison, so you can virtually see them eat my dust.

You can also see some tiny watermarked photos of me in lots of pain:

This is kind of cool as well: A “dronie” (their term, not mine) of the National Instruments Corporate Team.

…except for the “being in shape” part.   

What have I done?