Early in June we participated in a run that the track club puts on. It was 4 miles, run on trails (right after a day of lots of rain!) It actually quit storming right before it was time to start. Made for a messy run in some areas of the trails! This run was called a predition run. We had never heard of one of these before, but it sounded like a lot of fun! At a predition run, no watches or distance trackers of any kind are allowed. So that meant no nike plus for us! There are no mile markers during the run either. When sigining up for this race, you give them a time which you predict you will finish in. Winning is not based on who finished first, but who was closest to predicting their finish time.
This run made me realize how much I depended on my nike plus. It wasn't necessarily the speed I needed to know, but the distance. My mind was playing games with me and I really had no clue how far into my run I was. It was very strange! I think I need to go out and run more often without knowing my speed or distance.
James came out pretty close. He predicted he would finish in 28:40 and finished in 29:14. Only 34 seconds off, not too bad! I predicted I would finish in 33:12 and finished in 37:27. Not so good for me! I actually stopped to walk for a bit in this race, which I never do. I felt like I was going to get sick and I'm not a fan of throwing up while running.
After the race there was a big pot luck dinner! A low country boil with shrimp was provided and everyone else brought a dish to share! We brought lots of chocolate chip cookies! Overall a really fun event and lots of great food! Hopefully next year we will be better at the prediction part of it! :)
(I will add some pictures later)
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