2013 Stockade-athon 15K
Today was such a good day! This morning was the Stockade-athon, one of my favorite local races. Actually, I think it might be my favorite local race. And Its one of the only times I ever go to Schenectady…ha!
Almost every runner I know ran today, too, so it was pretty cool running into all my friends at the race!
Chris and myself
My last long run for this race was actually the Hairy Gorilla Half two weeks ago! But, I did get some decent weekday running workouts in these past few weeks, so I had a goal, to run the 15K under 1:30. My 15K PR is 1:26 something, but I knew that would be pushing it.
I actually forgot my Garmin for this race, so I had to carry my iPhone for the whole thing, so I could keep track of my pace. It was kind of nice not having a watch to stare at the entire 9.3 miles, so I ran by feel instead.
There was a record number of runners started the race, over 2,000! That’s huge for a race in this area.
One of my favorite parts of the race, the downhill!
The course changed a little bit since I last ran it, instead of going all the way up State Street we turned left and ran behind it, and then turned into the cemetery earlier, and it had more hills! Evil hills.
I managed to keep my pace under 9:30 for the whole race, so I was pretty happy with that. I also ran the hills too, no walking.
BAM! 15K done, under goal time!
After I finished, I found some more familiar faces.
Bowden and Melissa from my 2012 Ragnar Team BAD! They did GREAT too.
Christine did awesome, setting a PR for her 15K time…woohoo! So proud of everyone today!
Running is funny. A month ago I struggled after mile 10 of my half marathon, but today I felt strong and fast… I wonder if this race had been a half if I could have kept my pace for four more miles. I think I have another goal to set. Hangover Half, I’m looking at you!
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Mer
I ran the Stockadeathon on Sunday too and had a great time. I actually saw you finish and probably should have said hi, since we seem to keep running the same races. I’ll be at the next two you have on your blog sidebar as well. It was my first Stockadeathon and I can’t say I was impressed by the race organization – the line for food was so long, that we skipped out and went and had a delicious brunch on the way back to Albany. I’d still run the race again though!
Jen
Congrats Mer! I never usually stick around after either, too long of a wait!! I thought I was getting there early to find parking (got there at 10 before 8am) and I had to park in the overflow! When I went back to put my packet in the car, people were parking everywhere. insane. That’s the only thing I don’t like about it–kind of disorganized. A lot of people didn’t like the lack of shirts, either. Bummer!
Kelsey @ Go Girl
Those hills look brutal but looks like you had an excellent time! I’ve always wanted to do a 15k! Love your headband.