I just got back from Shoreline where I competed in the ‘Human Race’. It’s a 10K (6.2 miles) put on by the Volunteer Center of Silicon Valley. It was a lot of fun and I did pretty good. The results haven’t been posted online yet so I don’t know where I stand percentage-wise in the different divisions but here are my stats:

Place: 50th
Time: 47:07
Sex Place: 44th
Division Place: 24th
Pace: 7:34

There were several thousand participants but I’ll see if I finished in the top 5% (one of my goals). I wanted to finish with a pace under 7 minutes but I didn’t quite make it. I know I could have and I’m kind of pissed at myself for not pushing it. It was a longer race so I didn’t really know where I stood. I need to get a good watch so I know if I need to step it up at all.

Overall I had a good time. I got a free massage afterwards which was nice. Everyone there was really friendly (as always) and I finished much higher in the overalls than I did at Pat’s run (50th as opposed to 135th). They had free bagels, pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts but I did not partake. I never understood why they serve things like pizza and donuts after a race, especially a 10K. I took a bunch of bananas and oranges for the house

I’ll update you with other stats when they come in. Next week is the Bay to Breakers (12K), and right now I’m tired just thinking about it. There’s supposedly a huge hill at the 2.5 mile mark. Whew…we’ll see how that goes.