Stop hitting yourself: My Bazan Bay 5k
This morning I ran the Bazan Bay 5km, which is part of the Frontrunners Island Race Series. This is an great race series for people of all fitness levels. It was a cooler, overcast morning—perfect race temperature.
I created some unnecessary expectations for myself (expectation leads to anxiety which leads to sleeplessness to quasi-panic attacks—my mind is a wonderful thing) going into this race, which contributed to me running far more poorly than I hoped to. UPDATE: Turns out I am/was also physically sick (fever/flu), so this wasn’t just psychosomatic.
I feel that my training has been going well, especially since I’ve seen faster times in training than I saw at today’s race. But enough coulda/shoulda/woulda . . .
Today’s Bazan Bay 5k was a great race that resulted in many people from the local elite community laying down some awesome times. I love the sense of camaraderie surrounding these well-organized races and I see many familiar faces when I show up to events like this. I’m lucky to live on this island.
To end, every race is also a learning opportunity. I have a number of take aways and learnings from this race and I look forward to my next go. The triathlon season is around the corner, so I need to work on reattaining the pre-race calmness I had developed by the end of last season. In regards to knocking out a 5k time that I’m proud of, I might hop over to Vancouver for the Dave Reed Spring Classic 5km at the end of the month, depending on how crazy school gets.
Full results for the race are here.
Thanks for reading! Thanks also to Noa and Kamal for cheering me on (and up), as well as to my teammates Derek and Nick for laying down strong times.
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