I’m going to race the St. Peter’s Fall Festival 5k & 10k in Monument, Colorado, on Saturday. Last year they had 250 runners, so a relatively small race, but it will be good to race a 10k to see where my conditioning is currently at and the 10k will better prepare me from a conditioning stand point than a 5k for the Denver Marathon.

They say that a 10k is 50% VO2 and 50% LT. I really have no idea what kind of time I am capable of running this weekend. The plan is to shoot for 6:10 pace, which is a 38:19, hopefully that’s an attainable goal, we will see. It’s hard to gauge one’s fitness level when coming back from an injury, I’m still amazed at the amount of speed that I lost in those eight weeks.

I’m not planning on tapering for this race, thus the legs will be relatively tired as I will hit 70 miles for the week, which is a lot for me. Also, I have another free entry to this race, so if you’re interested in running it, let me know.