Job Done!................
Dec1620084:47 p.m.
That would be a successful race was had by the team this past Sunday. The Jingle Bell 10K served up perfect race conditions, aprx 3800 runners showed up to run, complete with jingle bells on shoes, and a number of crazy costumes, as you do! I finished 10th overall female in 39.49, a new PB and my first sub 40 min 10K! I was V excited about that, 10K is my least fave distance to race, because it feels all out hard, and I'm just better at the long stuff it seems. I don't have that extra gear to really go fast. Still, finally I've broken that barrier, and it was a solid paced effort (19.51 @ the 5K spot) so pretty even. I wore my hot pink santa skirt, which did not go unoticed! I was interviewed at the end of the race by the washington running report, and ended up with a pic online at www.runwashington.com if you click on the report and scroll down to the end of the article, there's me complete with comments. Oh dear! I'm a bit of a prat 
. I'll try to make Dan wear the skirt next year! It was all in good fun. The 'Team' pulled it together for a 7th place finish out of 49 teams, so no prizes, but not too shabby. Talking of prizes though, I got a $40 gift certificate to the running store I work at, and a fleece 'gillet' in red, with the race details on it, loverly 
. So post race, my legs feel like nothing happend, which seems to be usual for me when i race short distance. this make me wonder, am I running as fast as I should/could? Surely I should be sore, however, when I race I'm going as hard as I can, I'm sucking wind! Does this mean my cardio/lungs are just not a match for my legs? What can I do to bring this into balance? Ideas? Advise? Anyone? On the track this morning, I did my workout as usual, I could feel in my lungs that I had raced hard, my legs couldn't tell at all. 
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Johnf 'Jingle Joy I reckon with a PB that you didn't expect. Wonder what you would have done in full athletic gear. Though you look good in the festive attire. Great running.' added 16th Dec 2008
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Nick 'Great picture, Jeanette! You'll have to wear that in all your races now if it brings you a PB! Well done on breaking the 40 minute barrier.' added 16th Dec 2008
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Petecw29 'Great outfit Jeanette and a great time, I was surrpised to hear it was your first time under 40 mins with your marathon time I thought you'd be sub 40. ' added 16th Dec 2008
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Ally_R 'Congratulations on a new PB for you.' added 16th Dec 2008
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LB_TM 'Wow. Congratulations on the PR! ' added 16th Dec 2008
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pelican 'Well done I was getting excited thinking it was at Washington in Tyne and Wear England looked pretty cold Brrrr but well done' added 16th Dec 2008
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peterb 'Well done , a great race . Sorry not commented fopr a while , lost you in the realbuzz disaster , glad I've found you again .' added 17th Dec 2008
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onthefloor04 'Your legs probably are tougher than your lungs - you're a diastance monkey remember! Maybe throw in some hard interval training to get your leg speed up a bit. Congratulations on a great race too - Sub 40 yo must be well chuffed.' added 17th Dec 2008
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Bupa 'Hey you, great new PB for the race - well done !!! As for the all out bit, I just wacked in a new PB of 18.15 for 5 Km, all I did was concentrate on very high speed intervals for the two weeks prior to the race - seems to have done the job for me. Also combined it with hig speed cross-trainer and static bike to get my cadence up to a high number of rpm - might help ??' added 18th Dec 2008
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