{"id":113,"date":"2023-07-17T03:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T03:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/?p=113"},"modified":"2023-07-17T03:35:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T03:35:59","slug":"a-10k-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"A 10k in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn’t my first, and it probably won’t be my last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I actually didn’t want to run it at all. For the past couple weeks I wasn’t feeling great about being out and running. It didn’t feel as fresh as it has in the past. It just felt tiring. I wondered why I had even signed up for this race. Last year, I had done the half marathon run with Run Melbourne as part of my marathon training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not training for a marathon this year, and since I ran the half marathon last year, I’d already run the 10k route as part of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I signed up because I wanted to run a sub-1 hour 10k. I had never done that before and I thought it might be possible on the Run Melbourne course because it’s a pretty flat course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never run races with a time in mind to beat. In fact, before smart phones and sport watches, I usually never had any idea how fast I ran any of my runs. My goal is usually just to finish a race and not have to walk as much as possible. But at this point, I’ve run a 10k distance quite a few times, so I know I can run that far without stopping, and I thought maybe I should try to beat my time too. Try to actually get under that one hour mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told myself that if I tried hard and really worked at it, I’d be able to do it. So I wanted to prove to myself that I actually could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, leading up to the race, I wasn’t really feeling it. I meant to do regular strength training to improve my form and time. I didn’t really do that. I mean to run more frequently during the week, and I didn’t really do that either. Last weekend I ran 9.5 kms and had a massive migraine the rest of the day. It made me question my choice of running as a sport. I took it easy running during the week on Tuesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had not only one, but two dreams on Sunday night that I had missed the race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My family wasn’t planning on meeting me there. Late Saturday night my husband said he’d try to get down with the boys to see me finish, but I wasn’t planning on having my cheer squad to look forward to during the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday morning when my alarm went off, I thought I should probably just stay in bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I didn’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got up. I got ready. I rode my bike down to the race. I decided to just run and see what happens. I know I would feel worse if I didn’t run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I ran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the 5k mark, I looked down at my watch and saw that it was over 30 minutes, so I didn’t think I’d have a chance at finishing under one hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I kept going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I finished in less than an hour… with 15 seconds to spare!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was reminded of why I love running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a famous quote by Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon wearing a bib (she didn’t tell them she was a woman). It was so outrageous back then that they tried to pull her off the course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n-Kathrine Switzer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I always get a bit emotional at the beginning of a road race. Being around so many people who have all pulled themselves out of bed early on a weekend to run, for whatever reason they have, but there were literally thousands of people running for thousands of reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I’m running, I remind myself of how lucky I am to be running a race. I have my health, I have the time to train, I live somewhere that’s safe enough to run in with clean air and beautiful scenery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, I may no longer be able to run, and I’ll probably wonder why I didn’t run more when I had the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even though I didn’t think I’d have a good run. Even though I didn’t want to do it at all. I did it. And it worked out with the best outcome I was hoping for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even now, after running dozens of 10ks, three half marathons, and a marathon, I can still surprise myself with running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I guess I won’t give up the sport yet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn’t my first, and it probably won’t be my last. I actually didn’t want to run it at all. For the past couple weeks I wasn’t feeling great about being out and running. It didn’t feel as fresh as it has in the past. It just felt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA 10k in July - Plate of Grapes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn't my first, and it probably won't be my last.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A 10k in July - Plate of Grapes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn't my first, and it probably won't be my last.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Plate of Grapes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-17T03:35:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-17T03:35:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nkindred\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nkindred\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"nkindred\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcba336b260aedc08fccbf185a04bf31\"},\"headline\":\"A 10k in July\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-17T03:35:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-17T03:35:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":795,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/\",\"name\":\"A 10k in July - Plate of Grapes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-17T03:35:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-17T03:35:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcba336b260aedc08fccbf185a04bf31\"},\"description\":\"I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn't my first, and it probably won't be my last.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png?fit=963%2C398&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png?fit=963%2C398&ssl=1\",\"width\":963,\"height\":398},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/a-10k-in-july\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A 10k in July\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Plate of Grapes\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcba336b260aedc08fccbf185a04bf31\",\"name\":\"nkindred\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6d8dc22ab8766f6c7980770952da12ee667464d87e5e9f4ae6fd59c85330e21?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6d8dc22ab8766f6c7980770952da12ee667464d87e5e9f4ae6fd59c85330e21?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6d8dc22ab8766f6c7980770952da12ee667464d87e5e9f4ae6fd59c85330e21?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"nkindred\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plateofgrapes.com\\\/nom\\\/author\\\/nkindred\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A 10k in July - Plate of Grapes","description":"I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn't my first, and it probably won't be my last.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A 10k in July - Plate of Grapes","og_description":"I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn't my first, and it probably won't be my last.","og_url":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/","og_site_name":"Plate of Grapes","article_published_time":"2023-07-17T03:35:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-17T03:35:59+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"nkindred","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"nkindred","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/"},"author":{"name":"nkindred","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/#\/schema\/person\/bcba336b260aedc08fccbf185a04bf31"},"headline":"A 10k in July","datePublished":"2023-07-17T03:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-17T03:35:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/"},"wordCount":795,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/","url":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/","name":"A 10k in July - Plate of Grapes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png","datePublished":"2023-07-17T03:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-17T03:35:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/#\/schema\/person\/bcba336b260aedc08fccbf185a04bf31"},"description":"I ran a 10 km race yesterday. It wasn't my first, and it probably won't be my last.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png?fit=963%2C398&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230716-201129.png?fit=963%2C398&ssl=1","width":963,"height":398},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/a-10k-in-july\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A 10k in July"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/","name":"Plate of Grapes","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/#\/schema\/person\/bcba336b260aedc08fccbf185a04bf31","name":"nkindred","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6d8dc22ab8766f6c7980770952da12ee667464d87e5e9f4ae6fd59c85330e21?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6d8dc22ab8766f6c7980770952da12ee667464d87e5e9f4ae6fd59c85330e21?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6d8dc22ab8766f6c7980770952da12ee667464d87e5e9f4ae6fd59c85330e21?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"nkindred"},"url":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/author\/nkindred\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plateofgrapes.com\/nom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}