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Comments: In my w/u I saw that a 5:55 pace was very comfortable for me so thought maybe I could aim for that but didn't look at my Garmin until the 2nd km. Had my Garmin set on autolap for every 500 m. The first 500 meters was good, then the next km was a long, gradual incline which was fine. I started at the back of the pack so I wouldn't have everyone passing me and I might have a chance to pass people which was a good idea. I could hear a couple of women talking behind me so dropped back and ran with them for 1.5km and started talking with them. That was a mistake and kind of stupid, because I saw my pass was getting slower each 500 km. Decided to leave them and try to pick the pace back up and start trying to pick people off. Able to get 5 or 6. It was a VERY cool day but thought it would be warm. Had a sleeveless run shirt on which was fine. Not too hot or cold. Took my little hand water bottle which was also fine. Didn't quite drink all the water for 10km so probably didn't drink enough. There were no age group or gender rankings - just overall. What would you do differently?: Not talk to so much. Lost a solid 50 seconds chatting in the first 2km.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around with Ken for 10-15 minutes and drank green juice. Went to Ikea and MEC and walked around a lot after going to Goodness Me for lunch which upset my stomach. What limited your ability to perform faster: Always mental. Event comments: This is run by MEC and done well, but not a 'fancy' event. Accurate chip timing, 10% off at MEC for the day and awards for the top 3 finishers. Fruit and water post race. Great training race for $15.00 Last updated: 2013-05-01 12:00 AM
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MEC Burlington
9C / 48F
Overcast
Overall Rank = 60/74
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Woke w/o alarm at 4:30 so got up. Felt rested. We had prepared the juices and the raw buckwheat porridge the night before. Did a bit of 'morning' yoga, had coffee and beet juice. Left at 6:45 and ate oatmeal in car. Got to site at 8:05 with a bathroom break at Tim's on Hiway 6. For some reason I was anxious about the race and breathing was shallow again.
Picked up bib and timing chip and headed to bathroom again. Spent 30 minutes doing dynamic stretches, running drills, power walking and then some easy running with a few running sprints to get the HR up. Body was feeling strong and stable.