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Blue Talon Bistro Turkey Trot 5K - Run


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Williamsburg, Virginia
United States
Mettle Events
30F / -1C
Sunny
Total Time = 32m 29s
Overall Rank = 1214/2043
Age Group = F30-34
Age Group Rank = 83/132
Event warmup:

Warm up....haha....sat in the car with the heat on.
Run
  • 32m 29s
  • 5 kms
  • 06m 30s  min/km
Comments:

seeded myself with the 11 min milers and just pushed as hard as I could. struggled to pass the race walkers...how embarassing!
Post race
Warm down:

got a coffee and a croissant, went home to make pie.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

first run since chicago, so not bad. fastest run pace of 2013!

Event comments:

For 2000+ registered racers, the race was kind of blah. Only one food table post-race, no organization whatsoever, no music or photographer at the finish line. The race course is wonderful, this has the potential to be a better race event, but it's just not there.




Last updated: 2013-11-21 12:00 AM
Running
00:32:29 | 05 kms | 06m 30s  min/km
Age Group: 0/132
Overall: 0/2043
Performance: Good
Course: DOG st, back up to the college, finish in merchants square. totally flat, wide roads, watch out for horsepoop.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Bad
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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Fastest run of 2013  Go you!

2013-12-05 1:03 PM
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Are you starting to become a runner now?  Oh, I've got drills for you!

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