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chicago, Illinois
United States
33F / 1C
Precipitation
Total Time = 5h 08m 39s
Overall Rank = 47/200
Age Group = 30-35
Age Group Rank = 2/14
Pre-race routine:

got up and drove to the race site (30 min) and sat in my car to stay warm.
Event warmup:

nothing
Run
  • 5h 08m 39s
  • 31.07 miles
  • 09m 56s  min/mile
Comments:

this was a training run for the sunmart fiddy so i started off doing a walk/run, walking for a few minutes at the aid stations but had to walk for 30+ minutes at mile 24ish because my vision was going, reached an aid station, loaded up on food and felt 100% better. then i continued the walk/run thing. ended up walking just over an hour total, and still kept a sub 10 min pace. yay me.
felt real good except for the nutrition bonk. i usually eat a pb&j sandwich at most, if not all, aid stations and they didn't have that available so i didn't get the calories that i generally do during ultras. :( other than that it was a good run.
What would you do differently?:

supply my own pb&j and not bonk. i would also bring friends, running with fit and Q during these long races is WAY MORE fun than by myself.
Post race
Warm down:

put on another layer of clothing and drank hot cocoa.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

the frigid weather and the lack of peanut butter and jelly.

Event comments:

i'll be back to try and PR again. this was a PR by more than an hour. yay me.




Last updated: 2006-11-11 12:00 AM
Running
05:08:39 | 31.07 miles | 09m 56s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/14
Overall: 47/200
Performance: Good
Course: along lake michigan on the lakeshore bike path, asphalt and concrete. ugh. the fierce 20 mph sustained winds with 40 mph gusts off the lake were ummmm, pleasant? but it was an out and back(3x) so we did get a break on the way back.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2006-11-13 3:11 PM

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2006-11-13 3:13 PM
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Yay hot stuff! Great job Trix and be careful with the food. You have no fat on your body so you need to eat whatever they have!

You're going to kick so much butt at Sunmart with Jeff and Fit.

2006-11-13 3:14 PM
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You bonk and you can still go <10 min/miles?  Dayum!  Great race Trix.  But I can't imagine why it'd be more fun to run with Fit and Q.  They seem like such bores...
2006-11-13 3:20 PM
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Wow!  I dream of doing this race someday and you're like 'eh, it's a training day.'  Very impressive!  You're a stud.

 

2006-11-13 6:27 PM
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Awesome job.  I can barely hold that pace on my bike, never mind running for 31 miles!! 

2006-11-13 6:55 PM
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Great job ya lil crack ferret!!


2006-11-14 8:03 AM
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Nice "training day"!

You're gonna be all set for Sunmart and Umstead!

2006-11-14 9:19 AM
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Hey hot stuff.... great race. I promise to make you a kajillion pb&j sammies for Umstead...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2006-11-14 1:09 PM
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Dude, you're so trixy its like, unreal.

(see what i did there? you're now an adjective. WOOO!)

2006-11-14 1:16 PM
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Great Job! I used to live in Chicago. Where is the start/course/turnaround?
I used to run along that path every morning (well, within reason, December-February were pretty much out) Loved watching the sun come up over the lake.
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