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Comments: Me, Pete, Carol, and James were all doing this race from the Tri Club. Carol had hopes of placing in Master's Div, so we left her at the front of the line and Pete and I went back farther to be out of the way of the serious racers.  The gun sounded and we casually took off and found a pace. Pete and I stayed together through the race. He carried the camera and we chattered and he took pics along the way. We just kind of bee bopped along enjoying the scenery.  Afterwards, we planned on staying for Carol to get her award. We were hungry so we went to the chili cookoff while waiting for the awards ceremony. On the way back a coworker saw me and said, "Congratulations, good job!" I simply said "Thanks," thinking she just meant good job for finishing. When we got back to Carol and James they said I placed AG. I knew they were kidding and shrugged it off but they said it was true. So I went to check the results and found that I was posted as 3rd AG. When it came time for AG awards, I was called for 1ST PLACE! Once the Master's winners were pulled out, I was bumped up to 1st AG.  Needless to say, I was terribly shocked and surprised. Just goes to show you that it's not always about how fast you are, it's about who else shows up that day! I swear, the races that I'm NOT at my best are the ones I place at; and the ones that I pour my heart and soul into I get nowhere close to placing! Why is that?  Post race
Warm down: Warm down consisted of a 10 mile run on a nearby country road where I nearly got kidnapped by a van full of locals while Pete was visiting "the woods." I'll never run without pepperguard again. What limited your ability to perform faster: Hamstring issues. Profile Album Last updated: 2011-02-14 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 121/375
Age Group = 40 - 44
Age Group Rank = 3/27
This was my very first race EVAH back in 2009 when I first learned how to run. It was basically my graduation day from the Couch to 5K program. Since then I try to do this race every year.
Last year I had a big PR at this race winning 2nd AG and nearly hyperventilated to death in the process. Of all the races I've done I rated that the hardest!
No warm up, just a bit of stretching. I had no dilusions of beating last year's PR, esp. after dealing with hamstring issues, so I planned on doing this race as a fun run. I have a marathon in two weeks and I planned on doing long run after the race and didn't want to put myself out of commission.