Quad-City Times Bix 7 - RunOther


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Davenport, Iowa
United States
80sF / 0C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 13m 37s
Overall Rank = 4992/10678
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 789/1212
Pre-race routine:

2 bananas, orange juice, 16 oz of water 1-1.5hr before the start, 2 pills of electrolytes.
Event warmup:

stretched out for 10 minutes at the start line
Run
  • 1h 13m 37s
  • 7 miles
  • 10m 31s  min/mile
Comments:

good run, but too many runners for the size of the streets, the entire time was trying to find a path inbetween them to run. Many walkers intermixed with runners
What would you do differently?:

I would have registered as a faster runner (start was organized by anticipated finish time), because for the first 5 miles I was just passing people trying to find a place to run. Never got into a good rhythm, it was speed up/slow down almost all the way, except for last 2 miles, finally there was some room.
Post race
Warm down:

walked around trying to find my family, the end of the race was organized as to shuffle the runners through, families could not be in the race finish area, took me 30 minutes to find my wife and kids and that was only cause I had my cell phone with me.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

defenitely the heat. I did not feel like I got too dehydrated or too hot, but due to preveious experiences with runs in hot weather I knew my body's limit.


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Last updated: 2006-05-03 12:00 AM
Running
01:13:37 | 07 miles | 10m 31s  min/mile
Age Group: 789/1212
Overall: 4992/10678
Performance: Average
Course: almost entire first mile is up a steep hill, later some longer gradual inclines and downhills, clean paved city streets, lots of bands playing music and spectators
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3