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Comments: Started about midway from the front in the black wave 25 minutes and less). There was a kid next to me that looked like he was 8 years old. My initial goal was not to run into him. Horn goes off and I immediately start passing a few people just to get some free space around me. Not sure how fast I was going as being underground there's no GPS in play. I had to slow down for the first few turns as it was somewhat narrow and it seemed that people didn't know how to hold a smooth turn line. I would try to hold the same curve as the person in front of me and not make any hard angles etc. but many weren't doing that so I had to run defensively for the first few turns. Things finally opened up so I was able to run more calmly. At about 1.5 miles in I realized I had gone out too fast and backed off the pace a little. I was O.K. with that given my run volume has been less than 15 mpw the last few months. With a little over 1/2 mile to go I catch up to that 8 year old. I slowly pass him thinking "wow, that kid can run". I looked at my watch to gauge how far we might be from the finish and at the same time I could feel the air being much cooler so I knew we were getting close to the finish. So with about 30 yards to go that kid zooms past me in an all out sprint! I had nothin' I got "youthed" LOL. Turns out he was really 8 years old! Good for him, hope he keeps it up. I muster up what energy I had left and finished strong. I was hoping for something in the 20's but my lack of running over the last few months prevented that. Finished well in AG though I know this race was not stacked with talent. What would you do differently?: Nada, even if I went out slower I'm not sure my time would have been all that different.  Post race
Warm down: Waled around looking for John, got some chocolate milk, some of that "Naked" juice stuff and a donut. What limited your ability to perform faster: I swam in the AM the day before, nothing crazy but did 2700 yards with 10x100 on 1:40. Then rode the bike 40 miles in the afternoon, not exactly an easy ride as the headwinds were 10-15 mph for over half of it, still managed 19.3 mph. Had I not swam/rode would I have been that much faster? Event comments: Overall a good race. Well organized, plenty of volunteers. Our 5K was at 8:00, we left before the 10K started which was scheduled for 10:00. With 2200 running the 5K the fundraising numbers should be very positive. Profile Album Last updated: 2013-01-19 12:00 AM
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Children's TLC
65F / 18C
Overall Rank = 104/2200
Age Group = M45-49
Age Group Rank = 5/106
My company was a corporate sponsor for which 4 spots were available for participation. There were 4 of use oringally but one of our ladies was not able to make it. My friend Steve made us some really cool tech shirts. I wanted to have some fun with the shirts so I made up a team name "GroundDAWGS". Matt in our marketing department put a design together, turned out nicely.
Woke up at 5:30, took a nice warm shower to wake up, got dressed and headed out. Met John at Panera bread and we drove from there to the race. We got there before 7:00 which was good because once that parking lot filled up, you had to park across the road so far they had to bus you in.
Walked around, drank a small cup of coffee, then about 10 minutes from race start we ran about 1/2 mile or so.