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Comments: Considering I just began running again one month ago, I'm quite pleased. I paced myself pretty well, especially without knowing what I could pull off. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone, but I was able to hold a pretty consistent pace. At 3.1, I was at 28:35 and decided to speed up a bit since I was feeling good. Mile 4 I was at 36ish minutes and I did what I could to finish in 9ish minute miles. Oh, and how special is it that I was exactly the 3300 participant to cross the finish line?!?! What would you do differently?: Nothing other than train more than 1 month before the race.  Post race
Warm down: They changed things this year and once across the finish line, we had maybe 1/2 mileish walk to a park. On the way we got water, a goody bag of food and bananas, which by the way, I dropped half of when I peeled it open....that was the biggest disappointment :(. I LOVE bananas and am very particular....the ones at races seem to be perfect, though. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training Event comments: I love this race. The support from the community is incredible. So many people cheering us on, people stand out in their yards and spray hoses to cool us down, and despite being the 4th (thanks, Sarah!) largest 10K in the US, it runs smoothly with a lot of volunteers, and everything is planned out very well. Tons of medical help all along the course as well. I'm amazed by the kids who run this. The schools in the area have a program that trains them for the race which is optional after school. I'm talking probably 7yrs and up.....I could not believe my 8yr old cousin ran it (so sad I missed a picture with him). When I was 14 I thought 6 miles was FOREVER and these kids are doing it. It's great, especially when obesity numbers are alarming! Profile Album Last updated: 2009-06-13 12:00 AM
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Bellin
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 3300/14028
Age Group = F 19-24
Age Group Rank = 163/762
Toast, water, and on my way.....with over 14,000 participants, it's best to arrive early.
Because of the large number of participants, they did a wave start this year, each 5 minutes apart. Great idea and no complaints about this. But, long story short, what do people NOT understand about a simple concept that is well explained when you register, in your packet, by the announcers, and by the large flags matching your bib color (it's all color coded) and directing you where you should be? Sorry to get off on a rant, but is it that difficult to follow simple directions for safety?!?! Issue #2 (as long as I'm on a role ;)) is please don't sign up for under 10 min miles if you're going to be walking not even 1 mile into the race. That's the point of the waves. I don't enjoy tripping over people who suddenly stop running. I realize things happen, but it seemed like an awful lot of people had a walk/run program going, and that's fine....just sign up for the correct wave so I don't sprain my ankle. With over 14,000 participants, there is virtually no place to quickly get around people who suddenly stop running. It's like a chain reaction. One person stops and all of a sudden a line of people are trying not to collide.