Cold Turkey 10k - Run


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Edgewater, Maryland
United States
Annapolis Striders
40F / 4C
Sunny
Total Time = 52m 17s
Overall Rank = 88/192
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

8 oz Green Machine, 1 banana, 1 ww eng muffin w/ pb. About 20 oz water.
Event warmup:

5 minute jog.
Run
  • 52m 16s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 25s  min/mile
Comments:

As previously stated....HOLY HILLS, BATMAN! I turned the corner after the first mile and in front of me was a formidable 1.25 mile hill. I didn't know there were hills like that in Edgewater. The worst part, was after that long haul, then there were 5-6 short, very steep hills with short, very steep downsides. I can't honestly say I hated it because I ran such a great race, but I was shocked how hilly it was. Mile 2 up the long hill was my slowest (9:18) but mile 6 on the way down that hill was my fastest (7:18). It felt good to turn the legs over that fast for such a long period. This was definitely the best I've ever performed mentally - I honestly gave it everything I had. A huge PR for me. Didn't expect to crack 54 minutes, so I had a great race. Not to mention I spent the entire day yesterday putting shingles on a 10x12 pitch roof. I had orginially planned on using the same HR pacing strategy as my last 10k (2 miles z2, 2 miles z3, 2.2 miles at whatever I could handle), but the hill right off the bat sent my HR through the roof. I ran the whole race on PE. Very inconsistent splits due to all the hills.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Post race
Event comments:

Annapolis Striders knows how to put on a race. Awesome swag. $15 bucks got a long sleeve shirt (it says "I fartleked my way through the Turkey Trot 10k") and it was the most impressive spread of food and drink I've ever seen. Smoothies, hot cider, loads of fruit and bagels, tons of cookies and sweets...to much food to mention. This is definitely going to be an annual race for me - I had a blast. They also had hot chicken and beef broth after the race - what an awesome post race drink when it's cold!




Last updated: 2005-10-17 12:00 AM
Running
00:52:16 | 06.21 miles | 08m 25s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/192
Performance: Good
Splits (time/hr avg) 1 (8:26/162) 2 (9:18/170) 3 (8:36/170) 4 (8:56/175) 5 (8:17/177) 6 (7:18/182) .2 (1:22/187)
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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] 5