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Comments: Kate and I stayed together and ran easy for the first 10k, finished on goal of just at an hour. Then she took off, she was feeling strong and ran for it. I started to push too, but the winds were killing me. I had a lot of "kick" in me the last mile or so once we were in the amphitheater and a little sheltered. The whole run felt strong and, despite the cold/wind/snow, didn't really hurt. I kind of liked it a lot. A year ago, I couldn't run a 5K without stopping, and yesterday I ran 14k...and thought it was easy... What would you do differently?: My game plan was to pace 10 min/mile until mile 6 and then just dig deep and push. I should have dug deeper - I could have pulled off a little better than I did on that back 3 miles, but I held back. JUST EFFING DO IT NEXT TIME. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Collect goodies in the finish chute, watch for Jen and Norm, collect free beer and dance with Kate to average cover band in the tent. Should I have stretched?? What limited your ability to perform faster: Mind over matter... Event comments: I would do the distance and the organization again, but this particular course was a LITTLE boring. Didn't feel like 3000 people in a race, biggest race I've ever been in and felt comfortable. Great race, very well done. Last updated: 2010-01-02 12:00 AM
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United States
J&A Racing
30F / -1C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 975/2053
Age Group = F25-29
Age Group Rank = 102/262
Oatmeal, coffee, and water, drive to the race and get lost, still make it in plenty of time cause I'm good like that.
That was it - stay warm! It was a COLD morning, Kate and I stayed in her car, then walked out to the tent, the walked out to start and did some half-assed stretches.