Cajun Cup - Run


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Lafayette, Louisiana
United States
ULL Track and Fiels
61F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 00m 1s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up, drank coffee, got dressed/equipped and left the house.
Event warmup:

Twelve-mile run to bank, met Angel (Mrs, bear), Haley (TriComet), Haley's mom, cousin, and brother. Refilled my FuelBelt bottles, then Haley and I ran two more miles, to give me fourteen prior to the start, aiming for 20+ total. Las Vegas Marathon in three weeks.
Run
  • 1h 00m 1s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 09m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

Started off faster than I wanted, about a 9:00 pace, got a handle on it and slowed down. Saw i was close to finishing under an hour so I picked it up at the end, didn't quite make it. ;)
Splits: 9:09, 9:43, 9:29, 10:00, 9:55, 9:41, 2:05

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http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/accept.mb?key=MzM5NTE...
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. Not bad for a twenty miler.

Oh, for all those smart-asses who were zooming by me at the end, next time I'm wearing a sign:

"I'm fourteen miles ahead of you!"
Post race
Warm down:

Walked the three blocks back to the bank/car to get recovery drink (chocolate milk!), walked back to the park.drank about six cups of coke, ate gumbo.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of Kenyan genes.

Event comments:

Always a great race, biggest in Lafayette. Ran it the first time on my 44th birthday, tomorrow I'll be 50, seventh straight year I've run this, wouldn't miss it if I could.

Don't know why they changed the course, probably some conflict with ULL football, but they didn't improve it. Still well-organized, tons of volunteers, good food, band and party after.


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Last updated: 2005-11-12 12:00 AM
Running
01:00:01 | 06.21 miles | 09m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: New course that started downtown, long stretches down Johnston and up Congress, prefer the old one but whatchagonnado!
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
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