Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K - Run10k


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Richmond, Virginia
United States
Sports Backers
32F / 0C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 47m 54s
Overall Rank = 2213/30798
Age Group = 40-44 Male
Age Group Rank = 201/1337
Pre-race routine:

woke up 2.5 hrs before race (6:00am) Breakfast-Bagel with pnut butter and half a banana.Drank a 24oz bottle of water over the next hour.
Event warmup:

Walked around to keep warm until 45 min before race start. Jogged over to the porta-potties and took care of business then jogged back. did some stretching and looked for friends. Ran into a couple of kids from my son's taekwondo class and a guy from work who was in my wave. Saw Jack Crowley and Pam from RTC.
Run
  • 47m 54s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 07m 43s  min/mile
Comments:

Very cold but the sun was out and started warming things up very slowly. Although the course is pretty flat, On the return I did notice the ascents more and was slowed down a bit. I was paced by a runner who was female, shorter than me and did not look as athletic as me but was keeping a very steady pace that I wanted to keep.I really didn't think I could keep up with her the second half but I felt pushed to not let her get ahead of me. I was able to set a new PR.
What would you do differently?:

Train harder. I never ran more that 5.8 miles in training and was lucky not to run out of gas.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk around and eat whatever food I could find. Stretched and got a massage.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

training. Too much snow this winter.

Event comments:

This is a great race. Over 37,000 people signed up and over 30,000 finished the race.




Last updated: 2010-01-08 12:00 AM
Running
00:47:54 | 06.21 miles | 07m 43s  min/mile
Age Group: 201/1337
Overall: 2213/30798
Performance: Good
5K split - 23:57
Course: Out and back. Very flat course with a few very gradual ascents and descents.
Keeping cool Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
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