The Old-Fashioned Ten Miler & Flat 5K - Run10 Mile


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Foxboro, Massachusetts
United States
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 37m 44s
Overall Rank = 404/484
Age Group = m40-49
Age Group Rank = 809/98
Pre-race routine:

FOr breakfast (about 3 hrs pre-race), had a bagel with cream cheese and hard-boiled egg. Washed it down with a coffee, and then some Powerade throughout the morning.
Event warmup:

Marathon Therapy was at the race again this year, so had them do a pre-race stretch for me.
Run
  • 1h 37m 44s
  • 10 miles
  • 09m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Split personality running the race.
to try and race, pushing myself
vs.
use as another training run for the Marathon

What would you do differently?:

Decide before the race how I wanted to run and commit to it. I started out pushing myself into mile 2 and thru mile 3 before I changed my mind to try and cruise thru the miles (as a training run) and walk thru the 5-mile water stop.
Post race
Warm down:

Had a stretch with Marathon Sports again. Boy is it great to have tehm at races.

Event comments:

The sunny weather, although with a cold breeze, drew lots more runners to race than last year. In fact, they told Linda they ran out of race-day numbers and tracked someone down with extras.
Nice, well run race and pretty much off of traffic.




Last updated: 2010-01-20 12:00 AM
Running
01:37:44 | 10 miles | 09m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 89/98
Overall: 404/484
Performance: Average
About 22 seconds from start gun until I ran. Mile splits as follows: 1=9:09 2=8:26 (too fast for me) 3=9:03 4=10:02 5=9:45 [46:26 at half-way point,walked at rest stop to have G2 & jelly beans] 6=10:39 [walking effected this time split] 7=10:05 8=10:27 9=9:54 10=9:50
Course: Some small hills, although it forever seemed like I was running up them and never gliding down them.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5