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Comments: I picked a bad race to start back into distance running. The crowd was unorganized. There were too many people in the wrong starting place and I started off too slow. Was shooting for 9 min ave mile but blew my chances of that in the first 6 miles due to stop and go. Miles 6-13 were great and with negative splits. I should have shed the long sleeve shirt sooner than mile 8, but was worried about getting too cold. When I did shed it, I realized that it was completely soaked in sweat. Waited too long. What would you do differently?: Leave the house earlier. I did not expect such a large crowd and spent too much time in traffic, which resulted in starting with the 10:30 pacers, which were a mix of 10:30 to 13:00 pacers. Post race
Warm down: I was very cold after the race. I walked around waiting for Jennifer to finish and tried to stay warm. Ate everything that I could get (banana, fruit/protein smoothie) What limited your ability to perform faster: Bad starting position. I could have trained more. Event comments: Start should have been better organized. Last updated: 2010-01-25 12:00 AM
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United States
46F / 8C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1587/3893
Age Group = 25 - 29
Age Group Rank = 111/180
Woke up at 4:15AM. Ate a Cliff Builder bar, drank 1/4 cup of coffee, drove to race. Traffic was bad getting to parking, so I ended up starting much farther back than I wanted to.
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