Broad Street Run - Blue Cross Blue Shield - Run10 Mile


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Broad Street Run
72F / 22C
Sunny
Total Time = 8h 50m
Overall Rank = 4141/26179
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 365/1449
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:30...friend Deb swung by the house at 5:20 so we could carpool together..arrived at parking lot outside of Wachovia Ctr about 6:15..on train to Olney by 6:30...drank water..had some ceral at home..
Event warmup:

nada..stood in awful port a potty line from 7:45 to start....
Run
  • 1h 23m 52s
  • 10 miles
  • 08m 23s  min/mile
Comments:

I wasn't 'up' for this run..I had been feeling lousy the few days before and wasn't sure I wanted to actually go through the stress of getting to the start, etc...and I was on a tight schedule as I had to be home by 12:30 to leave for a soccer game....not the greatest mind set going into it.

Overall though once I started I was better...still didn't feel real strong immediately but I just sucked it up and went..I think at 100% and feeling better I could have broken my goal of 1:20...
What would you do differently?:

Get into the correct corral for my pace...since the bathroom line was so long I ended up jumping into the race with a slower pace group..this meant I was weaving my way through people for the first two miles...
Post race
Warm down:

Nothing..just walked around eating and made my way to the car...

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I would say my general fatigue of the last few days prior to the race and my mental attitude wasn't the greatest....

Event comments:

If you don't mind running with 30k people this really isn't a bad race at all..very well organized...could use about another 100 port a potties but hey, that's small stuff...post race food was good and I was able to exit and get back to my car easily...




Last updated: 2010-03-09 12:00 AM
Running
01:23:52 | 10 miles | 08m 23s  min/mile
Age Group: 365/1449
Overall: 4142/26179
Performance: Average
Course: Flat point to point...from Olney to Navy Yard in Philadelphia...right down Broad Street...
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
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