St. Petersburg Times Turkey Trot - Run5k


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Clearwater, Florida
United States
St. Petersburg Times
66F / 19C
Sunny
Total Time = 29m 23s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Nothing special. Wake up, ate a clif bar and a banana and had a sugar free red bull.
Event warmup:

just stretching
Run
  • 29m 23s
  • 3.12 miles
  • 09m 25s  min/mile
Comments:

Started at the front, but went out WAY too fast. first 1/4 mi pace 7:34, 1/2 mi 7:51, and 8:15 by 3/4 mi. Finished mi 1 at 8:21. as far as I can tell a PB for a mile!!! (edit - 7:59 is PB - 11/30/09) had to slow down, chest hurt, 169 max HR with 162 avg isn't sustainable. At 1.54mi finally decided to walk w HR hovering at 170. even with a 40 second walk, mi 2 finished in 9:30. Another 45s walk at 2.3mi. Lap 3 10:24, a much more scott like pace, but still fast considering i walked for as long as i did. the walk took place on a fairly long hill (for me) and i walked up the last 100' or so. the rest of the race was downhill and my pace turned negative split. sprinted to the finish and only about a minute off of my overall PB, which was last year's Turkey Trot.

Other than that - no shin splints or knee pain at all!!

But considering I've only been back at running since Oct 14th I'm REALLY happy with my time :)
What would you do differently?:

Start a little slower so the walks wouldn't have been necessary.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretched and walked around. Really good post-race food - nothing hot, but yummy snacks.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

started too fast which kept my HR just a little too high.

Event comments:

Would do again.




Last updated: 2010-11-12 12:00 AM
Running
00:29:23 | 03.12 miles | 09m 25s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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