Longmont Turkey Trot - Run10k


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Longmont, Colorado
United States
28F / -2C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = wheelchair
Age Group Rank = 1/2
Pre-race routine:

Had breakfast, figured out how to fasten my Camelbak to my racing chair (not too successful there).
Event warmup:

Pushed around the parking lot a couple of times.
Run
  • 42m 18s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 06m 49s  min/mile
Comments:

There was one other wheelchair competitor - a friend who has always come in ahead of me in the past. We were together for a couple hundred yards, and then I passed him and never saw him again, which really surprised me. I pushed hard the whole way and really kept the heat on, which also surprised me (I was theoretically using this as a training run). I was amazed when I saw the clock at the finish line.
What would you do differently?:

Come up with a better water arrangement - as a wheelchair racer, I wear gloves that don't allow me to grip anything, so it's very hard for me to get water from the water stations. I had a Camelbak secured to the chair, but the tube wasn't long enough for me to reach it without hands.
Post race
Warm down:

None. Hung around and waited for friends to come in.

Event comments:

It would have been nice if there had been wheelchair division awards, since everything else seemed to merit an award.




Last updated: 2010-11-15 12:00 AM
Running
00:42:18 | 06.21 miles | 06m 49s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/2
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: The course was new this year. Pretty flat, with few turns.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
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] 4