Boston Tune-up 15-K - Run


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Upton, Massachusetts
United States
Tri-Valley Froontrunners
60F / 16C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 34m 28s
Overall Rank = 165/184
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up, got ready, ate cereal and drank coffee. Sipped on gatorade while driving about 40 min to race site. Found Max, parked next to his car.
Event warmup:

Jogged back and forth to register and use bathroom.
Debated whether I should be wearing the longsleeve or shortsleeve shirt. Was a bit chilly when start, due to raining a bit. I figured I'd do better when warm so I wore both.
Run
  • 1h 34m 28s
  • 9.32 miles
  • 10m 08s  min/mile
Comments:

I ran the whole course! Walked a few steps when grabbing water from drink stations. Was kind of surprised there weren't that many drink stations. Max was kind enough to let me "re-fuel" from his bottle. We talked the whole way, which helped passing time. Also had music with earphone on one ear so I was runing with Mozart's sonatas for piano and violin in the backgroud. Around mile 5 I got warm and took off the longsleeve shirt.
What would you do differently?:

Bring my own water bottle. I forgot about it this morning. Didn't want to carry my 1 L bottle to run.
Post race
Warm down:

walked a bit and stretched by the curb side. Then get into the school cafeteria to get something to eat. Saw the Hoyts. Took pictures with them and talked to them a bit.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

First 15k. This is a personal record :)

Event comments:

My longest run distance ever. I'm glad I did it. Was a bit nervous coz I went from doing 5 miles 3 weeks ago to 7.2 miles 3 days ago to a 15k today. That's almost double the distance. I'm glad Max got me into it. Otherwise I wouldn't even thought of doing it.




Last updated: 2006-03-30 12:00 AM
Running
01:34:28 | 9.32 miles | 10m 08s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/184
Performance: Good
Mile splits = 9:24, 9:29, 10:09, 9:43, 10:12, 10:17, 10:18, 10:53, 10:51 last 0.32 mile = 3:10
Course: rolling hills around some residential area in Upton.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
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? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4