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Comments: The course was packed and the "Yellow" group seeding contained runners w/ qualifying paces of 9:30 or better. I think all of the 9+ pacers were ahead of me in the corral. The first two mile splits were by far the slowest of the race.... even slower than the Doomsday mile. After about mile 4 it finally started to thin out. I just tried to run as fast as the crowd would allow, bobbing and weaving through the slower runners. Tons of people blew up on Doomsday, bet I passed a couple hundred (no exaggeration) on the 3/4 mile long hill. Missed my goal by 2:46. Kind of wierd to see people still starting when I was walking across the bridge after the finish line.... this race is huge. What would you do differently?: Get closer to the front for the start and not assume the group would effectively self seed. Next time I'll let others do the passing if they need. I wasted a lot of energy weaving in and out of the crowd. I'd also not get sick for a couple weeks leading up to the race... one hell of a taper I guess.  Post race
Warm down: Downed a bunch of water, snagged my 'Finisher' shirt and walked about 8 blocks to meet up with the fam, stretch for a few minutes, and hit the road for home. Yeah, I took a sink shower at Starbucks.... whatever, I'm over it. What limited your ability to perform faster: Crowds, illness... blah, blah, blah - there's always next year. Event comments: This race is a classic and I loved finally getting to race it, even if it didn't go as planned. I think this is becoming an annual event. My wife had even signed up to walk, but that fell through when we needed to get home earlier and couldn't wait for her to finish. Last updated: 2011-04-07 12:00 AM
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Lilac Bloomsday Association
48F / 9C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 3548/50611
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 324/1539
Slept great. Up at 6:00 and had two pieces of toast @ 6:30, one light pb and one butter and some water. Got ready and hit the road about 7 to meet up w/ my sister and bro-in-law.
As you can imagine, parking close to a race w/ 50,000 participants isn't going to happen. Pre-race involved walking about a mile to the start area. Said goodbye to the fam since we were leaving town right after the race. Stood around in the start corral for my group with about 10,000 of my new friends....these sentiments wouldn't last long.