Charities Challenge: Challenge Obesity 5K - Run


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St. Paul, Minnesota
United States
Charties Challenge
40F / 4C
Overcast
Total Time = 38m 14s
Overall Rank = 63/78
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 1/1
Pre-race routine:

Up @ 5 am made a bagel with ham a cheese, stopped at Holiday for some Crangrape juice and ate on the way. (also had my vitamins, Naproxen, and Joint Soother).
Event warmup:

Stretched for 10 minutes and did some short intervals about 1/4 of the way around the lake and back.
Run
  • 38m 14s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 12m 17s  min/mile
Comments:

Focused in on a well known 70 year old racewalker and did my best to catch him. I never did but it helped me keep my pace up. Talked to him after the race and he wanted to get a pair of my Loco racing flats.
What would you do differently?:

Given my condition (cold) not much. I was at 2 minutes the first mile I just ran out of steam.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretched alittle and walked a bit

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Being sick with a cold didn't help. I didn't seem to get too winded but just didn't have my normal snap.

Event comments:

After getting home I crashed in bed and slept for two hours!




Last updated: 2006-04-01 12:00 AM
Running
00:38:14 | 03.11 miles | 12m 17s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/1
Overall: 0/78
Performance: Average
2 laps around lake Como course
Course: flat asphalt path
Keeping cool Good 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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4