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Comments: I was happy how I managed the race all in all. Started out slow and let my heart rate dictate pace, at about mile 3 I let the heart rate stay in the low 170s and the last .3 or so I tried to run all out and was in the 180s most of that portion. This was a contest between my sweetie and me. I got a bit of a lead weaving in and out of the people at the start a little better than she did. Just before the 2 mile mark on an uphill here she comes blowing by me, I tried to balance hr and speed to keep up with her and I pulled her back between mile 2 and 3 and took a very small lead. Leading into mile 4 was another hill,,,, which she usually has the advantage on, I decided to gamble a bit and did all I could to pick up the pace and not go over 175 hr hoping I could keep my gap or gain a little and break her will.... :) It worked. We both ran a lot better than what we had thought we would and a good portion of that is due to our loving competativeness with each other. She's the best girl a guy could hope to have. What would you do differently?: Schedule a race on a warmer and drier day. Start a lot closer to the front. Post race
Warm down: Walked out to the pier with Pam, had some water and an orange. What limited your ability to perform faster: I haven't done any speed work as of yet, I hope to get in 2 or 3 good speed workout before the Oly the end of the Month. Event comments: They could have had one more water stop and the first water stop, both cups of water I could see dirt floating in them and it tasted terrible,,,,, but hay I needed the liquid. Last updated: 2006-04-01 12:00 AM
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55F / 13C
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Overall Rank = 375/996
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 32/60
smoothie bananna some coffee.
I was planning on making this part of a 10 mile training run, 2 mile warm up and 2 mile cool down,,,,, I live in the desert because I am not fond of rain or the cold,,,,,, today we had both. the rain stopped right about the start and actually turned out pretty nice, and it was sunny when we finished.