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Comments: Better starting position helped with the first mile which came in at 8:10. That gave me 30 seconds on last year. Was under 8 min / mile pace through 6 miles, but was laboring to do so. Never felt smooth out there today. Back started to seize up a bit after mile 3 or so - stupid, I forgot to take ibuprofen before the race. Anyway, was about a minute ahead of last year's pace through mile 6, but then I just couldn't keep the pace. Stayed under 9min/miles, but really slowed on the hills (need to do more stairmaster, perhaps?). Was painful to watch the PB slip away and tough to focus my mind on staying positive as it was happening. Lost about 2 1/2 minutes over the last 4 miles - probably a minute was due to the course change and the other 90 seconds was just due to performance. What would you do differently?: Philosophically, I knew I was taking a bit of a chance going out as I did, but I felt it was the only way I'd have a shot at a PB. Probably would have done slightly better overall if I had gone out a little easier, but not sure.  Post race
Warm down: Saw a bunch of folks, ate a cookie and bagel. Drank some water and Gaterade. Was a bit buzzy about 5 minutes after I finished. Maybe low on hydration? What limited your ability to perform faster: Maybe age is catching up with me! Needed a few more long training runs this winter. Might have tapered a bit more. Was a bit humid, I thought. Really need to race at under 190. Without that, it will be hard for me to improve times as I age. Event comments: C'ville 10 miler is the signature race of our community. Always fun and a really good challenge. Last updated: 2012-03-07 12:00 AM
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Charlottesville Ten Miler
57F / 14C
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Overall Rank = 609/2239
Age Group = 50-55
Age Group Rank = 0/
Did less tapering than in the past for this race. Ran some on M-R... short distances.
Got up at 5am. 2 cups coffee and yogurt. Some idiot called at 2:30am, which totally threw me off, but did manage to get back to sleep. But I woke up a little more tired than usual, thus the 2nd cup of coffee. Got off at 6am arrived at JPJ at 6:30 in plenty of time to get race packet. Definitely the way to do it.
Lots of stretching and a light jog around the parking lot. Lined up early so I could be nearer the front than years past. Oddly didn't see anyone I knew prior to the race, but caught up with everyone after.
Pre-race goal. Can't say I went into this one feeling confident. I've been fighting allergies / cold for a couple of weeks and just haven't felt strong overall. Back has been good though and the 1/2 marathon 3 weeks ago went well other than the last couple of miles. But the course is back to normal, meaning the last mile won't be as fast. I'd be absolutely thrilled to get a PB on this, but I think unlikely. Would be disappointed with anything over 85 min. Strategy is to give myself a shot at PB by going out at a slightly faster pace than last year and then see what happens.