Henricus Dauber Dash - Run5 Mile


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Chester, Virginia
United States
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79F / 26C
Total Time = 1h 05m 59s
Overall Rank = 499/678
Age Group = 20-29F
Age Group Rank = 76/111
Pre-race routine:

coffee, water, find judi and jen.
Event warmup:

nope
Run
  • 1h 05m 59s
  • 5.5 miles
  • 11m  min/mile
Comments:

Honestly, I always seed myself honestly in races. I've been slow this year, and KNEW that I could do 5 miles in the 11:30 range, so I registered for that wave. I should know better, most people seed themselves too high. I passed tons of people. Not that I'm proud of it. Most of them were just out for a relaxing walk and in my way, of my slow steady death march jog.

That said, I did GREAT considering no training. The obstacles were fun and although there were some backups that slowed me down (most people back in the slow wave used the obstacles as stop, think, stare, and eventually slowly take the obstacle break while I wanted to just keep on MOVING) I didn't walk AT ALL until we had already been out there for 59 minutes. I walked for about 2 minutes, but finished strong. Just proof that I can get it done when I have a reason.
What would you do differently?:

Seed myself higher, and just start in the back of the faster heat. Run???
Post race
Warm down:

1. Hose off.
2. Find friends.
3. Beer truck.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not running and people all in the way.

Event comments:

I would certainly do this again. There were about 600 runners in the race, but they had PLANNED for 1500. That course could not hold much more than what they had....2times what we had would have been miserable.




Last updated: 2012-06-21 12:00 AM
Running
01:05:59 | 05.5 miles | 11m  min/mile
Age Group: 76/111
Overall: 499/678
Performance: Good
I know the race was published as 5 miles, but NO WAY was it only 5. My splits: Mile1: 10:40 Mile2: 11:24 Mile3: 11:49 Mile4: 12:39 Mile5: 19:29 --- no WAY is that only a mile even with 2 or 3 minutes of walking...
Course: Some rough cinder trail, some single track MTB trail, middle 3 miles pretty well shaded. And I think about 12 different obstacles? Jumping hay bales, crawling under nets, mud pits, etc etc. A LOT OF FUN.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4