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Comments: Felt great through the entire run. Maintained a strong steady pace that helped me pull through the race! One boo-boo I had was dropping my car keys. I had it in one of the back pockets of my cycle jersey and it popped out about 1/2 mile into the course. I had to run back 100 feet (into the runners) and grab them. That prob. cost me a few seconds actually. What would you do differently?: -Run faster? Honestly, I think I did about as good as I could based on my training. I might have been able to push myself harder, but I felt like I managed pace very well and I would have given that up as a result of pushing too hard. -Leave the carkeys and cell phone (it's a pocket pc phone for crying out loud!) somewhere so I dont have to carry them in my hand/pockets through the race. I was worrying about my carkeys for the rest of the race after I dropped them. I experimented with many options for stashing the keys other than my hands during the race.  Post race
Warm down: Celebrated hitting a PR 5K time! I was amazed at how much better I felt than I did a year ago after crossing the finish line. Sure I was winded, but not ready to pass out like last year's race! And I caught my breath in less than a minute. Stretched a bit more to loosen the legs, but mostly just walked around the post-race area with a big smile on my face! What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of being able to stretch out my stride. I'd say if I want to get faster I'm going to really have to start focusing on lengthening my stride on each step. Event comments: A big event- very fun to be part of it! And the best part was being closer to the head of the pack than the tail!! There were fewer runners by almost half this year (maybe they were all doing the half-marathon?) so it was less crowded but big enough to motivate! The greatest part was that this run was a great indication of my progress!! Last year, this was a virgin run for me- I was brand new to running, and ran a time of over 30 minutes. Today's run gave me a 22:30, nearly 8 minutes less than last year!! It was a riot to see just how far I've come!!! Just a fun, easy run! I would have liked to do the half marathon had I known I would be doing a run instead of the bike tour... Maybe next year? But then again, I'd still like to actually do the bike tour too- Guess I'll have to figure that out! Last updated: 2006-06-03 12:00 AM
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80F / 27C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 152/2321
Age Group = 25-29 M
Age Group Rank = 24/135
Arrived downtown at 5 am prepared to participate in the Salt Lake Bike Tour. I gave my tires one last check before leaving and they were good. Unfortunately, as my luck would have it, when I arrived I had a flat so I was s-o-l... Tried to get a spare tube from some bikers, but no such luck. So I opted to run the 5K in place of my Bro-in-law (he wasn't running it since he was participating in the bike tour too). Found my way over to the Trax train and took it to the starting area of the 5K. Sat for an hour and a half since the race didn't start 'til 7:20.
Stretching... Plenty of stretching- calves, hams, quads and some upper stretches too. Mental preparation was easy today- I was ready and committed to hold at least a 7:30, and I wasn't going to stop. I had committed myself to make the most of this race since I was disappointed about the bike trouble. I was determined to "turn my frown upside down" :)