North Shore Turkey Trot - 5k - Run5k


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Highland Park, Illinois
United States
RAM Racing
49F / 9C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 19m 49s
Overall Rank = 24/2119
Age Group = M2529
Age Group Rank = 6/107
Pre-race routine:

Up 2hrs before the race, ate an English muffin with peanut butter and honey with some green tea. Made a date, agave nectar, green tea energy drink to sip. Ran for about 10 min before leaving.
Event warmup:

Apart from the run before leaving, nothing. The run made the difference. Felt good starting and everything
Run
  • 19m 49s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 06m 22s  min/mile
Comments:

Pretty good run. I had my goal for my first official sub-20 and I got that, so I'm pleased. It was a fast year for my age group. More than 1/4 of the people who went sub-20 were in my age group. I like the competition. I got mile 1 done in 6:30, which is what I was expecting. The second mile I timed at 6:10 while on the course. Thinking back on it now, that might not be correct. I was hoping for a higher age group rank, but that's ok. I got my official sub-20.

This was a fun run. My brother, sister, and girlfriend's whole family ran this as well. We all did well. Overall, it was a great way to start Thanksgiving.
What would you do differently?:

More track workouts this coming year. I had that as a goal anyway.
Post race
Warm down:

Hung out and waited for everyone else to finish. Ate all the snacks in the goodie bag: banana, nuts, mini-apple pie. Drank a bottle of water and talked with some guy in a turkey costume next to me.

Event comments:

RAM puts on good events. I'll do more of them.




Last updated: 2012-11-19 12:00 AM
Running
00:19:49 | 03.11 miles | 06m 22s  min/mile
Age Group: 6/107
Overall: 24/2119
Performance: Average
Course: Pretty flat. Few small hills but nothing to brag about.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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