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Comments: The run went fine. I wasn't expecting much, just 2 weeks from the last marathon. We ran into the teeth of a constant 20MPH wind the entire way. IT was miserable. Rolling hills throughout. One ~9mile stretch was straight down HWY77 with no breaks from the wind. It was torture. It was a small enoguh race that there weren't any others running close to my pace to help with any sort of draft, or to serve as a wind-break. It was just a put-your-head-down-and-get-through-it kind of race. Not a lot of fun, but I made it What would you do differently?: Plug IPod in the night before so I don't get to the start line with no music Post race
Warm down: Got a snack, Powerade, walked to the car, and hit the hotel for a quick cold bath, followed by hot tub What limited your ability to perform faster: wind Event comments: Nice smaller race. Once race weekend came, everything went very smoothly. My only gripe was the website. It was great 6 months ago, but it was never updated. I had signed up for email updates in December, and never received a single update. The expo was fine, Pasta Dinner was included in registration fee (very nice touch), smooth pre-race trasnportation, tons of water stops with great volunteers. Nice finish in the stadium, good post race spread. Very well done smaller race. Last updated: 2012-12-12 12:00 AM
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United States
40F / 4C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 16/89
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 6/12
got up, ate my 2 packs of oatmeal, drove to the start. Waited in the warm bus til 10 min prior to race
none. Sat in the bus to avoid the 30deg cold and 30MPH winds