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Comments: I ran this as a baseline 5K for Shane's running challenge group. I have not been running a lot this winter, and it showed in this race. A year ago I ran a 22:07 on a slightly less challenging course, so I was expecting this run to be somewhere between 22:15- and 23:00 given my lack of volume over the winter. I was a little bummed when I saw my time, but not surprised. Lack of volume, a little winter weight, no warm-up, and the day before my period--a perfect storm for mediocrity. I should have my work cut out for me in Shane's group, and I'm really looking forward to dialing this back down. What would you do differently?: I lined up too far to the back and started my kick too early based on my current run fitness, but OA I am pleased with how I ran the race and my effort, just not my current run fitness.  Post race
Warm down: As soon as I finished my race, I doubled back to find my kids so I could run the last bit of their races with them. My 8 yo was ahead of the 7, so we ran the last half mile together which was so awesome! She looked GREAT, and is totally built like a distance runner (unlike me). When we finished we both double backed until we saw the 7yo, and then finished with her. The girls took 1st and 2nd in the under 9 age group, and I took 2nd in mine, so--with our prize money we actually recouped the entry fees +$10. What limited your ability to perform faster: My lack of winter run training. Event comments: Pre-race pick up was a cluster, but other than that it was a totally fine race. $25 and 2 minutes from my house bumps it up a few notches in the race eval. Last updated: 2014-04-06 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 58/323
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 2/31
The event was scheduled to start at 9 and was .5 miles from where we're living. My two girls decided that morning that they wanted to do their first 5K, so we walked over at 8:30 to get them registered--a free race for all 14 and unders.
No official warm up other than going to a different area for registration, another area for packet pick-up, another area for bibs and yet a fourth area for chips. (Leave it to a bunch of med students to come up with the most inefficient pre-race pick up area ever :)
The girls were very excited and needed a lot of help getting their chips and numbers on, but we did it with two minutes to spare before the gun went off. Woo-hoo!