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Comments: Didn't have any expectations for this race as this was my step back training run having run 16.5 miles last weekend. I decided that I was going to start with the 1:40 pace group and run by HR, looking to keep the HR around the high 140's to low 150's, which given the heat, is about right for a marathon or half-ironman run leg type of race. Except for a slight hill where my HR spiked, I was able to keep it in the range until the last couple of miles when I decided to kick a bit. Ran right around 7:40-7:50 pace the first 10 miles or so before picking it up to closer to low 7's by the last 2 miles (primarily downhill/flat). Left the pace group right around 7 miles as they were going a bit slow and I didn't want to negative split that much. Felt pretty good and kicked just enough in the last 2 miles to finish right under 1:40. What would you do differently?: Nothing - ran it just fine. Objective of a harder but shorter training run was met as I didn't want to have to take a recovery day tomorrow (bike workout).  Post race
Warm down: Not much - walked around a bit and stretched. Ate bananas and pancake along with Muscle Milk they were giving away. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training - been running right around 25 mpw mostly on weekends. Could've gone about 2 min or so faster but would have had to push harder and dig deep (which would require recovery) Event comments: Great race - about 3,500 people and the course wasn't bad - it was flat and fairly fast. Only thing I wish they would do is to make the 10K walkers stay to one side of the course as I had to weave through them starting around Mile 10. Last updated: 2014-06-08 12:00 AM
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Dallas Athletes Racing
80F / 27C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 62/1755
Age Group = M 40-44
Age Group Rank = 8/115
Alarm rang around 4:45am and got up a few minutes aftewards. Slept around 11:30pm so just about 5 hrs of sleep. This was not an A race so did not taper. Worked out on Friday (S/B/R) and then yesterday (62 mile bike ride in the heat with PBA DB1). Left the house around 5:25 and was parked around 6am. Hit the porta-johns in time for race start but then lightning warning delayed race by 30 min so start became 7:15am instead of 6:45am. Nice thing was that weather was overcast though the start was humid.
Not much - jogged from car to start area, then jogged back to switch shoes since I wanted to wear the Goretex shoes that was water resistant since rain was in the forecast. It turned out I didn't really need it.