Wellfleet Road Race - Run


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Wellfleet, Massachusetts
United States
72F / 22C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 43m 27s
Overall Rank = 211/412
Age Group = F40-49
Age Group Rank = 17/54
Pre-race routine:

Had my usual breakfast. Left house ~7:20. Parked on pier, walked over to register, and then back to car. Headed back to start, hit the porta-potty line and then sat on a bench to wait for the start.
Event warmup:

None other than walking back and forth between registration, the car, and the start.
Run
  • 43m 27s
  • 5 miles
  • 08m 41s  min/mile
Comments:

This went pretty well - much better than I was expecting. A woman asked me at the start what my pace was going to be. I told her 9ish and then tried very hard to stay at or under that pace. This course is short (I consistently get 4.85-87 year after year on my Garmin), but I still managed an 8:55 pace. I felt strong throughout and like I ran pretty consistently.
What would you do differently?:

Not much
Post race
Warm down:

None, got a bottle of water and then walked back to the car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

12 mile run the day before...

Event comments:

This is always a fun race. For a change, it wasn't ridiculously hot this year. Would be nice if they had something other than just water at the finish.




Last updated: 2015-07-05 12:00 AM
Running
00:43:27 | 05 miles | 08m 41s  min/mile
Age Group: 17/54
Overall: 211/412
Performance: Good
Splits: 8:52, 9:00, 9:22, 8:56, 8:24
Course: Out and back from beach parking lot by the Bookstore Restaurant to the Great Island parking lot. Hilly! Rollers mostly, but two pretty good climbs in the 3rd mile.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4