2006 Jingle Bell Run/Walk - Run5k


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Brighton, New York
United States
Arthitis Foundation
32F / 0C
Overcast
Total Time = 27m 55s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Slept like crap. Up at 6:30 toast and a little water (not enough). KenJ pick me up at 7:30 and drove 40 minutes to race. Had to stand in lines for packet p/u and then again to get shirt. Too long standing around and not warming up.
Event warmup:

Stretched and ran in place a little. Turns out work to hard on right leg.
Run
  • 27m 55s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 59s  min/mile
Comments:

Wind blowing at 20-25 mph. Ouch! It sucked. The left anterior tib did not want to run at all. Mile 1 went well Ken and I stayed close. 8:04 mile maybe a little to fast. Mile 2 the left shin started to talk to me bad. I lost my santa hat and to turn to get it. Just after the water station I stopped to stretch left calf. Bad idea was worse after. Couldn't anywa to relieve it with foot placement. 8:54 mile 2. Becam more of a shuffle after that. Stopped to retie left shoe. Then the right shoe cam untied. If there had been a coffe shop I would have got coffee. Picked it up some at the end and got a good cheer from Ken and M-daddy on the way in. Thanks guys.
What would you do differently?:

Warmup more and loose wgt. The gain on 10 pounds from summer is killing me. I need to get on the stick and hopefully this is the wakeup call.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretch and stretch again. Got some coffee and soup. Kam31 won her age group. Mike and Ken did well.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

A big fat gut. Poor warm up.

Event comments:

I am disappointed in this race. I had hoped to finish well and started out OK.
Standing in line too long to get packet was a pain and they need to fix that area.
Ugh!!!!!!


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Last updated: 2006-11-04 12:00 AM
Running
00:27:55 | 03.11 miles | 08m 59s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Below average
Course: Slight up hill to the nieghborhood areas which were flat.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3