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Comments: My slowest mile was the first one, dodging people, weaving in and out around walkers and strollers and everything. Splits: Mile 1: 9:39 Mile 2: 8:31 Mile 3: 8:53 Mile 4: 9:15 Mile 5: 8:50 Mile 6: 8:54 Mile 6.2: 1:56 Felt like I was pushing pretty good for most of the race. I was trying to make 9-minute miles. If you take out the first mile, I averaged 8:54 min/mi. I was surprised that my heart rate wasn't higher (averaged low to mid 160's) and didn't get up close to 170 until near the end. I'm not sure what that means. I think the splits speak a lot to how my race went. After I saw the 9:15 min/mile (mile 4), I picked it up even more because I knew my pace was slipping. Mile 4 did include the water stop, though, so that's also part of why it was longer. I walked through the aid station and probably drank about 4oz of water. Not sure if it was worth it. Near the end I started feeling the familiar ITBS pain in my left knee. I was debating whether or not to keep running and I decided to keep going. I hope the ITBS doesn't come back because I've been doing good in training at lower speeds. I think it was just the higher intensity that pushed it over the edge. Saw a couple of local celebrities: Gordy Ansleigh who created Western States 100. He was dressed up in a Christmas outfit, had a big sign attached to his back and was handing out flyers for a Christmas run for wildlife protection up in Auburn. And I saw Eppie (I'm not sure of his last name) who created Eppie's Great Race, the oldest triathlon (started in 1974). However, Eppie's is Run, Bike, Kayak, not SBR. Overall, I'm proud of my accomplishment, I'm pleased to find out what kind of pace I can hold these days, and I had fun. That's what it's all about. My wife & step-daughter did the 5k in about 48 minutes, mostly walking. Good job! What would you do differently?: Push harder.  Post race
Warm down: Was herded over to the expo area and tried to find my wife and step-daughter. We then looked for whatever food & drink were left. Finally found some Snickers Marathon bars, Powerbar Pria bars, and plain water. Good enough. Stretched out a little bit and watched the live band. Then we walked back to the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: My weight, not enough running base, lack of speedwork training. Event comments: The race is for a good cause. My wife said she heard that it raised over $400,000 for the local food bank. I would recommend it to people, but so many people come to the race, that makes it a little challenging. Last updated: 2006-11-20 12:00 AM
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Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services
52F / 11C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 1108/2427
Age Group = M 35-39
Age Group Rank = 119/185
Hit the bathroom, ate a banana & 2 slices of whole grain toast with spray butter and spreadable fruit. Drank some water and made "lite" hot chocolate for the drive there. Drove over with my wife and step-daughter who did the 5k together. The traffic was backed up onto the freeway going into the college. I think we spent about 20-25 minutes in traffic before parking at the edge of the lot.
There were well over 20,000 people at this event (we saw bib numbers close to 25,000). My warmup was jogging from the parking lot to the starting line, probably about a mile. Then a bit of people-dodging. I had to stop probably 5 minutes before the race started because I couldn't push forward in the crowd anymore. It was probably another minute or so before getting to the starting line.