ColderBOLDER 5k Invitational - Run5k


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Boulder, Colorado
United States
BolderBoulder
9F / -13C
Sunny
Total Time = 19m 26s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up, ate, got dressed.
Event warmup:

Ran to the CU campus with Barry Siff. Temps were in the single digits. :-) Got to the field house - changed clothes - changed shoes, did my drills and pick ups.

Run
  • 19m 26s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 06m 15s  min/mile
Comments:

Started out easy - it was pretty icy and cold, wanted to make sure I was warm before I put out any effort. Went through 1km at 3:43, mile 1 at 6:03, and 2km at 7:28, then 2 miles - somewhere around 12:30, this included some uphill and turns - then up a little more - hit 4km at 15:15 and 3 miles at 18:46 - finished in 19:26. There were probably 15 people in my wave- and I wasn't going to go too hard, just enough to get a tempo workout in 6:15-6:30 pace. I think I ended up at 6:20. I was in the back at 1km - then I started passing all the young guns who took it out too fast and passed my last two guys at about 4.5km - then just ran tempo in - I could hear on guy coming up on me - but I ran pretty controlled coming in - lots of ice and turns on this course. Last year I ran like 19:5x on a very nice day and clear course. Today was cold and icy - no need to go down in unimportant race. So - good effort nice day.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Post race
Warm down:

Ran to Barry's to set up his CT, then home after that. Legs felt great.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

cold/ice

Event comments:

Pancake breakfast after - how can you beat that! And a winter hat too!




Last updated: 2006-11-27 12:00 AM
Running
00:19:26 | 03.11 miles | 06m 15s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Course: Loop around CU campus
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5