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Comments: Started out in Wave 3 which was for mile splits of 8-10 minutes. Since this was my first 10K, I didn't really know what to expect. Training runs are usually 8:00-8:30 miles. And I would rather start a little further back and be passing people the whole way than start too far forward and be passed the entire time. Shins started to tighten up at about a mile and a half, but that went away after a couple more minutes. I missed the mile 1 marker, so I didn't get any splits until mile 2 which I had at 16:16. And from there until the end, I had negative splits for the miles, and I finished with a good sprint for the last .2 miles. Miles 1 and 2: 16:16 Mile 3: 7:37 Mile 4: 7:25 Mile 5: 7:17 Mile 6: 7:02 Mile 6.2: 1:04 No complaints here. What would you do differently?: This was automatically a personal record since it was my first 10K, and the second 5K of the race was a PR for a 5K distance. I wouldn't do anything different. Thrilled with the result.  Post race
Warm down: Drank a couple of bottles of water, got a banana, muffin, and donut. Grabbed another couple of bottles and walked back up the last third or half of a mile to run with Nathalie toward the finish and watched her come across the line. Then had a juice box, a couple of cookies, and a bowl of pasta before riding the metro back to the start. What limited your ability to perform faster: Fewer miles logged than planned. Event comments: Great race. Perfect for a first 10K. Well-organized and a great post-race spread. Last updated: 2007-01-11 12:00 AM
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United States
Montgomery County Road Runners Club
60F / 16C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 417/1494
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 48/188
Got to bed around midnight, up at 6:30. Had a Clif nectar bar, a fig newton, and half a bottle of gatorade on the drive over to the start. Picked up our race packets and went back to the car to chill out to some tunes.
Jog from the car to the line for the bathroom, light stretching, and found our way to the waves we were going to start in. Glad they started the waves a minute or two apart since there were nearly 3000 people. This seemed to help with the usual logjam at the beginning.