Robbie Burns 8K - Run8k


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Burlington, Ontario
Canada
The Burlington Runners Club
-7C / 19F
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 48m 38s
Overall Rank = 471/687
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 62/71
Pre-race routine:

Was up at 5:45am to have Omelete breakfast and a glass of juice before leaving at about 6:20am to drive to Burlington (about an hour on a good day, but left early due to the snow flurries. Got a extra large black decaf coffee for the drive.
Got to the race venue at 7:30am, registered and got my chip and kit. Parking was just outside the door to the venue.
Event warmup:

15 minutes prior, ran passed the start and finish line and warmed up.
Run
  • 48m 4s
  • 8 kms
  • 06m 01s  min/km
Comments:

Will update ranking etc once official results are available.

Good run, no hydration stations on the course. I was surprised by then since it was cold it sort of made sense that there wouldn't be any.

Achilles held up well and forced me to maintain slower pace. Did walk a little in the 7k stretch.
What would you do differently?:

Run full distance next time with no walk breaks.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk back to the indoor venue. Had poridge and bagel and bottle of water.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Healing Achilles tendon.

Event comments:

Good race. Probably do again next year.




Last updated: 2007-01-15 12:00 AM
Running
00:48:04 | 08 kms | 06m 01s  min/km
Age Group: 0/71
Overall: 0/687
Performance: Good
Splits: 1k - 5.46 2k - 11.19 3k - 16.58 4k - 22.27 5k - 28.10 6k - 34.50 7k - 40.45 8k - 46.55 8.20k - 47.58 Garmin distance sometime is not as accurate as race distance.
Course: The course was good. See motion based: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/1983117
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4