Snowman Stampede - 20 Mile - Run20 Mile


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Denver, Colorado
United States
JD Events LLC
32F / 0C
Overcast
Total Time = 2h 30m 51s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up and made Crepes for the family. Yum. Drove part of the course and then met up with Cathy, Richard, Lilia, Sergeant Vik, and the other racers.
Event warmup:

No warm up, just trying to stay warm. It had snowed the night before and left a nice layer of ice on the road. Cold and windy day.
Run
  • 2h 30m 51s
  • 20 miles
  • 07m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

Richard decided to run this with me. Thank god or I might not have made it!!!! Started out a bit hard the first 2 miles. Then settled into a comfortable pace. I was using this as a training race not all out. As it turns out that was as fast as I could go. Then we pushed into the wind for a about 2 miles. That was tough. turned around and headed back. Nice tailwind here. Richard and i just cruise. Then a left turn and up the hill. Caught some girls and another guy fading and left them.. THen onto the flat again. Richard and I realize we should work together and cut the wind so we traded of every 2 minutes leading. That was awesome. We started catching people now. Then turn around at 10. Right at 1:16. Then we cruised, trading the lead to cut wind. Then we would surge on the hills. Got to mile 15 and we were feeling good. Well I was having some quad soreness now. Nothing big. Kept that up until mile 19 then Richard said see you later and toook off. I was dieing at mile 19. I thought, I am not going to make it. My legs were just toast. I can't believe I ran a 7:22 the last mile. thanks Richard you are a true stud.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing, we ran it the way we said. I wanted to be under 2:40 and Richard said no 2:30. So I was just there.
Post race
Warm down:

Talked to everyone, drank my endurox ate some food and went home. I guess if I had stayed I would have one a pair of running shoes in the raffle at the end. I was cold and tired.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Longest run of the year. And I went harder than I usually do in a distance of that length.. Wind for sure. It was strong. Did I already say that.

Event comments:

Fun race. Good to see all the BT'ers and Thanks again to DickDime. THat boy can run. Sorry to hold you back today.




Last updated: 2007-02-01 12:00 AM
Running
02:30:51 | 20 miles | 07m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
1st mile and second mile 15:04 HR 148 mile 3 7:44 HR 142 mile 4 and 5 15:29 HR 144 mile 6 7:49 HR 146 mile 7 7:49 HR147 mile 87:29 HR 148 mile 9 7:30 HR 150 mile 107:22 HR151 mile 11 7:29 HR149 mile 12 8:02 HR 147 mile 13 7:41 HR 149 mile 14 7:28 HR 152 mile 15 7:11 HR 154 mile 16 7:24 HR 156 mile 17 7:08 HR 159 mile 18 7:18 HR 158 mile 19 7:25 HR 161 mile 20 7:22 HR 163
Course: 2x10 mile loops inside Cherry creek state park. First 5 miles flat. next 1.5 miles slight up hill next 1.5 miles down hill the rest was flat with a few small rollers. It was super windy. That was an ass kicker today.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4