Big-D Texas Half Marathon - Run5k


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Dallas, Texas
United States
Mellew Productions
60F / 16C
Sunny
Total Time = 20m 58s
Overall Rank = 16/280
Age Group = A25-29
Age Group Rank = 2/25
Pre-race routine:

Pinapple juice & Red Bull
Event warmup:

Foam roller before I left the house, stretched IT Band out, practiced Sprinting off of the line (gun start)
Run
  • 20m 58s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 06m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Starting mats were screwed up, so they did an 'ol skool gun start. I ran hard from the very beginning and never stopped. Set a new PR for my 5k time and placed 2nd in my AG. Great, fun run.
What would you do differently?:

nothing.
Post race
Warm down:

walking, stretching, free rub down from Chirosports, accelerade, bananas...

Event comments:

Good race...just started late because of Hwy closing wreck. The start timing mats didnt work for the 5k, but it was fun to do the gun start.




Last updated: 2007-02-08 12:00 AM
Running
00:20:58 | 03.1 miles | 06m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/25
Overall: 25/280
Performance: Good
Course: Loop around Fair Park.
Keeping cool Drinking
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? No
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3