Polar Bear Run - Run5 Mile


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Indianapolis, Indiana
United States
Ken Long and Associates
23F / -5C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 39m 10s
Overall Rank = 124/731
Age Group = 40-44M
Age Group Rank = 14/58
Pre-race routine:

Two biscuits with jelly, left house at 6:20 am about an hour drive
Event warmup:

ran 3/4 mile, very cold wind chill around 6 degrees, took a power gel and drank 8oz of cytomax
Run
  • 34m 10s
  • 5 miles
  • 06m 50s  min/mile
Comments:

Great run for me, goal was 7min. miles, ran 50 seconds under goal, used this race to see where i was at
What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Post race
Warm down:

ran 1.5 miles easy around 9:30 pace went inside and streched and had pizza and tomato soup.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Wind, I actually felt good and took might gloves off despite 7 degree wind chill

Event comments:

great race well very well put on, was cold to start but warmed up after mile one.




Last updated: 2007-02-24 12:00 AM
Running
00:34:10 | 05 miles | 06m 50s  min/mile
Age Group: 14/58
Overall: 124/731
Performance: Good
ran fairly easy opening mile 6:50,mile two 6:55,6:49,6:32,7:01 felt good started to struggle around 4th mile, my first race in a while and only the second time I've ran outside
Course: Flat, wind in our face first mile, some slight down hills and up hills mile 3-4, good course well marked and blocked from traffic
Keeping cool Average 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] 4