10th Annual Strides of March 5k - Run5k


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Kirtland, Ohio
United States
Deepwood Foundation
37F / 3C
Sunny
Total Time = 08m 30s
Overall Rank = ?/
Age Group = 41-45
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 6:00am, Fed dogs, horses, and heard the first turkeys gobbling this morning. Diane came over and we drove 45-50 minutes to the event. Oh yeah I ate a big fat beagel with peanut butter and jelly while driving. (Not a very smart thing to do!)
Event warmup:

Walk around a little then jogged a little to warm up.
Run
  • 27m 52s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

Diane and I met up with my sister-in-law Babette at the starting line. Diane & I stayed in our usual toward the back position. Turned on my MP3 player and started out slowly. Babs was somewhere ahead of us. Diane jumped ahead of me and I decided to stay behind. I never did catch her. She ran a great race. I picked up speed on the hills but would slow down to recover after getting to the top. I passed Babs at the turn around and didn't see her till the end of the race. She would have kicked my be-hind too if she hadn't been sick with a sinus infection.

What would you do differently?:

I need to work on pacing myself so I can feel strong at the end not like I'm gonna die. I tired on mile 3 where I needed to be strong. I did finish all out on the 0.1 ending! Keep racing and learning!!!
Post race
Warm down:

walking & stretching

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Being able to breath

Event comments:

I had a really good time with Diane & Babette! I hope to continue running after them again.




Last updated: 2007-03-25 12:00 AM
Running
00:27:52 | 03.11 miles | 08m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Very nice. It had rolling gentle hills going out and back nothing horrible.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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