April Fool's 5K Race for DARE - Run5k


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Easton, Connecticut
United States
DARE
45F / 7C
Sunny
Total Time = 19m 28s
Overall Rank = 5/278
Age Group = 25-30
Age Group Rank = 1/30
Pre-race routine:

I have no internet in my new place and like an idiot could not remember when the registration time was so I woke up at 6 am. I had some cheerios and was out the door on my conquest to the ritzy EASTON ct.
Event warmup:

I did some quick short back anf forth runs and very minor sprinting. I was also sizing up the pretty large field. Also checked out all the hot soccer moms.
Run
  • 19m 28s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 06m 17s  min/mile
Comments:

The run start was good. I was off and in 3rd right from the start. I found an arrogant 18 or 20 year old and got right on his butt and started my draft. At about the first mile (5:42) He turns his head and says "what are you doing?, why don't you pass me already?" so I said "Thanks for the draft" and booked up this huge hill and dropped him. Hills are definitely my specialty, downhills, not so much.
Mile 2 (5:47), I am now in second. My lungs and quads were burning pretty badly but that was no comparison to how my stomach felt. I was starting to feel the pain and get the over the shoulder bug. It seemed I had two female persuers.
Mile 3 (slow enough to KILL my race!) was all up hill. At the bottom end up mile 2 is a downhill and that is where my two female persuers passed me. AH HA! Here comes the biggest hill on arun I have ever seen! My specialty! I decide to gun it up the hill. I do. Drool streams are coming off the side of my face as I split the chick pair and get a good 20 ft lead going into the top of the hill.
The finish. My downfall. The finish is a very slight downhill down and around this huge elemntary school. As I make my turn into the last quarter of a mile or so for some reason my mental strength was gone. The two chicks pass me like it's there job and some random dude passes me too. I look behinf me and there is no one else. There is also no way I am catching the three that passed me so I settle into my regular running pace for the last quarter of a mile. I finish 5th.
What would you do differently?:

This was my first 5k and I had no idea how my body would respond. The last .5 mile was my downfall no doubt. I really gave up mentally and am pretty dissapointed in myself because of it.
Post race
Warm down:

St down and got a couple of hand slaps from fellow finishers.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Inexperience

Event comments:

I had masters practice to go to directly after the race. I got 5th over all and 1st in my AG so I was entitled to a trophy so it seems but I didn't stick around to claim my glorious prize.




Last updated: 2007-03-29 12:00 AM
Running
00:19:28 | 03.1 miles | 06m 17s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/30
Overall: 5/278
Performance: Average
Course: The Course was pretty hilly through soccer mom country.
Keeping cool Average Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4