Times Colonist 10K - Run10k


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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
6-10C / 0F
Sunny
Total Time = 41m 6s
Overall Rank = 182/8533
Age Group = M2529
Age Group Rank = 20/385
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 6am had a big bowl of oatmeal and a banana, some green tea and a bottle of water. Drove to the race with some friends and sipped on a bottle of gatorade.
Event warmup:

Jogeed easy for a few minutes, stretched, did some quick jogs and stretched some more, hit the porta potty..., some quicker jogs intervals, then got in line for the start.
Run
  • 41m 6s
  • 10 kms
  • 04m 07s  min/km
Comments:

Started out fairly high up as every year I seem to get stuck behind poorly seeded runners who tend to hold me up a bit. Same thing happened this year, the gun went off and a group of 10 people right in front of me started out on a pace which would have probably been close to a 6 minute km. After struggling to find room to pass them I had to weave in and out of other poorly seeded runners to find some room. Hit the first km marker in a dissapointing 4:07, last year my first km was 4 mins flat, so I started to pick up the pace to make up for the easy 1st km. Fired off 2 quick km's in 3:52 and 3:51 and then hit the 4th km which is the start of a slow gradual climb, managed a 3:59 and still felt really good and was starting to get pumped that I might be able to pull off a sub 40 10km which is one of my goals for this season. That's when I ran into trouble, about halfway through the 5th km you come out of a sheltered cove onto a long 3.5km stretch along the water that is not sheltered and the wind was insane, I struggled over the next 4km's to keep up my pace although I was still passing lots of people so I felt as though I was running strong, but the timme just wasn't happening. As I hit the last km I was feeling pretty good so I pushed as hard as I could for the last km trying to go under 41, but I just missed it!!! Oh well, I beat my new PB from 2 weeks ago 41:31 by 25 seconds so I was still extremely happy with my time.
What would you do differently?:

Not much to be honest other than maybe try and seed myself even higher up, although I do not want to be blocking people who are faster than me either so what can you do??? Nothing I can do about the wind and I felt I ran the race I needed to so all in all I am very happy with my execution.
Post race
Warm down:

Jogged to my car to grab some warm clothes and then waited for my friends at the finish to cheer them on.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The wind. No doubt.

Event comments:

Pretty good race, lots of fan support, although they need to do something for better after race activities.




Last updated: 2007-05-01 12:00 AM
Running
00:41:06 | 10 kms | 04m 07s  min/km
Age Group: 20/385
Overall: 182/8533
Performance: Good
Splits: 1km: 4:07.9, 2km: 3:52.9, 3km: 3:51.4, 4km:3:59.3, 5km: 4:13.9, 6km: 4:19.1, 7km: 4:16.2, 8km: 4:10.8, 9km: 4:12.4, 10km: 4:02.5
Course: Slightly rolling, but fairly flat course, no major climbs. Windy!!!
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4