Hungry Duck Run 5k - Run5k


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Brighton, Michigan
United States
Runnin' Gear
70F / 21C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 25m 35s
Overall Rank = 66/
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 1/16
Pre-race routine:

Woke up super early, through on red/white/blue running gear and took off for Brighton. Checked in, got our t-shirts, drove out to the HS to park, then shuttled back to the start area.

Event warmup:

Walked, ran around the cute downtown and mill pond area. Stared at the ducks. Got poured on waiting for the 1/2 marathon to start.
Run
  • 25m 35s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 14s  min/mile
Comments:

My strategy was: run. That's pretty much what I did. I was passing people for the entire race, which felt nice. I also picked off every person I'd set off too...usually way before I was ready to stop following them. For not "racing", I'm surprised I'm only 20 seconds off my PR! I may have to find a new PR!
What would you do differently?:

nothing... this was a fun run!
Post race
Warm down:

Waited for Tom to come in, ate cookies, pet dogs.

Hours later I finally checked the results and discovered I won my age group!! I'm so dissappointed that I didn't stick around for the awards I could just kick myself!!

Event comments:

For a first year race, I thought these folks did a great job. The course was actually really hilly but the finish was downhill and didn't play mind games, so you could absolutly race it if you wanted to. Pretty with lots of trees!




Last updated: 2007-07-01 12:00 AM
Running
00:25:35 | 03.11 miles | 08m 14s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/16
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Looped around Brighton. 2/3rds paved roads, 1/3 dirt road. Fairly hilly, especially in the first half, last mile was mostly rolling but then downhill to the finish.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4