Frosty's Frozen Five 5M/10M - Run10 Mile


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Littleton, Colorado
United States
40F / 4C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 23m 37s
Overall Rank = 100/281
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 6/38
Pre-race routine:

Slept late. Coffee and Clif bar on drive to race. Check in. Look for BTers.
Event warmup:

Jogged a bit w/ Julia.
Run
  • 1h 23m 37s
  • 10 miles
  • 08m 22s  min/mile
Comments:

Tried to keep up w/ Julia since she was going to run it easy. Ha! I lasted 1 mile, then she decided to go for it. Then I tried to keep up w/ Katie, but my legs tightened up at mile 3, so I slowed a bit to try to shake them loose. Started feeling better so tried again to catch Katie, which I never did. At the turn around at mile 5, saw Julia again who tossed out a "Catch me!" so that was my mantra for a couple miles -- catch Julia catch julia... Didn't happen, but kept me going. There was no point at all during this race that was fun or pain free but I kept going and finished respectably. Ted pointed out that the women in my age group that finished ahead of me probably didn't race yesterday -- isn't he a sweetie! Lungs limited my pace most of the first half, legs limited my pace the second half. I felt like I was running on sticks the last couple miles -- no fluidity and no real feeling. Interesting....
What would you do differently?:

Considering the circumstances, nothing. I pushed it, but not enough to hurt myself long-term (I hope).
Post race
Warm down:

Tried stretching and jogging to the car for my parka. Hung out w/ BTers and cheered for people.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Yesterday's race. Still held a better pace than my 1/2 mary and 10 mile trail run in October, so maybe I'm improving.

Event comments:

Glad I raced. Hope I can walk tomorrow :)




Last updated: 2007-10-16 12:00 AM
Running
01:23:37 | 10 miles | 08m 22s  min/mile
Age Group: 6/38
Overall: 100/281
Performance: Good
Forgot my hr strap. Lap 1: 7:59:33 Lap 2: 7:51:93 Lap 3: 8:16.75 Lap 4: 8:09.92 Lap 5: 8:03.09 Lap 6: 8:47.86 Lap 7: 8:37.62 Lap 8: 8:44.33 Lap 9: 8:47.95 Lap 10 ? (started garmin late so pace includes stopping at finish and walking around....)
Course: Mostly dry roads, trails w/ ice and snow.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]