Casey's Crab Laurel 5K Turkey Trot - Run5k


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Laurel, Maryland
United States
Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services
68F / 20C
Sunny
Total Time = 24m 25s
Overall Rank = 59/234
Age Group = 20-29
Age Group Rank = 2/
Pre-race routine:

Cereal for breakfast and left the house 45 minutes before the race start.
Event warmup:

Ran 10 minutes or so through the Main Street area and made sure I stretched my hamstrings since they've been pretty tight lately.
Run
  • 24m 25s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 07m 51s  min/mile
Comments:

just an OK run for me...i really want to break into 23 this race and it didn't happen...grr but I have to remember that I ran my first 5k 6 months ago and hated running before that.. so I'm making progress :)
What would you do differently?:

run faster!
Post race
Warm down:

ate a bagel and drank some water - stretched out the calves and the hamstrings again

What limited your ability to perform faster:

genetics?? :) haha.. i need to do some speed work

Event comments:

Well organized local race.. and I won an apple pie on Thanksgiving! :)




Last updated: 2007-11-19 12:00 AM
Running
00:24:25 | 03.11 miles | 07m 51s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/
Overall: 59/234
Performance: Average
Course: through Old Laurel - the last mile was on a paved path through the woods.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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