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Comments: I really didn't know what to expect. I honestly was shooting for under 1:28:00, but was secretly hoping to go under 1:26:00. I seem to hold something in reserve at most my races and didn't want to use that strategy this time. I wanted to put it all out on the line. I wanted to finish with absolutely nothing left in the tank. I wanted to hurt and know that if anything I gave it everything I had. I hit my first mile in 6:04, after that I settled into a pace that was hard but somewhat sustainable. I hit my 5k at 19:24 and thought "I'm pretty sure that's the fastest 5k I've ran". When I got to the 10k mark I whipped my out gel and glanced at the Garmin. I was absolutely floored when I saw 39:19. That beat my fastest ever 10k by 21 seconds. That rush carried me all the way to the 10 mile mark. At that point I knew I was going to PR pretty big. The last 2 miles hurt pretty bad. It was what my buddy Dime referred to as an anticipated and managed fade. Mile 11 was far and away the hardest. I was just trying to hang on at that point. When I saw the 12 mile sign I knew speeding up was going to hurt something awful, but I did. Came through the finish with pain written all over my face. Got the pics to prove it. This race hurt, but I learned so much from it. My average HR was so high and I didn't know that I could sustain that. What would you do differently?: Nothing at all!  Post race
Warm down: Walked through the finish line and got a chocolate milk and stretched a bit. Event comments: This is probably one of my favorite races I've ever done. Everything worked out great. Hanging out with some of the coolest people I've ever met made the experience that much better. Thanks for a great weekend guys!!! Last updated: 2007-11-21 12:00 AM
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Rim Rock Roadrunners
40F / 4C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 46/2899
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 7/216
Got up early and had a bowl of cereal, banana, coffee, and stretched out a little bit. For some reason my mind was running a million miles an hour. I wasn't psyching myself out or anything. I was just trying to prepare myself to dig deep I suppose. I really wanted to push myself as hard as possible and see what happened.
Not a whole lot. A little jog down from the start area and back up. Froze my arse off and was lucky Dime brought an extra pair of sweats. Shot a GU about 15 minutes before the start.