Frosty 50K Trail Race - RunUltra Marathon


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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
United States
Twin City Track Club
34F / 1C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 08m
Overall Rank = 68/144
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Ate a bagel, grabbed a cup of coffee and drove the 3 hours from Columbia.
Event warmup:

Nap in the car until it was race time, luckily the people parked next to me banged on the glass to wake me up.
Run
  • 4h 59m 10s
  • 31.07 miles
  • 09m 38s  min/mile
Comments:

Solid run. I went out way to slow for the first 25k. Lap pace was hanging out in the 10:30 / mile range as I was running by the HR. During the second 25k, I took off and was dropping people left and right. A lady and I tag teamed it all the way to the last three miles where I had more in the tank and pushed it into the 7 min mile range.

Was surprised to see the rough shape many of the people where in.

This was a perfect course for a first ultra. A bit boring but well stock aided stations, nice people and a relatively flat and easy course.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretch, hobble to the bathroom, drove to Charlotte and passed out at my brothers for the next 10 hours.

I don't think it was the running but the sugar overload from all the Krispy Creme's. :)

Event comments:

If this fits in my schedule with the end of winter break (being a teacher rocks), it'll be an annual event. Good people, good course, good aid and a good race.




Last updated: 2008-01-03 12:00 AM
Running
04:59:10 | 31.07 miles | 09m 38s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/144
Performance: Good
Course: Gravel Road. Nice Easy.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4