Krispy Kreme Challenge - Run4 Mile


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Raleigh, North Carolina
United States
37F / 3C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 02m 22s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up. Had coffee. Left hotel around 8:15 for the 9AM start.
Event warmup:

Weds19 and I arrived at NC State just before 8:30 to meet dck4shrt. We jogged a little bit while waiting and then met up with dck and some of his friends. basically just stood there chatting/stretching for about 20-30min before he race started.
Run
  • 32m 36s
  • 4 miles
  • 08m 09s  min/mile
Comments:

Out:
Ran with brad and we settled into a comfortable pace but at effort (well effort for me...not sure for him). The course gmap'd a bit longer than 2mi, but I wasn't concerned about the running since (a) I haven't been running...so no worries about the time, and (b) it was the eating that would be the challenge.

Eat:
So we cruise into KK at the relative front of the 3000 racers. We run around the building and grab our box of donuts and some water.

Donuts 1-3...this is a good breakfast
Donuts 4-6...still not bad, but gettin' kinda full
Donuts 7-9...this turned from fun to hell quite quickly
Donuts 10-12...every f'in bite hurt, but since i made it this far, there is no sense turning back.

First 6 donuts...~7min
Last 56...~23min

I couldn't get enough water to go with the donuts. You really had to fight your way to get water as they only had one water table set out out front. Brad and I took turns grabbing waters...I htink I drank somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-36oz in that 30min period.

Was really fighting the gag reflex over the last 3 donuts.

Back:
We show our empty donut box to a volunteer, get our bib marked and are on our way. I get no more than a couple tenths into the run and I puke in stride...mostly water. Running on the full stomach of donuts wasn't all that bad. I mean it wasn't fun, but it really didn't have that huge an impact over the course of ~2mi.
What would you do differently?:

Train with cabbage, ala Kobayashi - http://espn.go.com/page2/s/caple/020703.html
Post race
Warm down:

Walked to car. Went to motel. Went to bathroom. Lied on bed for a bit.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Train for the mass eating

Event comments:

A fun race....truly a once in a lifetime event for me.




Last updated: 2008-01-16 12:00 AM
Running
00:32:36 | 04 miles | 08m 09s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
out - 15:39 back - 16:57
Course: The course had some rollers, but was net downhill on the way out and thus net uphill on the way back.
Keeping cool Drinking
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? No
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 3