Pikes Peak Road Runners: Winter Series II - RunOther


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Colorado Springs, Colorado
United States
Pikes Peak Road Runners
40'sF / 0C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 54m 28s
Overall Rank = 19/192
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 4/17
Pre-race routine:

Got up early as usual. Did the same old morning race routine. Some coffee, some cereal, and that's pretty much it.
Event warmup:

1 mile warmup. Ran at about 7 minute pace.
Run
  • 54m 28s
  • 8.17 miles
  • 06m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

The first few miles hurt. Can tell that I didn't rest at all prior to this race. Did the normal training week prior. Rode hard on Thursday and was just kinda doing this race to see what I could do in a mild state of fatigue. My HR avg was 168 which is a few beats below what I can normally sustain for about an hour. After the initial seeding into the trail I wasn't passed by anyone. Managed to speed up on the second half and pick off a couple of people. Going into the finish I could tell the guy behind me was trying a last minute surge. Held him off to the line, but once again it hurt.
What would you do differently?:

Not a thing for a training run. If it were more important I'd put less miles in during the week and no long hard efforts on the bike. So overall I'm happy.
Post race
Warm down:

Ran back out to come in with Meg. Total of a 2 mile cooldown.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing. Ran as I wanted to with little expectations

Event comments:

Pikes Peak Roadrunners always puts on a good race. Great group of people. Search and Rescue was out as usual with their normal group of volunteers. Lucky to have this group around.




Last updated: 2008-01-26 12:00 AM
Running
00:54:28 | 08.17 miles | 06m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/17
Overall: 19/192
Performance: Good
Avg HR 168
Course: Snow packed and icy in spots. Out and back. Mostly trail with a few paved sections.
Keeping cool Good 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? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4