Bay to Bay 12K - RunOther


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St. Petersburg, Florida
United States
Motion Sports Management
80F / 27C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 19m 30s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Ate a corn muffin driving over to St. Pete
Event warmup:

Walk 1/2 mile from parking area to venue. Waited around for John. He showed up late with his new roomie...both hottie young former college FB athletes...YUMMY. But um well lets say they didn't train for this
Run
  • 1h 19m 30s
  • 7.46 miles
  • 10m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

ICK that was BAD...it should have been a 12K swim it was so freaking HUMID. 80-90 degrees with 85% humidity. PLUS I only did this race because Lilia and John wanted to do it...Lilia was a no show and John brought a friend (OK they are both HOT so it was kind of OK) and they only ran 2 miles then turned around and went back.

Mentally not into this race. It was UGLY hot and UGLIER humid. By 3 miles I was so soaked in sweat it was dripping off my ponytail onto my legs. By mile 4 I didn't care if I finished or not. By mile 5 I gave up and took my shirt off because it was so heavy with sweat and ran i nmy sports bra. I was pretty much miserable all around so I just kept telling myself it was good mental training for St. Anthony's.
What would you do differently?:

Not race when I am mentally not into it regardless of who else is doing the race. Run in a sports bra from the start when its that freaking HOT and humid. Drink more. I'm very very dehydrated now and I feel like crap
Post race
Warm down:

walk 1/2 mile to bus, ride bus back to start. walk 1/2 mile to car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

HEAT AND HUMIDITY. I mean I know I live in FL but the humidity jumped up 30% this weekend.

Event comments:

Oh yeah they started the race LATE because 75% of the race participants were in line for the porta potties so they had to wait for everyone to PEE before they would start. WTF?




Last updated: 2008-02-05 12:00 AM
Running
01:19:30 | 07.46 miles | 10m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Bad
Mile 1 8:58 AHR 160 Mile 2 9:27 AHR 170 Mile 3 10:42 AHR 164 started taking walk breaks plus I not longer had 2 hot 20 somethings chasing me Mile 4 10:56 AHR 163 Mile 5 10:58 AHR 164 Mile 6 12:19 AHR 161 (stopped and took my shirt off and ran in sports bra. It was SOAKED and I carried it the rest of the way) Mile 7 11:08 AHR 164 Mile .46 4:59 AHR 166
Course: point to point across St. Petersburg
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Bad
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3