Mt. Penn MudFest - Run15k


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Reading, Pennsylvania
United States
Pagoda Pacer
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Ate oatmeal with banana, raisons, & nuts & drank some coffee.
Event warmup:

There was no warm up today. The race started late :-( I had decided last minute to wear shorts so I was pretty cold standing there waiting for the race to start. I would bet that less than 10% of the runnders wore shorts. Once the race started I was perfectly dressed, I think. Those with pants on had to be hot.
Run
  • 1h 44m 44s
  • 9.3 miles
  • 11m 16s  min/mile
Comments:

I think I ran well today. I felt good most of the way. There was one really long hill that almost got the best of me but I sucked it up and ran up it slowly. I did have to walk some of the hills but not because I wanted to but because everyone else was walking and it was impossible to pass.
What would you do differently?:

Be more confident on the trails when I want to pass people. It agitated me that I didn't pass some folks that were having difficulty.
Post race
Warm down:

Ate a bagel with peanut butter then got in my jeep and went home.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I'm not sure anything limited my ability to perform better except maybe my ability to pass people. I'll have to work on that.

Event comments:

I had a lot of fun running this. I really like trail runs. They're challenging and the miles fly by. It wasn't too bad going by myself either. I would have liked to have the company on the drive up and back, though. My schedule called for 1:45 of running today, so that was my goal really. I was pretty much right on the money :-)




Last updated: 2008-03-20 12:00 AM
Running
01:44:44 | 9.3 miles | 11m 16s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: It was a nice trail run. Some challenging hills and 4 creek crossings. There were some incredibly steep muddy embankements to climb after the creek crossings. I had to actually push a fellow up one of them because he couldn't get up. He was preventing me from moving on. It seemed a lot of people were concerned with getting dirty and wet. That's a little ridiculous to me since the race is advertised and named MUDFEST.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
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? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5