Clyde's American 10K - Run10k


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Columbia, Maryland
United States
Howard County Striders
60F / 16C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 05m 13s
Overall Rank = 1132/1325
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Ate a Clif bar, drank some water, talked a lot about how I wasn't going to finish
Event warmup:

Warm up? For a race I didn't think I'd complete?!
Run
  • 1h 05m 13s
  • 6.2 miles
  • 10m 31s  min/mile
Comments:

My knee started hurting during the run. I didn't really pay attention because I was so concentrated on finishing. I managed a solid sprint to the finish which was exciting, passed a couple people. Nick ran with me the whole way and was really helpful and supportive, always giving positive feedback. Spectators were nice, too. As soon as I crossed the finish line I realized how much my knee was hurting. It really was quite painful to put weight on it, and I limped around the awesome post-race festivities.
What would you do differently?:

Train? I hadn't ran more than a 5k without stopping in about a year, since last time I decided to randomly do a 10k without training.
Post race
Warm down:

Talked to Dad and Brat.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Didn't train much

Event comments:

Very well-run race, awesome post-event buffet with wide variety of food & drinks. Hills were too hard for me but if I had trained more I would have really loved the course- good rolling hills that weren't too steep and good downhill recoveries.




Last updated: 2008-03-25 12:00 AM
Running
01:05:13 | 06.2 miles | 10m 31s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/1325
Performance:
Course: Rolling hills- really long hills that weren't too steep. Around mile 4 was a reallllly long steeper hill. I groaned out loud when I turned the corner and saw it.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5