Fat A$$ 5K and Street Party - Run


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Springfield, Illinois
United States
Eck, Schafer & Punke, CPA's
Sunny
 		Total Time = 33m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Race was at 10:00 a.m., so really no special preparations.
Event warmup:

Jogged around the block with some of the faster ladies in the running club. Since they were warming up, I was able to keep up with them.
Run
  • 33m
  • 3.11 miles
  • 10m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

Being a slow runner, I don't usually care much for 5ks. They are a lot of work, although over quickly. But this was the inaugural year for the FatA$$ 5K and the Race Director is a really nice guy in our running club.

Don't remember exact time, my first lap around the block was 9-something. This is not a competitive race, there's actually a beer stop and an ice cream stop. It was the first running I've done since the marathon last weekend, and I've got a little lingering pain on the outside of my right foot. On the last lap, I hit both the beer and ice cream stop, then cruised on over to the water stop.
What would you do differently?:

Maybe hit the beer stop twice?
Post race
Warm down:

Street party afterwards with plenty of beer, pulled pork BBQ. The food line was slow moving but worth the wait.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Probably drinking beer and eating ice cream...

Event comments:

I think everyone should work the Fat A$$ 5K into their race schedule.




Last updated: 2008-04-10 12:00 AM
Running
00:33:00 | 03.11 miles | 10m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Flat laps in downtown Springfield.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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] 5