Hill and Harbor 5k Classic - Run


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East Greenwich, Rhode Island
United States
Organization Plus
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 25m
Overall Rank = 50/120
Age Group = men 20-39
Age Group Rank = 5/10
Pre-race routine:

Up early. Felt like crap this morning. 1/2 gatorade endurance. No water.
Event warmup:

1/2 mile jog. Couple of 50m strides uphill.
Run
  • 25m
  • 3.11 miles
  • 08m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

Great first mile. No mile marker but I think I went low 7. Small hills slowed me down for the second mile but I think I was still in the mid 15 range. The last mile was a hammershow as the Division Street hill threw on the brakes BIGTIME. Last 1/2 mile was downhill and I was able to effectively stride to Main St. Good kick for the final 1/4. 25:02 gun time. 25:00 line time. Bitter...
What would you do differently?:

I can't say I would do anything different. Weight is still a problem. This was a PR (since I started training again) so I can't complain too much. Would like to have been firmly in the 24s or high 23s...maybe on a flatter course.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around in circles.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Weight.

Event comments:

Course is a bit of a pain. The hill at mile 2 does nothing for people trying to PR. It is a challenging course as the times were pretty high based on area 5ks. Lot of traffic but the PD did OK with what they had. Printer broke down so no race results yet.




Last updated: 2008-08-23 12:00 AM
Running
00:25:00 | 03.11 miles | 08m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/10
Overall: 0/120
Performance: Average
No mile markers on course. 1st mile possibly 7:20. Second mile at 15:??.
Course: Loop around hill and harbor district of EG. Course was flat for the first mile. Got a little hilly through the second mile. One HAMMER of a hill at 2.25.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3