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Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
World Wide Festival of Races
9C / 48F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 08m 7s
Overall Rank = 1/1
Age Group = 0-99
Age Group Rank = 1/1
Pre-race routine:

Hung around the house, ate yogurt, banana, coffee for breakfast. DId a bit of housework and goofed around on the computer. Ate two peice of bread and cheese. Packed up and drove down to the CNC.
Event warmup:

None.
Run
  • 1h 08m 7s
  • 10 kms
  • 06m 49s  min/km
Comments:

I was feeling good at first and ran harder than I have for a long time. HR was around 165 and I was doing about 5:50 km. But my IT band began to tighten and cause knee pain. Tried to stretch it out and walk it out but it kept tightening. Tried to ignore and keep running but it would tighten so much that I got stiff-legged and could barely run so had to keep taking walk breaks. Annoyed me but I kept on going. I'm actually really happy with my time anyway. My training runs have been around 7:00 km so this was a pretty good time considering how much walking I did....
What would you do differently?:

Not much. Probabl should ahve gone out slower but I like to compete. And hey, I still won! :)
Post race
Warm down:

Got in car and drove home. Sat down at computer, no stretching. LOL...

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Stupid knee pain

Event comments:

Self supported race. Took one 10 oz water bottle. Just enough.




Last updated: 2008-10-11 12:00 AM
Running
01:08:07 | 10 kms | 06m 49s  min/km
Age Group: 1/1
Overall: 1/1
Performance: Average
First 4k were good. 6:29 warm up km 5:54 5:48 6:02 started feeling right knee pain Last 6 km were about 7:15 per km
Course: Mostly flat. Slight upgrade at 8km mark (50 feet). Lots of traffic but tried to run on road, not sidewalk.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3