Citizens Commission on Human Rights 8K/1mile fun walk - Run8k

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Sunland Park, New Mexico
United States
Border USATF Grand Prix Event
39F / 4C
Sunny

Total Time = 44m 30s
Overall Rank = 16/42
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 4/11

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5:00am. Had water,juice, pop tart, coffee and drove to El Paso.

Event warmup:

Jogged around parking lot and stretched out. It was very cold.

Run

Comments:

This is my best run and I am happy with the improvements that I've made.

What would you do differently?:

Drink more water. My mouth was getting real dry at the end.

Post race

Warm down:

Stretched.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Maybe the cold?

Event comments:

Lots of door prizes at the end. (I won a CD) There were lots of cookies, muffins, fruit and drinks afterwards.

Last updated: 2008-11-11 12:00 AM

Running
00:44:30 \| 04.97 miles \| 08m 57s min/mile
Age Group:	4/11
Overall:	16/42
Performance:	Good
My GPS has the distance at 5.086 and my avg pace was 8'45". My splits were 8'40", 8'44",8'50", 9'01" and 8'33" (The last .086 miles was 7'43", but I don't know if I can count that)
Course:	It was a paved flat course. Basically down and back then around the block. It was at the Sunland Racetrack and Casino where the race horses were kept. The smell of manure was strong at times.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right