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Comments: The run was fine. I stopped at the 1st water station at mile 5ish and was handed blue gatorade...barf..I had to spit it out and ask for water. I was playing leap frog with two "older than me guys" who were doing a run 4:30/ :30walk dealio. After the 3rd time passing them and them taking off on me, I told them (kiddingly) I was onto their game!..I passed them the last 1/4 mile. Told them to move their asses you should NEVER walk in the final stretch!! Also played leap frog with a couple of girls who were much better hill runners than I was. They'd pass me on the hills and then I'd pass them on the flats. They finished maybe a minute a head of me. The HILLS-I made it up the first huge hill at mile 6..dirt road.blech. The 2nd hill at mile 8 I was half way up and caught this guy who was walking equivalent to my run. Thought it didn't look like such a bad idea; since I was pretty much just marching up the hill at that point anyway. I think I walked maybe a hundred yards and then started running again but in hindsite it might not have been such a great idea. The rest of the race was nondescript..just running rolling hills except for the dirt/muddy pothole covered road at mile 11. There was a drink station at about mile 11.5 I blew through it. Didn't really get the point of a drink station that close to the end. Pulled in at 1:55:10 cheered in by Ebshot and her kids..so nice of her to come up and do that! What would you do differently?: Not be such a wimp and walk the top half of the hill at mile 8.  Post race
Warm down: Not much..Chatted with Erica a bit..there was NO FRIGGN WATER AT THE END!!! WTF?? What limited your ability to perform faster: I SUCK AT HILLS!! Event comments: Didn't go to the post race party so have no idea how it was...wanted to get home and get dry and clean!!! and just a note..from the competitive side of me...if the age groups were divided into 5 year increments I would have come in 4th ag!!..Me likes 5 yr ag races much better!! Last updated: 2009-01-02 12:00 AM
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United States
Hartford Track Club
42F / 6C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 183/306
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 14/33
had a pp&j and a chai tea before I left the house. Drove up early to drive the course because I wanted to check out what exactly I was getting into as far as hills. I was very glad I did this because despite it being a hilly course there were really only 2 good sized ones.
Ran back and forth to my car a couple of times to organize my stuff. ran around the school once. Bumped into a few of my sister's running buds and chatted with them briefly.