Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K - Run10k


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Richmond, Virginia
United States
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50sF / 0C
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Total Time = 53m 11s
Overall Rank = 4646/26242
Age Group = F35-39
Age Group Rank = 161/1969
Pre-race routine:

Drove downtown with Sugar Daddy and the monkeys...we were running behind (where I like to be, at least) and had a beast of a time parking. 2x Diet Pepsi and 1x Luna Bar...damn I miss Mojo Bars...this peanut butter recall thing is really pissing me off. But I digress...Found Judi (QueenZipp) and Jen (Artemis) and met Max (Max)...Judi's daughter watched the monkeys while Sugar Daddy and I ran. Whoo whoo.
Event warmup:

Zooming to the start line after waiting far too long in the porta-potty line. Saw my "boss" in the line next to ours.
Run
  • 53m 11s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 34s  min/mile
Comments:

Knocked off the first 2 miles in 8:3x...stopped a bit for water after the 2 mile mark...turned the half-way point, mile 3-4 sucked...4-5 felt good, and 5-6 was rockstar (8:24)...and then buzzed it on in. I've never dropped 6 miles at sub-9 minutes.
What would you do differently?:

Nada. Good race. Maybe if I lost 20 pounds and ran some more, but really, this was rockstar.
Post race
Warm down:

Looked for Sugar Daddy at the meetup and couldn't find him, so I went through food tent and to get my bag back. Found Sugar Daddy, called to find Judi's daughters and my girls. Went home. :) Yeah, I'm lame and I suck, but I ran fast.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

NADA - perfect day - great run...and totally happy with performance. I was looking at this as a B-race, with mary next month, but to PR and feel good - YEAH!!!

Event comments:

I love the Monument 10K. The bands and fans are awesome. The water is plentiful. The organization is great. I can't say enough good things about this race, especially since they started verifying wave starts this year...I was in a great wave and didn't have to dodge any over-estimating walkers.




Last updated: 2009-01-22 12:00 AM
Running
00:53:11 | 06.21 miles | 08m 34s  min/mile
Age Group: 161/1969
Overall: 4646/26242
Performance: Good
Will drop this in later...
Course: Up and back on Monument Avenue.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
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