Heritage Adventure Run 5k/10K - Run10k


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Highlands Ranch, Colorado
United States
Highlands Ranch Community Association
38F / 3C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 01m 52s
Overall Rank = 108/154
Age Group = M40-49
Age Group Rank = 20/24
Pre-race routine:

Springsteen concert the night before, home and to bed unavoidably late (incredible show!). Up at 6:30, normal breakfast routine, off to the race.
Event warmup:

Light stretching and a little jogging. Mostly trying to keep warm, low temps plus wind made it very chilly.
Run
  • 1h 01m 52s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 09m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

Hilly. Mostly the 1st half. Back of the middle pack isn't a bad place to be for a newbish runner, I think.
As soon as I reached the uphill segment on Griggs Road the left hammy-hurt started up, coupled with an unpleasant climb into a strong headwind. Today's decision was "run a cone, walk a cone" until the grade or the wind relented. Probably saved me from an unnecessary injury.
What would you do differently?:

Be better at running uphill. Got a few close by to help with that
Post race
Warm down:

Walked it off, drank a little gatorade, sweats on.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

my present ability limited my ability to perform faster

Event comments:

Weather blew down the post race area. Bummer for Kristi.




Last updated: 2009-02-01 12:00 AM
Running
01:01:52 | 06.21 miles | 09m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 20/24
Overall: 24/154
Performance: Below average
Lap Data Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR 1 10m 32s 1.00 miles 10m 32s /mile 2 09m 37s 1.00 miles 09m 37s /mile 3 09m 53s 1.00 miles 09m 53s /mile 4 11m 16s 1.00 miles 11m 16s /mile 5 09m 33s 1.00 miles 09m 33s /mile 6 09m 17s 1.00 miles 09m 17s /mile 7 01m 48s 0.19 miles 09m 22s /mile
Course: Very hilly course. Big climb the 1st mile, onto single track in the Back Country system, winding up around then down (!) to Griggs/Daniels Park Rd. Uphill, paved then unpaved surface, to the East-West Trail and no more climbing of substance.
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