Scale the Strat - RunOther


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Las Vegas, Nevada
United States
American Lung Association
75F / 24C
 		Total Time = 12m 50s
Overall Rank = 45/111
Age Group = M40-49
Age Group Rank = 14/24
Pre-race routine:

Nothing... Ran errands today.
Event warmup:

None.
Run
  • 12m 50s
  • 0 miles
  •  min/mile
Comments:

This was the qualifying race for the "Race Off" tomorrow.

WOW, this was hard. I'm not sure if I ever raced harder. It was just DIFFERENT, I guess. The HR was already spiked after about 10 flights of steps. I had side stiches and my head was pounding, lungs and legs burning... I seriously think I probably hit my max HR. I think I might wear my HRM tomorrow to see what I peak at.

I was never passed, and passed about 5 people, even though we started 1 min apart...

I know I put everything I had into it. I even PUKED at the end! Booyah! I think they should have puke buckets available (even though it seemed I was the only one doing it!). I had to use a trash can... Ick!

I was doing some serious coughing after the race and still have a lung 'itch'/burn going on.

I was EASILY the biggest guy there (height wise and the weight that comes with that). Not too bad getting this big body up all those steps!
What would you do differently?:

Practice running stairs!!!
Post race
Warm down:

Drink lots of free Vitamine water.

Need to keep drinking to day and get some rest to do it again tomorrow!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

235 lbs of mass!

Event comments:

Fun little event for charity. I hope they do it again next year!

BTW, the top Elite guy was from Mexico City and posted a time of 8:02. That's just SICK!!!!




Last updated: 2009-02-17 12:00 AM
Running
00:12:50 | 00 miles |  min/mile
Age Group: 14/24
Overall: 45/111
Performance: Good
Course: 108 Flights of steps up the Stratosphere Hotel
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5