Crescent City Classic - Run10k


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New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
The Crescent City Fitness foundation
67F / 19C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 8h 30m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up EARLY, some cereal, hydration, runnign gear set up the night before, drove to the end point, got a bus down to the start.
Event warmup:

Not really, some walking and light streching, way, way too many people to even move around.
Run
  • 1h 07m 49s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 10m 55s  min/mile
Comments:

I have never run with 17K+ people, it was very hard navigating thru the walkers and slow runners, the first half was run at less than I am capable, but I was there to have fun, as it was my birthday!

I love all the folks in their costumes and the jazz band was fabulous!

It's funny, my Garmin showed the exact same distance but has me going a few minutes faster?
What would you do differently?:

Figure out how to better run with so many people, or limit running in such huge races.
Post race
Warm down:

The finish line was jammed and I had to walk befor getting to it due to so much congestion. It took a long time to find water, some food and Gatorade and I think that helped to contribuet to a terrible migrain I got on my way home later.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Other runners/walkers, lack of experience in navigating large crowds.

Event comments:

Better crowd control was needed for so many runners, especially at the finish.

I will do this race again as I really did have a lot of fun dispite there being soooo many people!




Last updated: 2009-03-24 12:00 AM
Running
01:07:49 | 06.21 miles | 10m 55s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Heart rate OK rose steadily as the race wore on, never felt too high.
Course: Point to point, through the French Quater, thru Downtown, up Esplanade and around City Park for a bit.
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 Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4