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Comments: PR for the course by over a minute (although last year we were sent the wrong way by a volunteer, so everyone ran about 0.8 mile longer than we should have). First time under 20 minutes and under 7:00/mile. Surprisingly, I was one of the 5 scoring runners of the 7 on my club's mens team...didn't expect to score...beat some guys (and women) I don't normally beat on this course. What would you do differently?: Very apprehensive about running this full out and risking hamstring or quad injury with the big downhills and with my 50 miler just a week away. Ultimately, I felt good and got off to a great start, so I went for it. Wore compression socks and my Skechers Ultras for some protection...probably was a good idea. Given lack of speed work in the first half of the year due to hammie issues, this was better than I expected, honestly. The USATF series attracts a ton of very fast runners, especially at the "Grandmaster" level (my age category, i.e., 50+), so I'm always mid-pack at best in these meets.  Post race
Warm down: Very short jog and a little bit of walking and stretching. What limited your ability to perform faster: Apparently nothing much... Event comments: Venerable (and huge) HS cross country invitational. Meet starts with an all-comers "Open Division" race. Very challenging 2.9 mile course to try to race full out. Last updated: 2017-09-11 12:00 AM
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 2017-09-30 1:30 PM |
Champion  5781     Northridge, California |  Subject: Bell-Jeff Open |
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Bellarmine-Jefferson HS
75F / 24C
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Overall Rank = 74/160
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First race of the fall USATF SoCal Cross Country Grand Prix Series with my club team, New Basin Blues. Third year racing this meet--Open Division race in what is otherwise a huge HS invitational (15 different HS boys/girls divisional races go on all day after the Open race first thing in the AM).
Had to park unusually far from the start, so I counted the walk as most of my warmup. Jogged about a 1/4 mile on the course 15 minutes before the start and did one strider right before the gun.