Tarzan Brown Mystic River Run
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Tarzan Brown Mystic River Run - Run
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Comments: 62 degrees almost too warm for November in New England. Beat time from this race three years ago by 1:00. Despite being pleased with my overall time my race did not go as I would've liked. My tendancy has always been to take the first mile of a race out too slow so didn't want to make same mistake this time. Instead think I went out too fast today. 7:35 for mile 1 which included threading my way through group. Additionally, didn't do a good job of pre-race nutrition which may have set me up for stomach cramping that affected miles 4 and 5. Had to walk for ~15 secs between miles 3-4 to try to relax cramp. Walked ~10 secs between miles 4-5 when cramp came back. Today I was not mentally tough enough to push through these cramps. Felt like recovered for last 0.5 mile coming home. Aside from my problems with the stomach cramps I have absolutely nothing to complain about my performance. This is the first time since high school that I've run a race at a sub 8 min/mile pace. What would you do differently?: Figure out better approach to pre-race nutrition when have a 1:30 pm start. For a 5.5 mile race worrying about what to eat during morning probably not as critical as I made it seem. Take it out just a tad slower pace and work on negative splits. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Stretching, walk to car with family. What limited your ability to perform faster: Stomach cramps. Event comments: This is always a fun race on a beautiful course out and back along the river. Always brings out the masses from the local running community. Best part of day was my son saying he wants to train to run the kid's race next year. Last updated: 2005-10-29 12:00 AM
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Mystic YMCA
62F / 17C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 257/693
Age Group = M18-39
Age Group Rank = 56/116
1:30 pm start time. Wasn't sure what to eat throughout day to avoid having stuff sitting in my stomach. Had Cliff Bar, coffee for breafast. 1 1/2 hours before race had Cliff Bar, 3 slices toast with PB and sipped on Accelerade. 20 minutes before start had gel with water (in retrospect shouldn't have done this). Apparently my strategy didn't work (see run comments)
Light stretching followed by 5 minutes easy jogging.