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Comments: Never ran with so many people - next time will be nice to start further up now that I have an official time. Too much time trying to run through the mass of people - although feels good constantly passing people :-). Seemed to take a lot of work moving through the pack, never really spread out much except the brief hills (if you can call them that) Felt pretty good with performance, probably could have gone a bit harder at the beginning, the first 5 miles were a walk in the park. Downed a gel just after mile 6 getting ready for a strong finish. Really pushed the last three, almost as good as old high school cross country times :-) Won't be long before I can break that old high school PR of 18:36. Last mile was really hard - legs were dead by the finish, but proud of doing it in under 90 minutes - 1:27:30, something to beat next time! Overall placing doesn't seem right, spent over 5 minutes waiting to get to the start - oh well, doesn't really matter anyway - but official time is from start. Lap Time Lap Time HR Max Avg Min Dist 1 0:09:34 0:09:34 154 156 147 114 1 2 0:18:32 0:08:58 159 171 161 153 1 3 0:27:46 0:09:14 161 167 161 152 1 4 0:36:53 0:09:07 156 165 160 153 1 5 0:45:51 0:08:59 163 168 162 152 1 6 0:54:49 0:08:58 165 167 164 159 1 7 1:04:04 0:09:15 166 174 160 149 1 8 1:12:06 0:08:03 172 184 170 166 1 9 1:20:02 0:07:55 176 176 173 163 1 10 1:27:30 0:07:28 183 201 179 173 1 What would you do differently?: Feel like a ran a good race. Hydration seemed right and followed my plan for the race.  Post race
Warm down: Two bottles of water and a hammergel recovery drink. LOTS of walking back to the bus and some light stretching. What limited your ability to perform faster: Was conservative at the start, but allowed for a very strong finish. Event comments: Very good run - lots of volunteers - good event Last updated: 2006-02-16 12:00 AM
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 2006-04-02 5:14 PM |
Regular  105  Arnold, MD |  Subject: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler |
| 2006-04-02 6:10 PM in reply to: #386038 |
Pro 3705   Vestavia Hills | Subject: RE: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler You're five words over the 20 word limit ... Seriously, nice race pace along some of the prettiest real estate in WDC. |
| 2006-04-03 2:43 PM in reply to: #386038 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler Nice race, Brandon. That was a huge race! And you did it all by yourself! You've gotta give your future b-i-l carp about bailing out.  Did you get to find tnt2tri? |
| 2006-04-04 5:56 PM in reply to: #386038 |
Elite 2661 DC Metro, slowly working my way to NC | Subject: RE: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler Yeah, I don't think I've been in a run with this many people either - fun, but took 11 minutes to get to the starting mat! |
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Woke up at 6am
2 eggs + 1 banana and bottle of Accelerade. Stayed in Crystal City so didn't have to get up too early - wife and kids slept in. Headed over to the race around 6:30, arrived about 6:50. Wandered around a bit trying to see if I recognized anyone, but no luck. Felt a bit cold (or I was still waking up) so waited till 7:10 or so to check my bag and lose the sweats.
Was supposed to run with my future brother in law, BUT, he called the night before and wimped out of the race. Oh well - will do this alone. Figure it will be a good prep test for my A race in May, the Columbia Triathlon.
Warmed up with easy 10 minute run and stretches prior to start. Stretched a bit while waiting for a pre race release of fluids then headed for the start. Had a purple bib, all the way in the back. Worked my way to the front of the purple group.