Hot Chocolate 5k
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Comments: Went into this race with no expectations at all. I really have hardly run at all in the last month or so. This was really just to get some speed work in. I surprised myself. Such a short race there really isn't much to say. About the mile marker, my right ankle started to hurt a little. Felt like something needed to pop. I have a feeling that is a combination of shoes that need to be replated (close to 350 miles on the pair I was using) as well as the minimum mileage I'd racked up lately. That went away but was replaced by a little side stitch at mile 2. But Tony and I kept running and occassionally talking. That helped. Next thing I knew, we were coming up on the 3 mile marker and so we picked up the pace a bit to finish strong. I wanted to finish below 24:00 and looking at the race clock we were, but I knew it took us at least 30 seconds to officially start (chip timed) so I knocked that time out of the water. This is actually a PB for me on pace and over all time, by 1 second. Go figure. I possibly could have gone sub 23:00. Oh well. Maybe next time. What would you do differently?: Run faster. But with only having run about 15 miles total in the last month or so, I'm pretty pleased with the result. Post race
Warm down: Found Beth, quite easily, and went into the tent to OD on some chocolate. Then the three of us went out for a killer breakfast. YUMMY! I had an eggs benedict with chorizo sausage. So good. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of over all run training. Event comments: If they do it again next year, I'll do it. Fun race. Big crowd. Flat course. The makings of PR times. ;) Last updated: 2008-11-03 12:00 AM
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RAM Racing
53F / 12C
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Overall Rank = 89/1194
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 11/43
Not much. Picked up 2goggs and headed up to the race. Couldn't believe the traffic. For a 5k? Come to find out, it is huge. 3k+ racers. Checked in, got the chip. Stood around waiting
2goggs and I went for a very, VERY short jog just to get the legs a wee bit warmed up. It was chilly.