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Manchester, CT
United States
Town of Manchester CT
60F / 16C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 49m 18s
Overall Rank = `6000/12000
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

I walk to the race with two other couple that are friends from church. It was a packed line up, we entered into the line up not too far after the 40 min+ sign.
Event warmup:

walking to the event was enough of a warm up for me
Run
  • 49m 18s
  • 4.75 miles
  • 10m 23s  min/mile
Comments:

The run started as a walk and it took ~4:40 to get to the start line. The whole run was one of dodging and weaving around other people that suddenly decide to stop running and start walking. Running the downhill I could only speed up in very short sections, but I didn't really have anything left at the end of the race anyways. I smiled for my picture and it was fun.
What would you do differently?:

Train for longer before the race to become seeded and move to the front so I would have to dodge so many people.
Post race
Warm down:

Drank a couple of bottles of water and walk back to my friends house with my daughter who met me at the race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The crowds

Event comments:

The bad part of this race is that my wife Lori trained the whole time with me and got a virus the day before which gave her veritgo. She was stuck at home with the kids. I really missed having her there with me. I'm looking forward to running this race next year a much improved pace and with my wife.


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Last updated: 2004-11-24 12:00 AM
Running
00:49:18 | 04.75 miles | 10m 23s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/12000
Performance: Good
Course: The course was on the streets of Manchester CT.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2004-11-25 9:29 PM

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Manchester, Connecticut
Subject: Manchester Road Race

2004-11-25 10:42 PM
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Atlanta, GA
Subject: RE: Manchester Road Race
There were 12,000 people in your race today?! OMG!!! That's like the entire city showed up. It's no wonder that it took you nearly five minutes to get to the starting line. Talk about crowd control.

Great job on your race!!! Sorry that your wifey got sick and couldn't run with you. Sucks when your running partner is not there. But you still did an awesome job!

-Bethany
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