Flowertown 5K
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Comments: Being my first race of any kind I was a little nervous at the start, I knew I should be able to make the distance even though the longest I had ever run was about 2 miles. I stayed back about mid pack for the start and hit my HRM button on the horn. The plan was to monitor my heartrate during the run to try to keep a pace I thought would allow me to run the whole distance. That strategy was out the door after about 1 mile when I saw my heartrate was 182 beats a minute ( I usually try not to go over 170). I felt pretty good so I just kept trying to slow a little to a 10 minute mile pace. Right before the 2 mile point I felt like I had to stop and walk just for a few seconds, as I was walking I was passed by about a 65 year old guy with a huge beer belly and a girl with a huge butt. There was no way I could allow either one of them to beat me.I started running again and pounding it out to the finish beating the old guy and the girl. At the finish I hit the wrong button on my HRM and screwed up the time and the data that was captured. Woo Hoo I made it! What would you do differently?: Learn how to operate my HRM and train with a little more distance. Post race
Warm down: Went straight to get some water and watch the rest of the runners come across the finish line. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not enough training time. Event comments: Nice small town run and the azelias are just starting to bloom so it was quite enjoyable. Last updated: 2006-03-18 12:00 AM
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2006-03-18 11:33 AM |
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2006-03-18 1:30 PM in reply to: #373037 |
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Summerville YMCA
50F / 10C
Sunny
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Sat in car with heater running due to temperature and a cool breeze blowing.