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St. Paul, Minnesota
United States
32F / 0C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 26m 51s
Overall Rank = 23/557
Age Group = 30-39 M
Age Group Rank = 10/81
Pre-race routine:

Powerbar, banana in car, and Roctane 20-30 mins pre-race.
Event warmup:

Walked and stretched. Foam rolled a few hours before at home (never do that, but was worried about my left calf).
Run
  • 1h 26m 51s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 06m 38s  min/mile
Comments:

Started easy and really built!
What would you do differently?:

I was unsure of my calf, so I took it too easy from miles 3-7. Could have been faster there, but feel good about this!
Post race
Warm down:

Walked, stretched.

Event comments:

Loved this race!


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Last updated: 2016-01-11 12:00 AM
Running
01:26:51 | 13.1 miles | 06m 38s  min/mile
Age Group: 10/81
Overall: 23/557
Performance: Average
Garmin wasn't synced up for the first 0.18 mile, so I manually took my first mile split before it took over: 6:40.26, 3:19.57, 2:57.04, 3:23.43, 3:24.65, 3:27.46, 3:30.12, 3:24.29, 3:28.02, 3:19.32, 3:26.10, 3:31.61, 3:22.92, 3:16.99, 3:18.54, 3:12.31, 3:16.10, 3:18.49, 3:17.11, 3:15.16, 3:01.00, 3:05.69, 3:03.51, 3:02.47, 3:08.39, 1:21.08 (0.24 - 5:37 pace). Had it at 13.24 miles. Mile splits: 6:40, 6:16, 6:48, 6:57, 6:52, 6:45, 6:54, 6:35, 6:28, 6:35, 6:16, 6:09, 6:10
Course: Loop though downtown, then out and back along the river. Rolling hills, but nothing too bad.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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