Angel Island Trail Run - Fall - 25K
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Angel Island Trail Run - Fall - 25K - Run25k
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Comments: I stood at the start line with DC, mostly near the front. My thought was to pace with him for at least the first loop. The race basically starts with the stair climb. This is not good for cold muscles. Next time I will warm up before the race just so I can make the stair climb comfortably. And the pre-race Vitamin Water chugging killed me. I think the ol' insulin kicked in because I had no energy for about the first 3 miles. So DC slowly pulled away after the stairs even though he was doing the 50K! On the latter part of the first loop I met up with an older guy named Bill, nice guy. We ran together for the balance of the first loop and the 2nd loop at a comfortable pace, chatting it up. I tried to pick up the pace but I noticed he would do the same as well, so I just stayed back and kept chatting. There was a gal with a Luna Bar jersey as well running near us... she was the pace booty. After the 2nd loop, Bill stopped at the restroom so I took off. I decided to push it on the 3rd loop and leave everything on the course. I saw DC coming down the hill as I approached the summit. Beautiful views 360 degrees, wow. On the downhill, I saw Jessiwa and later Bill and Luna girl. My calves started cramping about 2 miles from the finish so I tried plodding more and not extending. I was not going to stop. I took a wrong turn somewhere near the end, which really bugged me. So I'm using the distance from my Garmin for my RR. What would you do differently?: Next time I will warmup before the race in order to make the stair climb. Also no Vitamin Water so close to race time. Post race
Warm down: I drank lots of water and recovery mix to recharge. I ate from the buffet of snacks and a bowl of chili. And stretched alot. I ran with DC for his 6th and final loop (the summit loop). I was trying to pace him, but really DC was pacing me. I was struggling to keep up! After this loop I should've done a better job re-stretching and hydrating. What limited your ability to perform faster: Given that I hadn't run 50K in recent history, I didn't have much idea how to pace for it. Next time I would know the course so could pace better uphill and down. And warmup would help with a faster first loop. But no complaints really. Event comments: One drink station, so basically every 5-6 miles since each loop comes around to the station. Everyone was advised to carry their own water. I wish they had more people marking the trail but all the volunteers were manning the finish line and aid station. Last updated: 2007-09-29 12:00 AM
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Stayed over at DC's place for the night so we can get an early jump to get to Tiburon. Before jumping on the ferry to Angel Island I had to pee. The public restrooms were lined up so I went to the coffee shop to pee. I bought 2 Vitamin Waters since their restrooms were for patrons only.
On the ferry I decide to chug down a Vitamin Water because a) What the heck, I had it, and b) I thought it would be a good idea. I will pay for this brilliance later.
It was damn cold but I had 25km to warm up... so I just stretched out my muscles and psyched myself up to run farther than I ever had for many years.