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Comments: Absolute fabulous run for me. Here are the splits: 1: 8:34 2: 7:44 3: 7:19 4: 7:51 5: 7:55 6: 7:48 End: 3:56 (0.542 miles) I was wondering about keeping the pace at the mid point but my HR was below my LT by 3-4 beats (~ 161), and I felt absolutely fine. Kept my strides short, cadence up as much as I could, and kept leaning forward into the wind. I did peak coming up the Iwo Jima hill (sprinted) at 186 BPM, which is a new max HR for me. Spent over 33 minutes in zone 5. What would you do differently?: NADA. Fantastic race for me, and will do it again as long as my knees can hold up.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around the finish line looking for a few folks I knew; grabbed some raisins, a nanner, and some drink and headed towards the Roslyn metro. What limited your ability to perform faster: My weight, more time running. Event comments: Absolute incredible race venue. Highly, highly recommended! :) Last updated: 2007-09-04 12:00 AM
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 2007-10-28 10:20 AM |
Regular  99  Vienna, VA |  Subject: Marine Corps Marathon 10K |
| 2007-10-28 4:05 PM in reply to: #1027220 |
Extreme Veteran 476 Denham Springs | Subject: RE: Marine Corps Marathon 10K |
| 2007-10-28 9:38 PM in reply to: #1027220 |
Champion 8903    | Subject: RE: Marine Corps Marathon 10K Awesome race you had, great splits on a windy day! Too bad I didn't get a chance to meet you. I was the guy running with the pink and purple wig on his head!
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| 2007-10-28 9:40 PM in reply to: #1027220 |
| Champion 9430 No excuses! | Subject: RE: Marine Corps Marathon 10K Great race today, congrats!! |
| 2007-10-29 8:29 AM in reply to: #1027695 |
Regular 99 Vienna, VA | Subject: RE: Marine Corps Marathon 10K I walked right past you... smiled at your wig (it was a wig, right?), and kept movin' on. We'll get a chance! |
| 2007-10-29 8:23 PM in reply to: #1027220 |
Regular 60 | Subject: RE: Marine Corps Marathon 10K Great job on the race you totally kicked butt! I wound up not running cause I just wasn't able to train enough. But I did sign up for Columbia, so i'm going to wipe myself into shape. Great job though you totally rock! |
| 2007-10-29 8:28 PM in reply to: #1027220 |
Expert 1205 Herndon VA | Subject: RE: Marine Corps Marathon 10K |
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Of course I started with a serious head cold on Friday which quickly accelerated to plugged sinus' on Saturday -- call in the decongestants BUT also call in having to pee all the time. Drank copius amounts of fluids on Saturday. Was up late Saturday night watching football; didn't get lights out until about 12:00.
Alarm went off at 5:20 -- Note to self: don't take Nyquil 5 hours before you're supposed to get up. Was in a SERIOUS fog; didn't get out the door until almost 6:30. Had a bowl of Lucky Charms to get something in my stomach -- no Fiber One Flakes for me (learned that lesson the hard way last year!). Stopped at Starbucks and got a small coffee; made it to the metro by 7, and after being packed in the metro like a sardine, finally got to the Pentagon start line around 7:45.
Warmed up with stretching and general walking around. Had to pee every 10 minutes it seemed - damned decongestants and coffee... The wind was brutal from the north, but the sunrise was spetacular. Everybody was in a great mood.