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Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run - Run10 Mile


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Washington, Washington, D.C.
United States
Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run
44F / 7C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 21m 49s
Overall Rank = 2625/12286
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 304/765
Pre-race routine:

Woke early and drove from my parents house to the Greenbelt metro station. My sister opted out of the race at the last minute due to illness and the cold rainy conditions, so I went solo. Had a cup of tea and a peanut butter sandwich. Got on the metro and Greenbelt and rode to the race, which was at the Smithsonian stop. The start and finish line was in the shadow of the Washington Monument.
Event warmup:

The weather was chilly and wet, so there was no warm-up other than hitting the porta-potty.
Run
  • 1h 21m 49s
  • 10 miles
  • 08m 11s  min/mile
Comments:

As I had not sufficiently trained for this race, I decided to just do it as a training run. I figured I'd run the first 4 miles comfortably, and then run the last 6 miles at marathon pace which will be 8:00 for me to qualify for Boston. Even though they started the race in waves, the first 4 miles were still really crowded; and even running at a comfortable pace (8:25 or so) I still did a lot of weaving through the crowd.

At the 4 mile mark I turned it up a bit tried to run close to an 8:00 pace until the last mile, when I turned it up a bit more.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing really, this was just a training run.
Post race
Warm down:

It was chilly and raining, so I basically left immediately after the race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Inconsistent training.

Event comments:

This was my second time running this race, the first time being in 2004. (I was also more than 4 minutes slower this year). I will probably run this again next year.




Last updated: 2007-12-22 12:00 AM
Running
01:21:49 | 10 miles | 08m 11s  min/mile
Age Group: 304/765
Overall: 2625/12286
Performance: Average
Splits: 1 8:29 2 8:28 3 8:16 4 8:21 5 7:59 6 7:49 7 7:52 8 8:02 9 7:59 10 7:33 .15 :58 (the Garmin measured this race as 10.15 miles) avg HR - 167, max HR - 177
Course: Flat and fast course running by most of the DC monuments.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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2008-04-09 10:26 PM

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Subject: Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run

2008-04-10 10:29 AM
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Subject: RE: Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run

Nice race! I can't imagine running with 12000 people. Sounds like a big crowd. I bet the course was cool. I've been to the Smithsonian. That's a cool place.

You did great for not training much! Keep up the good work!

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