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Grand Rapids, Michigan
United States
Fifth Third River Bank Run
Total Time = 2h 01m 6s
Overall Rank = 950/
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 136/326
Pre-race routine:

Race started at 8:00... normal bowl of cereal and sipped on some GU2O.
Event warmup:

Parked fairly far away so just walked down to race site, looked around and got lined up.
Run
  • 2h 01m 6s
  • 15.53 miles
  • 07m 48s  min/mile
Comments:

Awesome support and great run... I'd highly recommend. Personnely, I was shooting for sub 2 hours so in one way, a little disappointed. They had times posted at every mile so I knew exactly were I was and left everything I had on the course so feel good about the effort. (Start excuse here)... training was not consistent due to some injuries. Good news was I had no knee or ankle issues at all on the run, so another positive! Course was flat / slight downhill for the first 1/2. Time at halfway was 1:01:+ - second half was rollers - nothing major but the hills made it a bit tough - was pretty pleased about the slightly negative split.
What would you do differently?:

More and more consistent training leading up to event... don't play basketball 2 weeks before (rolled ankle) - stupid me.
Post race
Warm down:

Waited for my brother in law to finsh... grabbed some food.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training / aerobic threshold.

Event comments:

Just a fun, incredibly well organized (esp for 5,000 runners + another 5,000 in the 5k and 10k). Great venue and awesome support.




Last updated: 2008-05-12 12:00 AM
Running
02:01:06 | 15.53 miles | 07m 48s  min/mile
Age Group: 136/326
Overall: 950/
Performance: Average
Course:
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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