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Comments: It took me about a half mile to get past all of the people who had joined the running group and then decided to walk anyway. It was pretty cool getting to wave to Tom Selleck as we passed by the starting line, but it still took a couple minutes just to get there through the crowd. There were just so many people around! By the time I hit the first mile marker though, I was pretty much in the pack of runners. What would you do differently?: Push myself closer to the front so there wouldn't be as many people to dodge in the first half mile. I probably could have pushed myself a little bit earlier than the mile 3 marker as well.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around the Coliseum grass for a bit, but then it got real crowded. Drank some water, ate some of the free chips they gave out in our goodie bags. What limited your ability to perform faster: I'm only a few weeks into my run training, and I know I've been getting faster every week. I wanted to pace myself a bit, but I probably could have pushed myself a little bit more as well, because I still had energy at the end. Last updated: 2008-05-10 12:00 AM
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 2008-05-12 5:47 PM |
Regular  63  Sherman Oaks |  Subject: Revlon Run/Walk for Women |
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Age Group = M Open
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My first race! I got up at 6am, ate a kid-sized Z-Bar and drank a protein shake. Drove out to the USC campus, where it took me about 20 minutes to find parking because of the lines already at the parking structures. Over 30,000 people participated.
I was pretty cold for most of the pre-race events and opening ceremonies, but I managed to get in a little bit of stretching. With about 5 minutes to go, I made the trip from the opening ceremonies where I had met my team over to the starting line area, where they had divided the group between runners and walkers. Took a couple minutes to wait in line for the bathroom, but they started the runners late anyway.