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Comments: I started out very strong in this race. Miles 1-5 went by quickly, with one vicious hill in mile 3. I hit the 5 mile mark in about 45 minutes and was feeling very good at the 9-minute mile pace. Mile 6 I started feeling kind of hungry and listless, but I had never used food in my training (which included several runs beyond 10 miles) and I didn't want to try anything new. At this point I switched to Powerade at the water stations and it seemed to help a little. I kept strong with a 9-9:30 minute per mile pace up until mile 10. I fell apart in mile 10. I had looked at the elevation chart and realized that there was a huge hill from mile 10-11 and had successfully trained on hills, but I guess DC hills just aren't steep enough because I was NOT ready for this sucker. Everyone around me seemed to be struggling as well - there were only a few people in my sight who were able to run through this whole part. I walked a good portion of miles 10 and 11 and I NEVER stop and walk. Not sure what my mile split was as I stopped paying attention, but I'm sure they were pretty slow. Miles 12 was a little flatter so I was able to crank the pace back up to a 9:30/mile. I felt much better once I hit mile 13 and the end was in sight, and was able to run the last 1.1 in around 9 minutes. What would you do differently?: Train on steeper hills...but I think a lot of it was mental. I saw that huge hill and was automatically like, "No way can I get up that thing." I plan on experimenting with nutrition as well...I may not always need it, but it was fairly warm and humid this morning and I think some gel may have helped with my mile 10 crash. Post race
Warm down: I crossed the finish line and started walking through the chute. Stopped to get my medal, finisher's coin, a towel and a bottle of water and to let someone remove my chip. Met up with my husband and went in to hospitality, and ate about 3 bites of bagel (not feeling great at that point). We went back to the hotel so I could shower, then we went to Cracker Barrel for a feast once I felt up to eating! What limited your ability to perform faster: Hills and my mental barriers! Last updated: 2008-04-29 12:00 AM
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Drove to Fredericksburg from DC Saturday. Got to packet pick-up around 5pm, then headed to dinner at an Italian restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood. Rigatoni, garlic bread and lots of water! Drove back to the hotel and went to bed around 10pm.
Woke up at 4:30am and got ready to go. Ate a bagel on the shuttle from the parking area to the race start.
Hung out inside the Expo center since it was a little chilly in the morning, and hit the bathroom lines multiple times.