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33rd Alexandria Turkey Trot 5-Miler - Run5 Mile


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Alexandria, Virginia
United States
Del Ray Business Association
40F / 4C
Sunny
Total Time = 43m 23s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Had some yogurt with granola and some coffee for breakfast. Met my neighbor at his house and we drove over to the race.
Event warmup:

Standing in line at the 4 porta potties for 2500ish people
Run
  • 43m 23s
  • 5 miles
  • 08m 41s  min/mile
Comments:

Started off very, very slow, crowded start line, probably took 5-6 minutes just to get to the start line. Finished the first mile in about 9 minutes due to weaving in and out of strollers, dogs, etc.

My neigbor is a much faster runner than I am so he kept me moving pretty good. About the end of mile 2 he started to pull away from me, I was running a good pace for me at that time and didn't think I could keep up with him. He finished about a minute ahead of me so not bad.

Who knows what my official time will be based on how long it took to actually get to the start line.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing really, fastest I have ever run a race. I really need to learn how to push myself better, if he wasnt there with me I probably would have been alot slower. Even with that I still had plenty of energy left at the end of the race so could have gotten much faster time if I wanted to.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked to the car

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Need to figure out how to push myself in races, I always hold back, afraid that I am not going to have enough left to finish.

Event comments:

Fun Turkey Trot, nice and flat, will do it again next year.




Last updated: 2008-11-18 12:00 AM
Running
00:43:23 | 05 miles | 08m 41s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Mile 1 9:02 Mile 2 8:36 Mile 3 8:40 Mile 4 8:34 Mile 5 8:10 (WOW, fastest mile I have ever run)
Course: Flat run course through Delray neighborhood
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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