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Comments: My goal was to run the full distance with no walking. And, I was hoping for a PR... My PR was from my first 5k last year on Thanksgiving... 34:56 I had run another 5k in April, and was hoping to PR, and I would have, but the course ran .2 miles long, and my time was 35:05... So, today I ran without looking at my Garmin AT ALL... It beeps at the mile, and I noticed that I came to the mile marker before the beep... but I didn't look at the time... I took a quick sip of water at the halfway point, and didn't walk... I kept running, pushing, trying to pass people... I finally was able to pass 3 people at about 2.5 miles in... then the turn into the parking lot, and I could see the clock... 32:45ish... 33:00... I sped up to a sprint, and passed the clock at around 33:07? They were calling out the times, and I missed it. I stopped my Garmin around 20 seconds later at 33:27 YAY a Major PR!!! Or WAS it? As I was talking to people, someone said they thought the course was short... and sure enough, I look at my Garmin and... 3.01 miles I was disappointed to find out that they only kept track of the top 3 finishers, so, I don't know how I placed... I don't have a recorded time. And, I have a short course...I guess you gotta love (or hate) small town races... Splits: mile 1: 10:56 mile 2: 11:27 mile 3: 10:51  Post race
Warm down: walk around - drink more water - walk and walk and walk What limited your ability to perform faster: I think the elevation in Utah (about 4500') affects my performance. I'm used to LV at about 2500'. When I run in Los Angeles - at the beach, I run faster. Event comments: This was the RD's first race, they did not record times for everyone... I suggested the popsicle stick system. They might use that in the future. Last updated: 2008-11-28 12:00 AM
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 2008-11-28 12:29 PM |
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I was excited that yesterday I finally find a 5k race not too far from Ogden that I could run today. So, after a long drive yesterday, I woke up early this morning to run the 5k...
I had some soda left over from the drive last night, so I drank a little, and drove through a McDonalds and got a McMuffin (with no Canadian Bacon)
I was happy that I found the park okay, and I was one of the first people to register. I figured out quickly that this was going to be a small town race. It was raining a bit, and I was a bit nervous about it... but it stopped before the race started.
I went and found the ladies room, and it was locked!!! No Bathrooms!! I'm glad I only drank half a soda...
I chatted with a few people, did a short warm-up run, stretched, then it was time to line-up. A few instructions from the RD & we were off!