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ThunderCloud Turkey Trot - Run5 Mile


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Austin, Texas
United States
ThunderCloud Subs
70F / 21C
Overcast
Total Time = 56m 54s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = Untimed
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Bacon, sausage, left-over pizza and warm beer.
Event warmup:

Smoked a cigar, walked to the porta-potty and dropped a fatty.
Run
  • 56m 54s
  • 5 miles
  • 11m 23s  min/mile
Comments:

We started out the run all together (Dad, me, Kari, my sister Debbie and sister-in-law Andrea. There were 12,000 runners so the quarters where tight and it was somewhat hard to stay together the first few miles. The first mile we went slow and talked as we made our way through downtown and took a right on 6th street to run past all the bars and nightclubs. After getting to the right turn on Wesleyn and taking the turn to go up the first hill, we decided to walk for 2 minutes. The talking had gotten less frequent as we huffed up the first steep hill. The rest of the way was rolling hills but through beautiful neighborhoods and eclectic parts of old Austin. Dad grew increasingly excited as we averaged better than 12 minute miles. He is 63 and a cancer and heart disease survivor who has a running problem. I lead the way up the hills and he just concentrated on my heels and tried to stay with me. I tried to keep an ear on him with his heavy breathing and trying to gage how hard he was working. Personally, I felt great and could have gone my usual 10 min mile on this course. However, I really enjoyed the experience of running together and his excitement at making such good time.

Mile 1 = 11:50
Mile 2 = 11:33
Mile 3 = 11:02
Mile 4 = 11:35
Mile 5 = 10:52

What would you do differently?:

Nada
Post race
Warm down:

Thanksgiving lunch

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The beer gut

Event comments:

As usual, this was fun and relaxing to be with friends and family before a HUGE Thanksgiving meal. The course changes each year now depending on the A&M vs t.u. game being home or away. I like the course for home games but both are hilly and hard if you try to run for a time. The home course is much more scenic, the away course goes more through campus. FYI, the race report was done for fun (ie not all real)




Last updated: 2008-11-07 12:00 AM
Running
00:56:54 | 05 miles | 11m 23s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Course: Straight ahead with some turns and lots of people
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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2008-11-28 9:30 PM

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Subject: ThunderCloud Turkey Trot


2008-11-30 6:26 AM
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Subject: RE: ThunderCloud Turkey Trot
Really good job focusing on what's important. Having the opportunity to run with your dad is awesome.

I'm confused; which part of the RR is done for fun and which part is real?
2008-12-10 12:01 PM
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Subject: RE: ThunderCloud Turkey Trot
fun race, i did it last year!
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