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Run Wild for a Child - Run5k

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San Francisco, California
United States
50F / 10C
Sunny

Total Time = 27m 35s
Overall Rank = 201/1165
Age Group = M40-49
Age Group Rank = 25/80

Pre-race routine:

Got up around 5:30. Got ready to go to breakfast with the parents, and the kids' friends. The kids' friends were late, of course, but we still had a very nice (big) breakfast at Millies. Very very tasty, but not generally considered to be good pre-race food :)

Drove down to SF, got registered and picked up the t-shirt about 15 min before the race started.

Event warmup:

Got to the race line as the organized warm up was starting. I'm just not that into organized sports, so I did some light stretching.

Run

27m 35s
3.11 miles
08m 52s min/mile

Comments:

27:35? Me? Ok... I had dreams that I was actually recovered from IMAZ, but NO. As soon as I started, I pulled back, because I could just feel that my legs were still fatigued.

Anyway, started behind Evelyn and her bf. caught up with them and ran with them for a while, until I slowed down again. Not a pretty run, but today wasn't the day to push the legs.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around. Waited for my parents and younger daughter, who is tapering for Junior Olympics next week.

My wife asked if any of us placed. I said no. Today... of course. I discovered that a 25:13 was good enough to come in first in the women's 16-18 division. My wife is not going to forgive me from not staying to watch Evelyn go up to the podium.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hmmm.... not race after a week after an Ironman? It was just a fun race with my family, nothing serious.

Event comments:

Man, this race is shrinking. It use to be the Run to the Far Side, and was 10x bigger. Then Gary Larsen stopped sponsoring it, and people stopped wanting the t-shirt which had Far Side Cartoons on it.

Anyway, it's a fun little race, and the weather this year was absolutly perfect.

Last updated: 2008-11-30 12:00 AM

Running
00:27:35 \| 03.11 miles \| 08m 52s min/mile
Age Group:	25/80
Overall:	201/1165
Performance:	Good
Course:	East through Golden Gate Park and then back
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?

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