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Rosy Cheeks 5K - Run5k

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Story City, Iowa
United States
Story City parks and rec
40F / 4C
Sunny

Total Time = 20m 42s
Overall Rank = ?/80?
Age Group = 20-29
Age Group Rank = 3/?

Pre-race routine:

Woke up 2 hrs before race. Typical PB and banana on toast for breakfast. Drove to race site, registered and talked to a few people from tri class that were doing the event.

Event warmup:

Jogged about a half mile. Legs felt tight and didn't really want to move

Run

20m 42s
3.11 miles
06m 40s min/mile

Comments:

Started out way too fast. I have a real hard time pacing myself at these shorter events. Or maybe its that I can't hold the pace that I want to hold. Passed one of my tri class friends at about mile 2. We were both starting to run out of gas. At a couple points during the run we were on a trail that still had quite a bit of ice so that slowed me down some and I about biffed it on one corner. Glanced at my watch at about mile 2.5 and realized I might have a PR in me. Holy crap, pick it up! Made it to the homestretch and passed a guy who was moving pretty slow. He he! But wait, jokes on me. He started to sprint. We sprinted neck and neck for awhile before I fell off. Dang! There went second in my age group by 5 seconds.

What would you do differently?:

Several people opted for the road instead of the trail in some places to avoid the ice. I probably could've shaved some time off that way.

Post race

Warm down:

Walking, talking, cheering, pancakes

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Umm, maybe actually train for speed, although that's hard to do in the winter.

Avoid the ice

Event comments:

This was actually a really good race for mid-February in Iowa. A fair amount of people showed up and there were a lot of good times. Weather was phenomenal too. Post race pancake feed was great. That hit the spot. Mmmmmm...pancakes

Last updated: 2009-02-07 12:00 AM

Running
00:20:42 \| 03.11 miles \| 06m 40s min/mile
Age Group:	3/?
Overall:	0/80?
Performance:	Good
1 - 6:14, 2 - 6:46, 3 - 7:07, .11 - :35
Course:	Relatively flat loop around Story City
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4