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Comments: BIG TIME EXCITING DAY FOR ME: Good 5K; Passed and beat some members of my running group; Went sub-24 minutes; 7:42 pace (previous fast 5K was 7:56 pace); and a PR by about 38 seconds; All under less than ideal weather conditions. Felt good, in fact it felt VERY good. One of my running buddies was about 15 feet in front of me for the second half of the race. I couldn't catch him, but he is a great runner and my goal was to keep him reeled in. I dialed in a good pace I thought I could maintain and it felt right. At the 2 mile mark, I nudged it up just a hair and I found I could maintain that too. I opted not to go balls-to-the-wall only because I had already run 4 miles of warm-up and still had 8 miles to come for marathon training AFTER the 5K. Nevertheless, opened it up for the last quarter mile down my favorite ending stretch. I'd love to know how I could have run this if I didn't have the marathon training. I would have left EVERYTHING on the course. Gun clock read 24:15 as I crossed, which made me think I might have gone under 24 minutes for my chip time. (Yep!! 23:57!! I jumped around when I saw it) First time I've ever been in the top half of my age group (48 of 118). What would you do differently?: Very little. Might have wanted more speed, but had to conserve a bit.  Post race
Warm down: Lots of walking, plus 8.4 miles of marathon training. What limited your ability to perform faster: No doubt: 12 additional miles of Marathon Training. And perhaps some sloppiness on the course. It had snowed about one inch immediately before the race. Normally I like a little snow underfoot, but it got a little sloppy and slushy underfoot. Not really slippery, but very wet (heavy shoes and socks) and a felt my foot slide a couple times. No big deal, but a dry course and slightly warmer temps would leave room for improvement Event comments: The traditional kick-off to the Grand Rapids race season. These folks do a great job, but caught some bad race-day weather which kept their numbers down. Last updated: 2005-03-20 12:00 AM
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 2005-03-20 10:07 AM |
Regular  82  Austin, Texas |  Subject: Irish Jig 5K |
| 2005-03-20 8:59 PM in reply to: #131935 |
Expert 833  Adrian, MI | Subject: RE: Irish Jig 5K Congrats on the PB, Matt Isn't it cool to see all your effort and training pay off Now get that knee fixed!! LOL. You didn't stay up for the MSU game? Tsk, tsk |
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Overall Rank = 339/1567
Age Group = Males 30-34
Age Group Rank = 48/118
Didn't feel very warmed up for my last 5K a month ago, was really tight going out and didn't eat right the day before. So this time I fixed those things. Ate well on Friday (and chose not to stay up to watch MSU).
4.2 mile jog around Reeds Lake as slow as I could stand, finishing up about 10 minutes before race time. I felt very loose at the start line and my muscles were warmed up, which was key since it was snowing/raining/sleeting as the race began. Was a long warm-up for a 5K, but I had 15 miles to squeeze in today, so had to get the mileage in anyway. For me, on this day, a very smart move.