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Comments: With such a late start (my fault, so I can't complain), I had to spend the first two miles dodging walkers, must have passed 5,000 people the first mile, so I was surprised to see those first two splits come in at 8:41 and 8:52. Settled in but missed the mile marker at 3, but ran a slightly slower pace (18:22) for 3 & 4. Miles 5 and 6, I'm just hanging on with a 9:25 and a 9:26, and a 1:38 for the final 0.2. What would you do differently?: Do a better job of timing that last porta potty visit, which would have placed me more appropriately in the pack at the start.  Post race
Warm down: Wait for Dylan to walk to the stadium, drank three bottles of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of quality training(speedwork), extra weight I'm (still) carrying, and the humidity. Event comments: As has been the case the past few years, this race is too crowded, too late in the year, too warm and humid to allow the best performance. Still it is a good event, a great celebration of running and fitness, nearly 20,000 participants and a hell of a party afterwards.Everyone within 500 miles of New Orleans should make this an annual event. Profile Album Last updated: 2005-03-26 12:00 AM
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 2005-03-26 5:40 PM |
Resident Curmudgeon  25290    The Road Back Gold member |  Subject: Crescent City Classic |
| 2005-03-26 6:07 PM in reply to: #134428 |
molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: Crescent City Classic balmy day! sounds like an interesting race. i don't do well with huge packs of people either. the half-marathon i'm doing in june is a big event, so i'll probably be claustrophobic until a few miles in. |
| 2005-03-26 6:27 PM in reply to: #134428 |
Extreme Veteran 560 New Orleans, LA | Subject: RE: Crescent City Classic Good effort bear. I was livid as I was passing all those damn walkers and people with kid carts who lined up on what must have been the starting line. I did more running sideways as I did going forward the first two miles. |
| 2005-03-26 7:33 PM in reply to: #134446 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Crescent City Classic In a typical CCC you can't run a straight line until you hit Poydras Street. This year, I started so far back, I was on Esplanade before I could. I actually got dizzy trying to mentally pick out a path around and among the walkers. |
| 2005-03-26 10:51 PM in reply to: #134428 |
Expert 1274 Jackson, Mississippi | Subject: RE: Crescent City Classic wow.. sounds fun.. wait.. how many people?? sounds like everyone in 500 miles DID come. well except for me. Hopefully I'll be able to do a 10K by next year ( i'm sure i will be able to) and I'll head down. My wife rarely turns down a trip to new orleans!!  Thanks for the report bear! See ya next year! will |
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Usual routine, woke up at 5am, ate a Clif Bar, watched the news while drinking two cups of coffee, showered shaved, packed the boys up and headed for the city. fifteen miuntes later, Angel dropped us off next to St. Louis Cathedral, a short walk to our corral.
Light jogging, several visits to the porta potti. Dyalan and I got caught in line when the race started, no big deal as we are self-timing the race. Got to the start line ten minutes after the "official" start, which means many walkers got there ahead of me.