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Frederick, Maryland
United States
Corrigan Sports
55F / 13C
Precipitation
Total Time = 1h 51m 13s
Overall Rank = 480/2411
Age Group = 35-49
Age Group Rank = 66/201
Pre-race routine:

Ate a bagel w/ PB and drank some gatorade.
Event warmup:

Got to the race 8:a little late and by the time I went to the rest room I had to run to the start line so that was my warmup.
Run
  • 1h 51m 13s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 29s  min/mile
Comments:

Since I did not run more than 8 miles training for the race and that was at 9'/mile I had little expectations. We got to the race and by the time we parked and I waited to use the restroom the race already started. I was one of the last people to start. I was literally sprinting to the start line so they would let me start. They had downtown shut down for the race and there was alot of specators out chearing. Down town is very old and historic. You run by all the shops and old brownstones. I would look down and see my pace and slow down or I knew I would hit the wall. I ran by myself for about the 1st 2 miles and then started passing packs of people at the end. I think this helped out as well too because I really never ran with anyone who ran my pace not even at the end. I really don't remember much I was just out trying to have fun. I thought I would be good until around mile 10 and then would have to walk. Well mile 10 came and went and I did get tired but never really slowed down.

This is amazingly a PR for me and my other races I actually trained.
What would you do differently?:

I would normally say train more but I did pretty good.
Post race
Warm down:

Stood around in the race and waited for my cousin to finish.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of training

Event comments:

This is a great race and a very fast course for the average person. Reminded me alot of White Rock in DFW.




Last updated: 2009-02-23 12:00 AM
Running
01:51:13 | 13.1 miles | 08m 29s  min/mile
Age Group: 66/201
Overall: 201/2411
Performance: Good
8:20, 8:24, 8:36, 8:23, 8:26, 8:33, 7:59, 8:28, 8:18, 8:34, 8:41, 8:37, 8:21, 7:30 (.1) HR 167 Max 188
Course: Loop through downtown Frederick, MD, the countryside and fair ground. Basically flat with a small hill at the end.
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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2009-05-03 9:18 PM

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2009-05-04 8:47 AM
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Great job and congrats on the PR!

2009-05-06 3:06 PM
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Great job, Ken.  Congrats on your PR.
2009-05-06 3:48 PM
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Congrats on your PR!

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