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New Prague, Minnesota
United States
New Prague Chanber of Commerce
Overcast
Total Time = 1h 54m 23s
Overall Rank = 300/667
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Hung out and shivered with Kelly, Noz and his wife and a few others. Also met up with JoeR right before hand. More shivering ensued.
Event warmup:

5 minute warm-up jog with Noz. Not much else.
Run
  • 1h 54m 23s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 44s  min/mile
Comments:

I had a good run. Tough once you had to battle the wind for the 2nd half. One mistake was I took a short walk break around mile 9 and a huge group went by me. I got behind them because they were doing such a great job of blocking the wind and got a little complacent. Realized we were doing about 9:10's per mile and had to start picking it up again. I really could have hung out back there for the rest of the race.
What would you do differently?:

Not much. I was pretty happy with results.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around and found family and BT'ers. Got really cold pretty quick so we headed back to our place for a gathering of really nice people.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Limited training due to construction on our addition.

Event comments:

With the start of this race only 6 miles from our front door it is hard to turn down. Will hope for another PR next year, but they are getting harder and harder to achieve.




Last updated: 2008-11-30 12:00 AM
Running
01:54:23 | 13.1 miles | 08m 44s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/667
Performance: Good
Course: Rolling hills with a basic square course. First 6.5 miles were a cross wind to the wind at your back. Hit the corner at 6.5 and it was like getting smacked with a hammer. Long haul into the wind from there.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2009-05-10 7:16 AM

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2009-05-10 7:35 AM
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Bryan rocks.

Congrats on a PR.  It was great hanging around with you and the fam and the BT folks.
2009-05-10 8:00 PM
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Well done, sir.

Sounds like the Chanber of Commerce puts on a pretty good event. May have to check it out sometime...
2009-05-11 9:19 AM
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Nice race!  Yeah, I imagine PRs will now come in increments of seconds and not 10 minutes at a time

2009-05-12 3:54 PM
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Awesome work on the PR.   4' in a half marathon is a ton!  good stuff!
2009-05-17 4:50 PM
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congrats on the PR...



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