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Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Madison Festivals, Inc.
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 53m 46s
Overall Rank = 1024/
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 56/325
Pre-race routine:

Get up, eat breakfast, make a million trips to the bathroom. You know - the usual.
Event warmup:

Ran back and forth to the bathrooms twice.
Run
  • 1h 53m 46s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 41s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran with the 2 hour pacer for the first 7 miles, then forged ahead in front of him. Felt great until the last mile, which was a bit brutal. But, saw the finish line and realized I could got under 1:55 and took off for the last 50 yards.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing - pretty excellent race.
Post race
Warm down:

Ate a banana and drank some water and recycled my chip. The finish area was crazy crowded. Never did find the family until we met at the family reunion area.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I didn't train for speed, so the fact that I did so well really blew me away. Dang, if I actually trained for speed, I could do something crazy, now couldn't I?




Last updated: 2009-04-14 12:00 AM
Running
01:53:46 | 13.1 miles | 08m 41s  min/mile
Age Group: 56/325
Overall: 1024/
Performance: Good
Course:
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? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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2009-05-24 10:09 AM

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Master
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2009-05-24 11:14 AM
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Iron Donkey
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You didn't have a Boca brat at the end?

Great job, Deanna!!  They changed the course, too, didn't they?

2009-05-24 12:01 PM
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Nice job. Way to make that pace group eat your dust.
2009-05-24 5:34 PM
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Great race, nice work. Thanks for letting me try to run with you.
2009-05-24 6:30 PM
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Way to go!
2009-05-25 6:25 AM
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Great run.  Hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did.

2009-05-25 7:39 AM
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Awesome job Deanna!!!
2009-05-25 4:44 PM
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Expert
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Awesome race! Thanks again for the fun gathering Saturday night!!!!
2009-05-25 4:53 PM
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Wow what a great race you had! Your city is gorgeous! I wish I was with the half or better yet, one of those people on bikes zipping along the course helping someone else out. If I do it again it will be the half...26 miles of hills really kicked my butt.
But then, if every race was flat it would be boring.
2009-05-26 12:29 PM
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Awesome job girl!! Sorry I missed you.  Got there a few minutes after you finished.  You rocked this one! Damn...I better step it up for Lake Mills...

2009-05-26 4:37 PM
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Brevity!  Wanted to see you before the race, but traffic dictated otherwise.  Way to go.  So proud of you.  You were strong in your training, so the outcome on the race was well deserved. 

2009-05-27 5:49 AM
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Speed work helps but heck, if you can keep PRing with what your doing, keep it up.  Good to see ya on Sunday if only for a few seconds.  Great Race.

2009-05-27 6:29 AM
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Thanks all for all the great supportive comments. (I always forget that I don't get notified when people comment unless I add one myself. So, I'm just now getting around to reading these.)

2009-05-27 10:45 AM
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Deanna! Nice race! Great race report. I laughed, I cried. It was magical.

Great time out there.
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