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Comments: Went out WAY too fast (felt unsually good...should have known better!) and then bonked after the first mile. It completely sucked after that. I was getting passed with women pushing two kids in strollers. Kind of degrading. But I kept telling myself that if I just finished without walking, it wouldn't be so bad. After all, I'm coming off an appendectomy and a bout with ITBS not to mention the altitude. Sounds like I'm making excuses, huh? Mostly just trying to rationalize. :) What would you do differently?: Go out much slower, eat more before the race, DRINK A LOT MORE.  Post race
Warm down: Laid wiht my legs propped on a tree for a few minutes, stretched a bit, and walked to my car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Going out too fast. How disappointing! This from an ex-cross country runner who was once a real champ at pacing herself. Boy have I lost my friggin' touch. Event comments: The course wasn't marked, and most people I talked to were irriated by this. It was the first time the MS Society has done a 5K so I think there were going to be some gaps no matter what. But I thought they did pretty well, other than that. Last updated: 2005-05-07 12:00 AM
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 2005-05-07 3:02 PM |
Extreme Veteran  360   Lafayette, CO |  Subject: MS Run for Hope 5K |
| 2005-05-07 4:30 PM in reply to: #154115 |
Champion 7704   Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: MS Run for Hope 5K Congratulations on your first race!!!! Great time. DOn't beat yourself up over an injury...thats my department. I beat myself up over St. Athonys runtime and turns out I had a real good reason to be hurting. Bask in the glory of your first race and enjoy the day. Take care -SMO |
| 2005-05-07 4:45 PM in reply to: #154115 |
Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: MS Run for Hope 5K congrats! Nice work!  |
| 2005-05-07 6:50 PM in reply to: #154115 |
Expert 852 Evergreen, Colorado Bronze member | Subject: RE: MS Run for Hope 5K Nice job!!! I'm so sorry I didn't get to meet up with you - I was going to PM you last night to try and figure out somewhere to meet up, but my computer at home was on the fritz!! I had to do the walk right after the run... Good race - those aren't excuses - they're all things that are going to effect you! BTW - I measured it at 3.2 miles with my GPS - just a bit longer than 5k |
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Got up at five this morning to get there in time. Yuck. Scrambled eggs for breakfast (three hours before race.)
Stretched the IT band a LOT. I was there an hour early because I worried about finding the place, and then finding parking. So I walked a lot, stretched a lot, ran a little. Should have been drinking more and also EATING more. The stretching felt particularly good.