MS 5k Run for Hope
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Comments: WOOHOO!!!!!! If the course hadn't been 0.1 long, I would have beat my long term goal of a 27 min 5k (so, technically I did run 5k in less than 27 min)!!!! My first 3 miles were all ~8:30 min/mile which is about the fastest I can run, so I was happy with my effort. Started running with a bunch of people from work who are generally faster than me. Felt the 8:30 pace we started at was a bit too hard for me, but it eventually started to feel better and I managed to keep it up for most of the race. Tried to catch one of my project managers who was there, but he was flying - and he's probably in his 50s!! The last 0.1 mile into the finish, my stomach freaked out on me and I kept thinking I was going to hurl. I really slowed it down at the end because I didn't really want to throw up in front of a bunch of coworkers. Kind of a bummer because I had the energy to kick it in!! Anyhow, don't know what was up with that - I normally don't have that issue at the end of races. Anyhow, I'm seriously thrilled that I kept that pace for three miles - I didn't think I had it in me. Guess the track workouts are helping!! What would you do differently?: Not sure since this was the fastest I've ever run. But it would have been nice to be able to finish strong rather than jog into the finish... Post race
Warm down: After the run, met up right away with the rest of the Washington Group team and did the MS charity walk (another loop around City Park, walking). Was a nice way to cool down - everyone walked REALLY slow, and I got to pick up some Propel water and a power bar at one of the drink stations. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing, really... Genetics? Event comments: People I was running with were annoyed that the course didn't have any mile markers - I had my Garmin so it didn't bug me, but would be nice. Otherwise not bad - this is the first year for this race (it's usually just the charity walk), so it wasn't too bad. Last updated: 2005-03-30 12:00 AM
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Woke up at 6, ate half a clif bar and had some water (I never know what to do for early running races because I really don't like to run with anything in my stomach). Had a headache when I woke up which I wasn't too thrilled about, but didn't take anything for it. Drove down to the race early to get parking. Met up with the runners from my company team to take pictures behind our sponsor sign. Stood around chatting until the start.
Stretched and that's about it. When the race started, we were all standing around talking and had to bust a move to get going - oops!!