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Time Is On Your Side - Run10k

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Oakland, California
United States
Lake Merritt Joggers and Striders
56F / 13C
Overcast

Total Time = 46m 6s
Overall Rank = 13/50
Age Group = 44F
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

Toast with peanut butter and a hot tea.
Few sips of water on the drive across the bridge.
Stomach was feeling that nervous, pre-race jitters sort of way.

Event warmup:

Some light jogging, skipping, high knees walking and stretching. Stomach felt a bit sloshy.
I was sad not to be entering the contest and guessing my time, but the whole reason for deciding to do this run was to get HR data. I was feeling a bit nervous, since we just decided to do this race as of late yesterday afternoon!

Run

46m 6s
6.21 miles
07m 25s min/mile

Comments:

My stomach was feeling a bit sloshy during warm ups, but I luckily didn't notice it much when we started the run. I was told to run this 10k as fast as I could, don't worry about time, but make sure you leave it all out there. And I have to say, I left it all out there. I don't think I could have gone much faster. I did have a bit of side cramps from mile 2 until the end, but my deep breathing technique seemed to reduce it to where it didn't affect my pace too much.

What would you do differently?:

Figure out a better way to breathe when/or before I hit that threshold, because I think that is when I always get the side cramps.

Post race

Warm down:

Jogged back to the car for my Endurox R4. I love that stuff! Stretched a little and walked back to get a few snacks.

Event comments:

I would like to do this race in the future and enter the contest to guess my time. I would not have been close this year as this was almost a 2 minute PR! Fun Race!

Last updated: 2009-08-23 12:00 AM

Running
00:46:06 \| 06.21 miles \| 07m 25s min/mile
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/50
Performance:	Good
aHR 163
Course:	Two loops around Lake Merritt. Mostly sidewalk type pavement.
Keeping cool		Drinking

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	5
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4