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Briggs and Al's Run for Childrens Hospital - Run8k

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
United States
www.badgerlandstriders.org
40F / 4C
Sunny

Total Time = 42m 15s
Overall Rank = 1072/3185
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 75/154

Pre-race routine:

Worked until 10PM the night before so I slept in a bit. Out of the house by 8:45 for what I thought was a 10:00 start. More on that later.

Event warmup:

Parked in the free parking area near the finish. Thout it was about a mile or so back to the start line. Actually two miles according to the Garmin. Ran most of it, walked a little, and got to the start line area around 9:45. Found out the race started at 10:30 not 10:00. Tried to stay loose for the extra time. Found a few people I know so it was o.k.

Run

42m 15s
5 miles
08m 27s min/mile

Comments:

Decided early in the day that I would really try to do something big woth this run. I had a great week of training so I was going to push it pretty hard. The start was chaos like every year. I didn't get a real clear area to run in until about the .75 mile mark. Held a decent pace on the uphill sections, navigated the steep decent without a problem. That left about 1.9 miles of fast, flat streets to the finish. This course is basically my "home field", since I do most of my noon runs along Lincoln Memorial Drive. The only water station I used was at 3.5 miles and then I didn't stop, just took two sips as I ran and tossed the rest. As I turned the corner to the finish, I could see the clock and just busted out a sprint. Passed many people and hit the finish at 43:00 flat. This race uses chip time for official results. Yes it took me 45 seconds to get to the start line and I was in the 8 min per mile corral!!!! When I got home and saw the official time of 42:15 I was soooo excited. Previous best at this distance was 46:11. Almost four minutes for my sixth PR of the season.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing. The warm-up was the longest I've ever had for a race, but obviously it helped.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around a bit, found some friends and co-workers, chatteda bit and headed home. On the way to my car I saw two IRONMEN, Travis and Sandy VB.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing. Getting faster all the time so I am happy.

Event comments:

Great race, great cause. Had a team of runners and walkers from my ad agency office so that made it more fun!

Last updated: 2009-09-05 12:00 AM

Running
00:42:15 \| 05 miles \| 08m 27s min/mile
Age Group:	0/154
Overall:	0/3185
Performance:	Good
Course:	Two uphill sections (Wisconsin Ave and then Prospect St), and one steep descent. Otherwise flat and fast to the finish.
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?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	5

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tall_tri_dad

2009-10-11 9:42 PM

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Milwaukee, WI

Subject: Briggs and Al's Run for Childrens Hospital

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bscharff

2009-10-12 9:35 AM

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Oak Creek, WI

Subject: RE: Briggs and Al's Run for Childrens Hospital

Awesome, awesome race Pete...!!! You CRUSHED it...!!! A 4 minute PR for a 5 mile race is crazy...!!! All of your hard work and training have really shown this past season - 6 PR's...!!! You should be proud...!!!

now get out there... you've got some work to do if you're going to knock another 4 minutes off....