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Portsmouth, VA
United States
Tidewater Striders
76F / 24C
Sunny
Total Time = 36m 56s
Overall Rank = 25/829
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 4/42
Pre-race routine:

Up at 6:45, make my protein shake and hit the road. Got there around 7:10 and it started to rain lightly. By 7:30 it was a downpour complete with lightning. By 7:50 it had clear out and cooled off 5 degrees or so. By race time the sun was out and it was getting warm...and humid from all the water on the ground.
Event warmup:

About a mile light jog and some stretching. Had a banana 30min before race time. A few accelerations just before the gun.
Run
  • 36m 56s
  • 6.2 miles
  • 05m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

The misplaced mile markers made it tough for me to stay focused on my splits and pace so I concentrated on just running a strong steady pace. It got hot out there as the sun came out and started to bake the wet pavement. By mile 4 I was starting to question why the hell I do this to myself but eventually mile 5 came and I knew it would be over soon if I could just hold out. I didn't pay any attention to my watch since I knew the splits were whacky. My HR hovered in the high 170's from the 800m mark and built to 185 over the last mile as I knew i was in the home stretch. At one point the course loops back on itself and the second loop continues straight. The volunteers didn't do a very good job of directing the mixed pack to split and I ended up getting about 20m off course, having to stop, turn around and get back to where I was supposed to be. That probably cost me ~10 seconds but mostly just broke my concentration and rythm.
What would you do differently?:

Can't think of anything specific I personally could have done. I would have liked it to be cooler, less humid, and have accurate mile markers but overall I ran as strong a race as I could have.
Post race
Warm down:

Stagger through the shute, dump a bottle of water over my head, getting some in my mouth. Find the nearest patch of grass to fall down and roll around for about 5 min. Eventually I got my tired ass up and walked around, had a bananna and some water. Pizza and beer about 30min later :)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Heat, humidity, tough to pace without reliable splits. I could have had another ~10 seconds if the volunteers did a better job at that split.

Event comments:

Good race, happy I ran it. Smashed my PR and reached a goal I


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Last updated: 2005-05-28 12:00 AM
Running
00:36:56 | 06.2 miles | 05m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/42
Overall: 25/829
Performance: Good
They obviously had the mile markers misplaced. The first mile seemed right but the second mile split got our attention as you can see from the my split...and then the remaining miles. Mile 1 - 5:30 (seems reasonable) Mile 2 - 4:42 (no way in hell) Mile 3 - 6:20 (um...no) Mile 4 - 6:25 (nope) Mile 5 - 6:27 (getting slower) Final 1.2 - 7:29 (averages out to 6:15 pace for the final 1.2 miles...I know I was motoring faster than that)
Course: Very nice course...first year for this new course. no hills and it wasn't at all boring. Lots of parts along the river.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
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? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2005-05-28 11:06 PM

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Subject: Elizabeth River Run 10k
New 10k PR!

Edited by TH3_FRB 2005-05-28 11:07 PM


2005-05-29 6:00 AM
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Well, I think that does it Joel. You might very well be the fastest BT runner. Looks like it was a solid field - 36 minutes gave you 4th in AG. Of course, we are in one of the toughest age groups. Great race.

-Rob

2005-05-29 10:33 AM
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Holy cow you are fast. I don't know what to say. It's just amazing! Congrats on the PR. You rock!
Jessica
2005-05-29 7:11 PM
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Awesome PR!

Messed up mile markers suck! I would rather not even have them if they're not accurate.

Good job. When is your next race?

Randy
2005-06-03 3:23 PM
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just ran across your race report-very impressive time!  great job.
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