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Lithia, Florida
United States
TampaRaces
72F / 22C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 28m 30s
Overall Rank = 102/228
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 14/16
Pre-race routine:

One slice of cold pizza from the refrigerator. Met Cville in Brandon, loaded my bike into his truck and we drove to the park.
Event warmup:

Walk to registration, walk back.
Run
  • 28m 30s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 09m 11s  min/mile
Comments:

Very humid (93%), but temperature was nice. Only one slight bottle-neck at the first (and only) little rooty downhill. I wish more people would kamikaze down those like I do...had to go off trail to avoid running over a few people.
Course was likely a little bit short due to moving the start line a bit to accommodate the slower half marathon runners who hadn't yet cleared the area by starting time. My friend's Garmin indicated 2.93 miles.
What would you do differently?:

Plan to do the race in advance. I'm thinking about the half mary or 30k next year.
Post race
Warm down:

Couple hours of mountain biking.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Sore left foot, not really trying. I didn't decide to do the race until the we got there, so I'm happy with the result.

Event comments:

Good for a 5K. If I were doing any of the longer distances, I'd definitely have my Camelbak on. And where were the beans and rice from the Picnic Island races? Breakfast food sounds nice, but it was lunchtime before the longer runners were finished.




Last updated: 2009-11-22 12:00 AM
Running
00:28:30 | 03.1 miles | 09m 11s  min/mile
Age Group: 14/16
Overall: 16/228
Performance: Average
Course: ½ mile down the pavement, then through mostly double track (some single track) around the park and back to the bike area trailhead.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too easy
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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Subject: RE: X-Country 5K

I enjoyed the course. It's a good race for an introduction to trail running. Most of it is on two-track access roads through the park. There's a small section of singletrack, but it only has a few roots and no steep hills. It also occurs far enough into the race that there isn't much of a bottleneck problem when you get to it.

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