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Assurant Health Valentines Day 5K - Run5k


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denver, Colorado
United States
Active.com
18F / -8C
Precipitation
Total Time = 22m 26s
Overall Rank = 14/311
Age Group = M20-29
Age Group Rank = 3/24
Pre-race routine:

Stood around in the snow, stretched just a little, overall didn't feel like running. Forgot the Garmin at the house, wasn't in the mood to get out of bed with it still snowing out, had to drive a '93 Eagle Talon FWD car to the race that doesn't even have plates on it since the Jeep is currently out of commission because of overheating issues. Overall, not really a mental state that I should be in for a race.
Event warmup:

Jogged a bit for the 3 minutes prior to the start.
Run
  • 22m 26s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 07m 14s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt good, went out pretty quick and settled into a pace early on. Felt like that pace might have been a bit much after the marathon last week. The last miles was a 'suck it up and just finish the damn race without slowing down' kind of mentality. Overall, with the snow on the ground and all, I think I did really well coming 26seconds within my time at the last race on that course. I think I could have gone faster than last time if there wasn't snow there. Probably not a sub 20, but probably could have dropped 15sec/mile off my time and went sub 22 by 15-20seconds.
What would you do differently?:

have it not snow the night before and morning of the race.
Post race



Last updated: 2010-02-14 12:00 AM
Running
00:22:26 | 03.1 miles | 07m 14s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/24
Overall: 14/311
Performance: Average
Course: Wash Park, same course as the Polar Bear 5k I did in 22:00, but this time there was fresh snow on the ground and it was still snowing a bit when we started the race.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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