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Comments: Two good weeks of solid runs leading up to this race had my confidence high. Coach asked me in the moring what my stategy was. I said, 'go out in 8:50's and keep runnign 8:50's". He wantyed me to start with 9:00's and see what happened. 9:00's for hte 13.1 miles gets me sub-2. Well, I started with 8:30's and had a hard time slowing down. The pee stop at mile 3 was too long and it hurt me time-wise and mentally. Never really recovered and hit 5 miles in 48:00. THREE MINUTES SLOWER than I wanted. About mile 9 the wheels were coming off and my form fell apart. Slowed to a "jog" and pushed on. Even hitting mile 12 and Lambeau shortly thereafter did nothing for my pace or adrenaline like I thought it might. For the first time in a long distance race,, my feet hurt today. I think the shoes were tied too tight. The real issue that gotr to me was my hips. Just not strong enough. I definitely need more strength training and core work. What would you do differently?: Go out in 9:00 miles, then chase the sub-2 at the end if I need to.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around, got my medal, shirt, water. After that it was on to brats and chocolate milk. I love Wisconsin racing! Dropped my stuff at the car, went back to tfinish line in time to see Donkeys and other friends finish. Nice BQ's for two Donkeys and a friend from church. Another friend from the Y missed Boston by 27 seconds. She was heartbroken. Tough to find words to say to her. What limited your ability to perform faster: Core fitness, and my brain. I've got to learn from this... Event comments: Loved everything about this race. First rate operation. Great venue for a race. Last updated: 2010-05-05 12:00 AM
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 2010-05-16 8:19 PM |
Expert  1105   Milwaukee, WI |  Subject: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon |
| 2010-05-16 8:39 PM in reply to: #2862102 |
Elite 3067  Cheesehead, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Nice Race in spite of sore feet and potty breaks. I hear ya though, my intentions went south in no time...time and fatigue have a way of knockin' us backwards. Wished I'd bumped into ya. I had a donkey shirt on too but never did find any other donks. |
| 2010-05-17 5:47 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Veteran 279 | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Aw Pete, I'm sorry you didn't have the race you were looking for. But it was great to see you and hang out afterwards! Except for that running bit, it was really a fantastic day!  see ya tuesday!! |
| 2010-05-17 7:10 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Elite 3447 West Allis, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Sorry you didn't have the race you wanted...great job working through the issues! You are still eeeaaaaawwwwwwsome in my book! |
| 2010-05-17 7:14 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Elite 2673 Muskego, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Way to knock it down. Yea, when you loose momentum like you did, it's tough to get the machine humming again. Another friend from the Y missed Boston by 27 seconds. That just sucks. I cannot imagine what that must be like. |
| 2010-05-17 8:09 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Expert 1121 Menomonee Falls, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Good effort Pete even though you didn't meet your goal and a good job keeping the cart moving even though the wheels feel like they came off. |
| 2010-05-17 8:31 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Member 292 Marshfield Wi | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Way to push through the tough times. My core sucks but just can't get into the work needed. |
| 2010-05-17 8:37 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Master 1980 Waukesha, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Another great performance even though you feel you didn't do well. I am trying the stength thing with my half mary training this year and will let you know how it works for me after the Madison half Mary. Tell those demons in your head to take a hike. You will SUCCEED!!!! |
| 2010-05-17 11:15 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Master 1732 Delafield, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Always listern to your coach! Great effort. You will hit the goal. Glad you could enjoy the day. |
| 2010-05-17 6:49 PM in reply to: #2862102 |
Extreme Veteran 414 Green Bay, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon Great job pushing through the race. I wanted to stop to pee but I didn't want to wait in line and every stop had a line..grrr! |
| 2010-05-18 8:06 AM in reply to: #2862102 |
Elite 3656 West Allis, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon hey buddy, way to take away positives from the event. learn. you are going to have a fantastic season!!!! EEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW |
| 2010-05-18 5:05 PM in reply to: #2862102 |
Expert 799 Waukesha, WI | Subject: RE: Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon A terrific effort AND attitude as always |
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Woke at 5, 1/2 bagel, G2, orange at the hotel. Banana on the way to race. Decent parking spot at Lambeau.
Found Donkeys, talked, went potty. Got in a .75 warm-up with strides, various other things. Decent stretch after, focused on hips. More on that later.