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Frank Lloyd Wright 10k - Run10k

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Oak Park , Illinois
United States
Park District of Oak Park
60F / 16C
Overcast

Total Time = 50m 13s
Overall Rank = 175/889
Age Group = F40-44
Age Group Rank = 8/81

Pre-race routine:

Poptarts for breakfast on the ride in. Left around 6am, got there around 6:45am, plenty of parking still left in the garage. Could probably leave 15 minutes later. About 20 minutes before, took in a Gatorade fuel thingy.

Event warmup:

Not much. Had issues locating satellites on my Garmin and that delayed me. Ran about 5 minutes at a quick pace to work out the aches and pains and then took my place in the upper third of the starting corral.

Run

50m 13s
6.21 miles
08m 05s min/mile

Comments:

Good run for me -- PR by over a minute. Went out pretty hard and just kept trying to push myself. Wasn't a slave to the Garmin, but tried to be under 8m/m anytime I did look.

The two longer miles were water breaks that I walked short portions of.

Felt strong out there, even though by the end I was wondering if I had paced myself for a 5 mile race rather than a 10k.

Wanted to break 50 minutes, but knew that would be at the very edge of my current fitness. And while I got SO close, I'm not disappointed because I know I put everything I could into the race.

What would you do differently?:

Not a thing.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around a bit, then waited for Whizzzzz and Laps23 to come through.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing except my own fitness.

Event comments:

Very nice goody bag. Well-organized race and a fast course. Can stay inside the school until race time, which is awesome when it's nasty outside. This is a really great fall race.

Last updated: 2010-09-30 12:00 AM

Running
00:50:13 \| 06.21 miles \| 08m 05s min/mile
Age Group:	8/81
Overall:	81/889
Performance:	Good
mile1: 8:00 / mile2: 8:11 / mile3: 8:06 / mile4: 8:13 / mile5: 8:05 / mile6: 8:02 / last0.2: 1:30 (7:24m/m pace)
Course:	Flat and fast. Few slight inclines.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	5
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:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4