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Comments: I got within about 125 feet of the starting line. Immediately I knew I would be weaving and jostling for the first half mile. There's over 23,000 participants...most of which are joggers/walkers. And sure enough, there's some old grandmas, kids, and just people you know don't belong up front. I can't understand why they don't stage this race better. Someone seriously can get trampled to death. So gun goes off and I'm literally forcing my way between people. There was more contact in the first quarter mile than any of my OWS races. People literally walking 5-7 wide. WTF...get a clue people. Ok...anyway...onto the running. I didn't see any of the mile markers, until mile 4...which is about half way. So I have no idea how fast I'm going, just that my legs don't feel very good. They just felt heavy and fatigued from Saturday. My original goal was 1:04, or about 7:50 miles...and I was having doubts until I reached mile 4...and realized I was pacing close to 7:20. At this point, I'm wondering to myself if I should try to crack 1 hour. My legs are starting to revolt...but it's only 4 more miles. It's at this point that my lack of experience hurt me. I eased up a bit instead of pushing through. I had no idea how bad I should be hurting at this point as I don't do 10ks. Next few miles we're in the 7:35-7:50 range. I handled the hills pretty well, then pushed hard down the finish. I knew 1 hour was out of reach, so I didn't have much motivation to really red line it. Pretty happy everything considered though. No way I thought I could go under 1:01...even on fresh legs. I guess all my run training is really paying off. What would you do differently?: Not push the bike so hard on Saturday. Push harder during the middle miles.  Post race
Warm down: Water, sports drink, bananna, and some pizza. What limited your ability to perform faster: Fatigue in my legs and inexperience in shorter races. Last updated: 2011-01-24 12:00 AM
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 2011-02-21 2:19 PM |
 Subject: Great Aloha Run |
| 2011-02-21 10:12 PM in reply to: #3365518 |
Member 221  Lancaster | Subject: RE: Great Aloha Run Well done. Great way to open the race season. Probably a sub hour if walkers would learn some courtesy and start in the back. |
| 2011-02-22 7:43 AM in reply to: #3365518 |
Expert 2355  Madison, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Great Aloha Run For your expectations going in and how you ran that race I would say that you rocked that course! Way to go and push yourself, that must really boost your confidence with progress like that. |
| 2011-02-22 5:06 PM in reply to: #3365518 |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: Great Aloha Run Nice race! As clydenewb said, the walkers probably slowed you down and kept you from that 1 hr mark. I kinda know what you're talking about when your legs weren't fresh for the run. I had similar legs when I ran 9 rode 1.5 hrs. and then tried to PR a 5k, all with in a 26-28 hour window. |
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Great Aloha Run
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Age Group = M25-29
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Woke up at around 3 AM. I napped most of Saturday, so 4 hours of sleep wasn't a big deal. I woke up feeling fresh, but my legs were still sore from Saturday's hammerfest. Ate oatmeal and 2 apple bananas. Drove to the finish area and caught the shuttle to the start line.
Luckily my company's downtown office is 2 minutes from the starting line. So we had an area set asside for employees to stretch out, warm up, and use the restrooms. The lines outside for the porta potty's was ridiculous. Stretched out and chatted with coworkers till about 6:40, then made my way to the start line.