Fleet Feet Sports Soldier Field 10 Mile
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Comments: Ran into a friend at mile 7 who was feeling very tired and we managed to run together the rest of the way. Nice company! What would you do differently?: Nothing. This was exactly how I envisioned it. I wanted to run 10 minute miles and finish at 1.40. I would have been happy with 1.45. But I got 1.40! GREAT day! ![]() Post race
Warm down: This is a funny story. It was kind of cold out, and there was a dense fog with 100% humidity. After the race, we lost someone in our group and waited in the stadium FOREVER to find him. We hit up the first aid tent, and while my friend was explaining the situation, these volunteers kept asking me if I was ok. I didn't know why until Emily pointed out that I was so cold I was shaking and my teeth were chattering - despite that I was wearing a blanket and a fleece over my soaked running clothes. A doctor actually approached me and said - ARE YOU OK!? I'm like, "I'm fine, just cold!" And he ran back and got a space blanket and wrapped me up in it and then rewrapped my blanket and I stopped chattering almost immediately. So, thanks to the volunteers for being so awesome and worrying about me - I swear my skin is just very pale but maybe I was looking a little blue at that point :) What limited your ability to perform faster: I would have had to train faster to run faster. Maybe could have picked up a minute or 2 today if that bottleneck didn't happen at mile 6, but doubtful because I may have run out of steam later. This was a pretty good effort on my part and though it's not fast, I'm happy. Event comments: Great day. They probably need more port-a-potties, but that's my only complaint! It's a well-organized event with great volunteers and a wonderful course. Will do it again. Last updated: 2011-01-12 12:00 AM
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Fleet Feet Sports
55F / 13C
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Overall Rank = 7189/15,000
Age Group = F 30-34
Age Group Rank = 768/1592
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Got there MUCH later than I would have liked due to riding with a friend, and because the pre-race was so chaotic I didn't get to stretch or warm up at all. I did however, get to run a few laps between bathrooms at Soldier Field searching for a smaller line. Not enough porta-potties for 15,000 runners. I think they had the same amount of potties on site as they did for the Run to Remember, which was 3,000 runners. Also had a very hard time finding gear check. Once I found it though, it was well-organized and well-staffed. But all the running around ruined any hope of stretching.