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Comments: I had not run more than a few miles easy since doing Gulf Coast, and I had not run very often. So, I figured I would just "cruise" this race. So, it wasn't all out, but I did work it hard. I like out-and-back courses because I try and count how many women are in front of me before I get to the turnaround and then see how many I can pass on the second half. I think I moved myself up from around 22 to 15th or so. I was not expecting to place, so left before the awards. A friend was nice enough to pick up the medal for me (and it is about the cheesiest medal I've ever received). What would you do differently?: My effort was fine for this race. I think if I ran harder, I could squeeze in under 42 minutes (still would only have been 2nd; first place was 39 something).  Post race
Warm down: Ran another easy mile. What limited your ability to perform faster: Perhaps a bit more beer than usual the day before... Event comments: MTC sucks at getting results out. Takes freakin' forever, so it's not usually worth staying. And the AG awards for this race were really cheesy medals. I have put races on for years. Results are not that hard when there are only 250 runners and a nice, real medal is not that expensive. Last updated: 2011-05-18 12:00 AM
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 2011-05-29 4:47 PM |
Expert  1074   Madison, MS |  Subject: 8k on the Parkway |
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Mississippi Track Club
75F / 24C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 66/250
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 2/13
I knew I should have done packet pickup the night before...it was a bit of a cluster. They didn't have a separate line for pre-registered runners, so got all situated and headed out for my warmup a little later than intended.
I really wanted to warmup for at least 15 minutes, but was lucky to get 12 minutes in. Ran easy for 5 minutes and then did 20 second pickups/high cadence to get the heart rate up and to get the sweat rolling.