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Comments: Probably a bad lesson to have learned... after almost a month and a half of very little running, I was able to go out there and shave over 20 seconds off my previous best. :) Of course, this one HURT a lot more than the other ones. I was cruising along until just before 9 miles. After that, it was a struggle to keep pace. Despite this, I managed a slight negative split -- first half of the race was 59:36, second half 58:27. Other than that, pretty good run. MP3 player was pretty much dead from the start (and I put a new battery in it last night!), but I luckily saw Marcie around mile 4 and was able to make my way to the sideline to hand it off to her. If I couldn't listen to music at least I didn't want to have to carry it! Was pretty humid when I started, but some rain moved through and cooled things off. Luckily, it never rained too hard, either -- just enough for it to be refreshing out there on the course. Pretty good conditions for turning in a good time. What would you do differently?: Actually do a little training other than one long run beforehand. Blisters from my hiking trip were still bothering me, and I completely forgot to Body Glide them beforehand -- they were really annoying by the last 4-5 miles of the run. Post race
Warm down: Found Marcie and watched for her friends to finish. Stretched a bit. Went home and then went out for breakfast/lunch (my favorite part!). What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training. Blisters. Tight quads at the end. Event comments: Race was well organized. Expo was pretty good. Tons of volunteers everywhere and while I would have liked one more water station on the Lake Shore Drive portion of the run, that's me quibbling. Post-race food, on the other hand -- banana, apple, bag of pretzels and gatorade. For such a big race, you'd think there'd be more. Last updated: 2005-03-01 12:00 AM
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70F / 21C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 2011/7132
Age Group = F35-39
Age Group Rank = 95/634
Bagel a little over 2 hours before, and then relaxed while Marcie drove us to the race.
Did a little stretching as I was waiting for the gun to go off, mostly just gabbed with Marcie, though. But as I've said before -- I'm running enough already, why run more just to warm up??