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Detroit, Michigan
United States
65F / 18C
Sunny
Total Time = 30m 30s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

This event is a madhouse of people! There's no chance for a pre-race warm-up, so we just hunted down our friends. Weaving through the people had to warm something up- if only my temper!
Run
  • 30m 30s
  • 5 kms
  • 06m 06s  min/km
Comments:

The official time was 30:30, but if you consider the fact that it took me over 40 seconds to even get to the starting line, my actual time was more like 29:50 (if that's not an arugement for the Championchip, I don't know what is). There were so many people who lined up toward the front who didn't even run a full mile it was v.v. difficult to hold a steady pace.
What would you do differently?:

Throw all caution to the wind and line up closer to the front. Also, since I didn't know where the end of the line was, I held back at the end, when I could have pushed hard enough to shave :30 off my time.
Post race
Warm down:

Bottlenecked at chute. Water, walkdown.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Vast, vast amounts of people.

Event comments:

Nice race, but because of its publicity, it draws so many people that running for a good time is almost silly.




Last updated: 2004-04-23 12:00 AM
Running
00:30:30 | 05 kms | 06m 06s  min/km
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Course: A nice course through downtown Detroit. Ended between Ford Field and the Copa.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2004-06-05 3:17 PM

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Subject: Race for the Cure


2004-06-06 5:45 PM
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Southern Ohio
Subject: RE: Race for the Cure
Sorry to hear about the crowd, You did good anyway!
2004-06-06 7:53 PM
in reply to: #29360

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New Mexico
Subject: RE: Race for the Cure
Sounds like a good race for a good cause. Maybe the coordinators can set it up in waves next year. Good job.
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