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Investors Group Thanksgiving Memory Walk and Run - Run10k
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Comments: Easy pace throughout. Ran with my wife for the first ~3km, then she slowed down to walk for a bit and encouraged me to keep running. Made it nearly to the 6km mark before taking the first walk break. Took ~4-5 walking breaks on the return trip (either through water stations or uphills) -- kept them to no more than 60 seconds at a time. Last ~500m was tough as we caught up to the 5K walkers -- had to dodge a lot of people!! What would you do differently?: Dealt better with passing people -- felt like I had to sprint past them, rather than overtaking them at an easy pace. Should have trained more to get comfortable with the distance -- never did a 10K run in training (though I did do a 10K run/walk). Did my first triathlon in September and have not been as diligent in training since then -- days are getting shorter so harder to find a good time to go. We just bought a treadmill so that should be a decent substitute during the winter.  Post race
Warm down: Got a bottle of water, walked a little bit and waited to cheer my wife through to the finish. Event comments: Great event. Has been organized for 22 years in a row, so they know what they're doing. Last updated: 2012-10-07 12:00 AM
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 2012-10-07 4:30 PM |
Member  432   Calgary, AB |  Subject: Investors Group Thanksgiving Memory Walk and Run |
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My wife and I completed our first triathlon (sprint distance) in September -- wanted to do one more event before winter hits. This was our first "just running" event -- 10K felt like a good distance as I've just signed up for an Olympic distance in the spring (ack!) so wanted to start getting my head wrapped around running for a solid hour.
Woke up at 7am, ate peanut butter toast, OJ and a banana. Drove downtown, arrived at 9:30am for a 10am start.
Was a little bit chilly in the morning! Didn't do much to warm up, other than participating in the group warm-up that the event organizers put on.
Event included 10K run, 5K run and 5K walk -- the walkers had lots of dogs, strollers, etc. but 10K runners went off first.