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Independant day classic 5K - Run5k

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Santa Clarita, California
United States
santa clarita runners
85F / 29C
Sunny

Total Time = 25m 33s
Overall Rank = 189/570
Age Group = M40-44
Age Group Rank = 9/30-35

Pre-race routine:

Drink water and gatorade , eat breakfast at 7 am , Try to relax , the walk helped.
Race time is 9am

Event warmup:

Walk 2 miles to race site at brisk pace. Stretch , It's 85F and sunny so stay in shade as much as possible until start time.

Run

Comments:

Fastest 5k ever for me : Ran a PR in the 5K .
A bit of slow traffic to overtake in the first three quarter mile.

What would you do differently?:

Start in the first quarter or third of the group , not near the back.

Post race

Warm down:

Walk 1.5 miles , swim 20 mins ,

What limited your ability to perform faster:

It was Hot! 85F -90F , more conditioning , lose weight

Event comments:

Very nice race , lots of runners 600 of every ability.
Race should start earlier like at 8am

Last updated: 2006-07-04 12:00 AM

Running
00:25:33 \| 03.1 miles \| 08m 14s min/mile
Age Group:	9/30-35
Overall:	189/570
Performance:	Good
160 s in first two miles low 170's in last mile.
Course:	Wide city street with partial shade and very slight uphill until mile 2 , slight downhill fro mile 2 to the end Starts at 9 am
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Too much