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SEQUOIA St. PATTY’S DAY DASH - Run5k


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Redding, California
United States
Sequoia Middle School Parent's Club
55F / 13C
Sunny
Total Time = 23m 51s
Overall Rank = 10/89
Age Group = 40 - 49
Age Group Rank = 2/5
Pre-race routine:

No real routine. Ate a banana and drank water on the drive over. Signed in and got my bib.
Event warmup:

Jogged around and then listened to prerace announcements.
Run
  • 23m 51s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 07m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

Started fast, but not too fast to clear out of the initial crowd, then settled in at what felt like a comfortably fast pace and just tried to maintain that.
What would you do differently?:

Since I've been training for my first half marathon I haven't really focused on speed at all the last several months, so I wasn't really sure of what pace I could maintain. I ran a 8:05min/mile 4.26 miles last Saturday in a race so shooting for sub 8min/mile was the goal.
Post race
Warm down:

walked, stopped and put hands on knees and just breathed deep for a bit. more walking and cheering other runners on to the finish.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

No speed training. No 5k race pacing practice

Event comments:

For the first race they've held they did really well. Organization was a little off, and a few people swapped bibs because they hadn't been through "the drill" before. One of the students sang the national anthem which was nice. Overall a fun little race. I hope it gets bigger each year for them.

This was also a PR for the 5k distance!




Last updated: 2013-03-16 12:00 AM
Running
00:23:51 | 03.11 miles | 07m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/5
Overall: 10/89
Performance: Good
Course: From the cul-de-sac at the south end of the Sundial bridge. Along the road out to the monolith and onto the river trail. Around the museum "loop" and then across the Sundial Bridge, around the
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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