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Boilermaker 15K Road Race - Run15k


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Utica, New York
United States
Boilermaker 15K Road Race
70F / 21C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 16m 37s
Overall Rank = 2426/9407
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 290/771
Pre-race routine:

Up at 5:30, walked to convenience store for a coffee and hard roll with PB&J. GDrove 30 min. to to race and got there at 7:00. Waited for an old friend, who I see every year at this race. Then we walked to starting line.
Event warmup:

Ran to the bathroom a couple of times
Run
  • 1h 16m 37s
  • 9.32 miles
  • 08m 13s  min/mile
Comments:

Tenth time I've run this race, which is the largest 15k race in the US. Over 10,000 runners registered for the race.

I never really felt good the whole race until the last 5k. I was strangely calm before the race which is unusual for me. Probably should have realized something was up. First couple of miles were right where I wanted to be pace wise, but if felt like I was working hard, and I was already feeling the heat. Each water stop I was throwing as much water on me as I was taking in. Miles 3 and 4 are uphill, and by then I was just trying to find a pace I was comfortable with, mile 5 is all down hill, and in the past i've been around 7:15 for the mile, today it was 8:09. Knew I would see my family at mile 6, so I focussed on getting to them. After I saw them, I caught a second wind, and ground up the hardest long hill between mile 6 and 7 (uphill the whole mile in 8:30), then hit the long down hill, conserving energy for the last mile which is mostly uphill. Covered the last two miles in sub-8:00 for each mile and finished about 2 min. off a PR and about 30 sec. slower than last year.
What would you do differently?:

Probably not help my father in-law move 1.5 tons of wood pellets for his wood stove the day before
Post race
Warm down:

Walked down to teh post race party, grabbing some chocolate chip cookies and a couple of free beers at 9:30 WOOHOO




Last updated: 2006-07-09 12:00 AM
Running
01:16:37 | 9.32 miles | 08m 13s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/771
Overall: 0/9407
Performance: Average
1-8:13,2-8:13,3-8:24,4-8:49,5-8:09,6-8:18,7-8:30,8-7:514,9-7:55,9.3-2:11
Course: 9.3 mile loop through teh suburbs of Utica, NY, finishing at the Saranac Brewery
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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