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Comments: That first hill? BRUTAL. Like oh-my-god-I-can't-breathe-my-legs-are-toast-no-jelly-no-jellytoast. My heart rate was skyrocketing. And then it went down hill again. Hooray! And then back up. and then a nice long downhill and some rollers and then another long, tough climb. I let loose on the final downhill but my body was so spent I couldn't really pick up too much speed. There were four women ahead of me (five if you count the woman who passed me at the end. I guess I should), so I didn't think I'd place. Based on my time (25:26.81) I didn't think I'd place. 31- 50 Female 1. G.S. F43 MD - 24:49.48 2. Tricia C. F31 MD - 25:26.81 3. K.O. F41 City MD - 26:25.68 Me? Second in an age group (and a large AG - 20 years)?? holy cow that's awesome! Tell her what she won, Johnny! Trishie, you've just won a Pandora bracelet and a charm! What would you do differently?: Not run this race :P  Post race
Warm down: Got a long stemmed rose (Mother's Day) walked around, got some water Event comments: Not gonne lie --- placing in my AG and winning jewelry really improved my feelings regarding this hilly race :) Profile Album Last updated: 2013-04-14 12:00 AM
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 2013-05-20 8:27 AM |
Pro  5169    Burbs |  Subject: Hills of Milltown 5K Challenge |
| 2013-05-20 8:34 PM in reply to: #4749505 |
Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Hills of Milltown 5K Challenge A Pandora bracelet with a charm is pretty nice race shwag. Nice job on the hilly 5K. |
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Age Group = F31-50
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One of my coworkers is on the board for the Ellicott City Historical Society, and he suggested to me - and a few others in the office - to run the Hills of Milltown 5K Challenge, described justly: Even the down hill is up hill in this challenging annual spring 5K sharpener! The race route is scenic as well as challenging AND HISTORIC! This 5K route proves a worthy challenge to even the advanced runner. With multiple hills along the way even the down hill is up hill in this scenic loop course which passes 13 historic sites. A challenge for beginners and a tough spring workout for those competing in longer distance or multi-sport races in the summer. The final approach to the summit climbs over-land to circle the beautiful ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute.
I understand that a race with the word HILLS in the title probably means I can't bitch about the course, but it's my blog so pffffft.
The race was on Mother's Day, but I didn't want to drag H and James out of bed so early (you know what's not a great idea? waking a sleeping toddler!) so we decided to meet for brunch after the race.
Anyhow, I met up with a few coworkers pre race, so that was fun.
I was probably the second racer there, and used that time to run a 2 1/2 warm up. I'm still undecided if a longer warm up helps or hinders or doesn't do anything at all. I've PR'd with warming up and I've PR'd without it. I've run good races with a warm up and bad races with a warm up.