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Washington Cherry Festival 5K - Run


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Washington, Illinois
United States
60F / 16C
Overcast
Total Time = 7h 30m
Overall Rank = 36/445
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 4/14
Event warmup:

Jogged around enough to get heart rate up
Run
  • 21m 54s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 06m 52s  min/mile
Comments:

Windy day but it was mostly a cross wind.
What would you do differently?:

Pretty strong race for me (a PR). My training was more concentrated on longer distances with a slower pace, so running at this clip was a bit of a shock to my body
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around and had a few cookies and a banana

Event comments:

First time doing this race even though it runs right past my house. I will definitely do it again next year




Last updated: 2013-06-04 12:00 AM
Running
00:21:54 | 03.11 miles | 06m 52s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/14
Overall: 0/445
Performance: Good
Course: Flat, small rolling hills
Keeping cool Good Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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