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Eugene, Oregon
United States
OTC
90F / 32C
Sunny
Total Time = 18m 20s
Overall Rank = 5/50
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 1/9
Pre-race routine:

Ate cereal bars and drank Powerade
Event warmup:

Ran 1.5 miles and ran some strides
Run
  • 18m 20s
  • 3.11 miles
  • 05m 53s  min/mile
Comments:

Started well but because I had a cold and it was so hot I really would have needed water to run normally and keep my pace at the end.
What would you do differently?:

Have someone give me water during the race
Post race
Warm down:

Ran a couple of laps

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Having a cold and the hot weather

Event comments:

New PR in the 5K by 14 seconds! I'm bound to break 18 minutes soon!




Last updated: 2013-07-18 12:00 AM
Running
00:18:20 | 03.11 miles | 05m 53s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/9
Overall: 5/50
Performance: Good
1 1:26.5 2 1:24.9 3 1:25.2 4 1:27.0 5 1:28.7 6 1:30.4 7 1:29.9 8 1:31.7 9 1:30.1 10 1:30.3 11 1:30.3 12 1:28.3 13 :37.7
Course: Track
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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