login
Grant Park 8 Miler
-
No new posts
Grant Park 8 Miler - Run
View Member's Race Log View other race reports
 Run
Comments: This sucked and it was my own fault. I seem to require a higher caloric consumption while running than most people. For example, in my marathon last fall I ate 7 GUs over the first 20 miles. So with a starting time of 1PM I was ready to eat some GU during the race since I skipped lunch. Everything was great until I hit Mile 3 and reached for a GU and realized they were still in my car. Awesome. Add that to the fact that on the second loop the trail had become a mud pit, my shoes had zero traction, and I was still congested from my cold ... let's just say I should have stopped after the first lap, ate some cookies and chili, and gone home. It also didn't help that my back problems began to act up after 8 miles of constantly almost falling. Oh well. What would you do differently?: Eat. Wear shoes with traction. NEVER EVER RUN A TRAIL RACE AGAIN.  Post race
Warm down: I ate 3 cups of chili and some cookies. Then I threw away my shoes because I forgot to bring a garbage bag. They were my Ironman 2010 shoes. I shed a single tear as I tossed them into the dumpster. My feet froze on the way back to the car. The culmination of a series of poor decisions. What limited your ability to perform faster: Not being able to HTFU. Event comments: That's two years in a row Grant Park has kicked my butt. Maybe I'll wise up next year. Last updated: 2014-01-15 12:00 AM
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{postbutton}
 2014-01-15 7:49 PM |
Veteran  284  |  Subject: Grant Park 8 Miler |
| General Discussion-> Race Reports! |
{postbutton}
|
|
|
| |||
| |||
| |||
| |||
|
|
| |||
|
|
View profile
Add to friends
Go to training log
Go to race log
Send a message
View album
CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK
United States
ORRRC
45F / 7C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 34/132
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 8/15
I had a head cold over the previous two weeks and hadn't been running much. I needed to run 12 miles so I thought I'd do 4 before the race and then run the race.
So yea. After a ton of snow it warmed up and everything was nice and melted and muddy. They eliminated a creek crossing which brought the race down to 7.7 miles. And instead of getting 4 miles in I got 2 miles in pre-race because the conditions were HORRIBLE. It only got worse from there.