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Comments: Didn't do a full taper for this run so thought I would start out around half-marathon target pace (around 7:25 or so) and then ramp it up after 4 miles. Legs were a bit heavy and couldn't get the right cadence going the first 2 miles or so, but finally warmed up and start feeling much better. Ramped it up after 3.5 miles, then went a little harder at 6-mile mark just as planned. Was close to around 7:05/mile with 1.5 miles to go. Could have started that about another mile earlier. What would you do differently?: Not much. Given that this is a C race, only thing I could ask for is to be better trained. Need to focus on getting more speed. My PR at 15K is right around 7:00/mile in similar conditions and I had potential to be closer to that. Probably should have had the confidence to start going closer to 2.5 miles away.  Post race
Warm down: Not much, just had a couple of bananas and 2 bottled waters. Got to the car and took a recovery shake and put on warmer clothes What limited your ability to perform faster: Training Event comments: Good race and nice way to kick of Thanksgiving Holiday! Last updated: 2014-11-27 12:00 AM
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 2014-11-27 12:48 PM |
Expert  898    Plano, National Capital Region |  Subject: Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot |
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Woke up at 6:20am, and had a banana and a bagel with peanut butter. Left the house a little past 7am and was parked at the office parking garage by 7:45am. Used the restroom at the office (and it was also nice and warm there).
Jogged to check out how far we were from the corral's and it was just 2-3 blocks so ran back to the car, then ran back in. Was wearing cap, triathlon kit, arm warmers, gloves. Also had a plastic bag to cut down on wind and warm-up for first couple of miles. Had a long sleeve cotton t-shirt (the official turkey trot shirt but didn't look like I would use it) that I got rid of just minutes prior to start. Had a gel 15 minutes before the start.