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Comments: I really need to force myself to go to bed at a decent hour before these races, as I was tired and sleepy when I got to the race and I could feel it during the whole run. It was extremely humid this morning with no breeze (until after the race finished, of course :p) and I felt like I was going to overheat at points. I focused more on form this time than I've done in previous races. The good part is that I'm getting passed less and less in the races as I'm doing a better job of 'picking my spot' and maintaining a sustainable pace, which does the psycho part of my head a world of good. What would you do differently?: Drink more water during. Sleep more before. And... the effects of hardly running during July and August - I've definitely lost running fitness compared to where I was earlier this Spring and before the Heatwave. The only way to fix that - run more. The thing that bugs me is if I cut back to a 10:00 pace, I can run all day without getting tired... which seems to suggest that I should expect to do better in races that have a greater than 10K distance.  Post race
Warm down: Just loafed around drinking Gatorade and trying to stop sweating. My shirt was totally sopped, it looked like I'd jumped into a bathtub with it on. One of my bosses was at the race with wife and 2 children and I ran the "Fun Run" mile with them. Their 4 year old boy got 2nd place and their 6 year old daughter got 1st place... that was fun :) What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of run training for 2 months. I think I may have overtrained this tri season without adequate rest at points, I feel like I'm in WORSE shape than I was on June 3rd. (Shrug). Event comments: I stayed for the awards this time and just hung out. Maybe I can do better at next week's Wellsfest 5K, but right now, I'm just going to treat these things as learning experiences/training runs. I really think that 15K on up are going to prove my distance from a running perspective. Last updated: 2006-09-09 12:00 AM
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  2006-09-23 11:45 AM |
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| 2006-09-23 6:36 PM in reply to: #549771 |
Cycling Guru 15134    Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk Still not a bad pace for a muggy day. Give yourself more credit! When it is hot and/or humid you will always have a worse race unless you train all the time in those conditions. |
| 2006-09-23 7:07 PM in reply to: #549887 |
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| 2006-09-23 9:15 PM in reply to: #549771 |
Pro 4292 Evanston, | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk Agreed, heat/humidity is totally different. I spend all summer here in Houston slogging though the soup, then am completely surprised when I drop a minute per mile every time I go out of town, or when we get a "cold front" ( = weather below 85 degrees.) So, ya done good. Run lots. |
| 2006-09-23 9:26 PM in reply to: #549771 |
Master 1732  Delafield, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk I agree with the others. That is a good pace on a humid day. Great job. I supposed it is possible for a HRM to fall from the sky and hit you in the a$$. However, if it didn't happen in a race sponsored by a church, I don't think it is going to. |
| 2006-09-23 10:49 PM in reply to: #549771 |
| Veteran 129 Norcross, GA | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk Not too shabby for lack-of-training! |
| 2006-09-24 5:47 AM in reply to: #549771 |
| Master 2231 Des Moines, Iowa | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk Good job Spokes...I like the shirt... |
| 2006-09-24 11:07 AM in reply to: #549771 |
| Pro 4545 Orange Park Florida | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk |
| 2006-09-24 3:00 PM in reply to: #549771 |
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| 2006-09-24 3:10 PM in reply to: #549771 |
| molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: The Bridge 5K Run/Walk i hear you on the overtraining/not-in-better-shape thing. i did that to myself this year too...plus being sick and gaining weight. grumble. anyway, you still had a great race. anything <30 is impressive to me! |
| 2006-09-25 4:56 PM in reply to: #550212 |
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Crawled out of bed, showered, cursed myself for staying up too late watching SG-1. Oh well. Put on my new Hawkeye shirt that says:
Front: "Better Pack Your Lunch. Its Going To Be A Long Day - Hawkeye Football"
Back: "Its Not That We're Mean, We're Just Better Than You"
This shirt proved to be quite the conversation piece before and after the race.
Walked around, drank Gatorade, ate a couple of cookies. This particular race was a benefit for Habitat for Humanity sponsored by the second largest Giant Church of the Angry Baptist God ;) in metro Jackson... I think Broodmoor has something like 6,000 members or something like that. Anyway, put Liquid Tension Experiment 2 on, and got in the scrum to take off. The start chute was very narrow today.
My shirt got commented on by a couple of ponytails :) and I wasn't even trying to flirt LOL - Guess I'll have to wear it next week... :D