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Mud in Your Eye X-country Series #1 - Run5k

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Virginia Beach, Virginia
United States
Kale Running
35F / 2C
Sunny

Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = 10/432
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 1/26

Pre-race routine:

Had a bowl of oatmeal then grabbed my coffee and banana and headed for Mt. Trashmore.

Event warmup:

A good 20min warm-up run around the lake gradually building pace and finally generating some body heat. Did some of my usual drills in the parking lot then changed into my spikes and did a few striders in the grass.

Run

18m 31s
3.11 miles
05m 57s min/mile

Comments:

It's fun to do something different so running a X-country course was cool. It was mostly on dirt/grass with about 1/4 mile on blacktop. I'm definitely not used to the steep hill climbs but I managed to handle everything without any problems. I just now realized that there wasn't any water available on the course. Guess I didn't need any since it didn't occur to me at the time. Over the final mile or so there was one guy on my tail that kept me honest. I have a tendency to ease off during these training races and just hold my position in the final mile. Today I had to stay on effort or he would have taken me. I easily dropped him in the final 200m though.

Post race

Warm down:

Another mile or so jog.

Event comments:

What can you expect when you pay $50 for a 3 race series? They had water, coffee, and bananas at the finish but otherwise there was nothing else going on. The 3rd race in the series is supposed to have a post=race party and awards for the overall series.

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Last updated: 2007-01-20 12:00 AM

Running
00:18:31 \| 03.11 miles \| 05m 57s min/mile
Age Group:	1/26
Overall:	10/432
Performance:	Average
Course:	It's a standard X-country course run at Mt. Trashmore that basically winds back and forth around the "mountain" and climbed it maybe 4X.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Not enough

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	Ok

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?	No
Post race activities:	Below average
Race evaluation [1-5]	3