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Comments: Splits: Mile 1 - 9:51 Mile 2 - 9:37 Mile 3 - 10:07 Mile 4 - 9:45 I AM SO PROUD OF MARY! Mile 1 & 2 were great. We kept our pace up even with the weaving in and out of the crowd. We could have gone out a bit slower, but I wanted to make sure we had some cushion time towards the end to make Mary's 40 minute goal. It was awesome though, we could still make the 40 minute time running a 10:15 pace the next two. Mile 3, we took a water break, and did a walk break for about 20 seconds. At that point I was starting to get worried. I really really wanted to get Mary to run her PR time. So, at some point during the race, I decided to test out Bridget claim that checking out guys during the run would pass the time. Me and Mary both agree, there wasn't much to check out. ;) Maybe in Minnesota there are better pickins'. :) Mile 4, we did a walk break for ten seconds. We were a quarter of the mile away with 2 minutes left to get Mary in under 40. Thankfully we heard the announcers and saw the finish. Karma also kicked in and played Eminem's Lose Yourself, that gave Mary the motivation to kick it in. Yeah! I had to catch up to her and she ran it in in 39:20. She beat me by two seconds. :) I'll let it slide. ;) What would you do differently?: Nothing. I am ecstatic that we ran under 40. I dunno who would of been more upset, me or Mary.  Post race
Warm down: Just walked through, dropped off Mary's chipped, passed on frozen bagels and apples and made it over to baggage. Gave Mary the cookies I made so had a celebratory cookie. :) What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing. This was a great run because I got to help someone achieve their goal. Event comments: Bless the volunteers who stood out in this cold. They were awesome! Getting out there and running is hard, but to just stand out there in the cold! They're much appreciated. Last updated: 2006-12-16 12:00 AM
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 2007-02-04 6:24 PM |
Veteran 216  Columbus, Ohio |  Subject: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football |
| 2007-02-05 8:10 AM in reply to: #678962 |
Champion 7821   Brooklyn, NY | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football JenBunn1e - 2007-02-04 6:24 PM Glad the two of you had a good race. I wouldn't have been there, either, if it hadn't been for you. Arigato, sensei.
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| 2007-02-05 8:27 AM in reply to: #678962 |
Master 1989  New Jersey | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football Congratulations. I ran it too. Obviously a frigid day, but that's great that you had such a satisfying day. Those races where it's about more than just yourself usually are. And...being that I was one of the males in the crowd, not sure how I should take the comment about the slim pickings. Maybe if you were up in corral 2, it would have been different.  |
| 2007-02-05 8:52 AM in reply to: #678962 |
Master 1381 Clifton, NJ | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football Jen, what can i say, everyone on BT is jealous of my having such a great running race buddy as you! (especially one that delivers cookies!) they're almost gone, I'm about to have one w/my coffee in about 5 minutes. I am so happy that we accomplished the goal - next race we'll aim faster - provided its a tad warmer!
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| 2007-02-05 9:20 AM in reply to: #678962 |
| Master 1384 Brooklyn, NY | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football Jen you are one to admire. Not only did you actually get out there in the fridge....I mean cold (wait a minute, it's colder out there than it is in my fridge). WAIT A MINUTE! You deliver cookies too?!? Man, I gotta join you guys sooner or later. Not sure how I'll get there but if I drive, I'll bring hot chocolate for the Bronx 1/2 to mix in with the cookies. Anywho, YOU ROCK! You are an inspiration! Nice job on you RR as usual. |
| 2007-02-05 10:04 AM in reply to: #679417 |
Master 1381 Clifton, NJ | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football cobannero - 2007-02-05 10:20 AM Jen you are one to admire. ... Anywho, YOU ROCK! You are an inspiration! Nice job on you RR as usual. i second that emotion! and girl can BAKE! yum-o. |
| 2007-02-05 12:19 PM in reply to: #678962 |
Master 1920 Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football You are an awesome person! |
| 2007-02-05 2:28 PM in reply to: #678962 |
Expert 709 | Subject: RE: NYRR Gridiron Classic (4M)/Longest Football Awesome job Jen. That's so cool of you to go out there and hook up a friend! Congratulations to Mary as well for meeting her goal! |
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First alarm went off at 6:00, it continued to go off because someone continued to hit the snooze button. ;)
If I wansn't running with Mary, I so would have stayed in bed. Leave it to making those running commitments to get me out of bed. Finally got of bed at 7 and out the door by 7:15. Got into the city at 8:15, picked up my race number and shirt. No smalls again, so got an XL for John. Then made the mile walk down to the start.
I could have ran to the start. But I was cold! Walked over the portapotties looking for a mummy looking guy in acid green running sneakers. No go. :( Hopefully we can meet up next time Jonah! Called up Mary and met her at the 11 mile sign and lined up in the infinitely long coral. I was so happy when I called her that she was at the race. It was so cold out even I was somewhat deterred from showing up.
Warmup? What warmup? The whole new corral system made any warmup nonexistent. We waited thirteen or so minutes from the gun time to get to the start. We were in the 6th coral. Before, you would line up by the pace you think you would run. Today, first come first serve, So even though congestion was someone alleviated, you were mix moshed with 6 milers and walkers within each coral. I could have imagined the headache if I was running my normal pace. Like, by the time I got through the bottlenecks in my corral, I'd be hitting the walkers in the next coral.