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Valentine's Day Run/Walk - Run15k


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DePere, Wisconsin
United States
Midwest Sports Events
1F / -17C
Sunny
Total Time = 57m 33s
Overall Rank = 1/182
Age Group = Male 25-29
Age Group Rank = 1/7
Pre-race routine:

Race started at 8a, so I woke up at 6:15 and had a banana and PowerBar. Woke up Amy, got all my stuff together and we headed out at 7:30.
Event warmup:

It was really cold at the start so they opened up the church across the street for a warming house. We went in there, stretched a little and talked to a few people we knew. Headed out of there at 7:57 and lined up.
Run
  • 57m 33s
  • 9.32 miles
  • 06m 10s  min/mile
Comments:

Started off just pacing off of the group. Was in the little pack, probably sitting around in 6th place or so. Around mi 3 two people dropped and I found myself in 4th feeling really good. At the turnaround I got a chance to see the people behind me. The guys in 5/6 were pretty far back, maybe 1/4 mi or so. The guy in the lead was already pretty far ahead, maybe by a min and the guy in 3rd was maybe 10 ft in front of me. At the turn around we started running into crosswinds (10 mph) and the guy in front of me starts to slow down on the gusts. I could tell he was getting tired and I caught up with him. So we're running side-by-side for maybe a mi or so. This guy had a really nice, easy looking stride and I didn't think that I could make it past him. I later found out he runs ultra marathons and wins almost all of them. I had enough of the side-by-side running and so I dropped a little stride and got about 20 ft in front of him. Cool, I'm in 3rd and still feeling really good!! The guy in 2nd is the fast guy (Mike) that I run with in the group runs on Sat morn. So as we make a turn directly into the headwinds and I'm slowly catching up to Mike. At around mi 7 I finally caught him and asked him hows he's doing. He said he's feeling low on energy and to keep going and catch the guy. Just as I passed Mike a slight uphill directly into the winds started. I think I had a 6:50 pace going then and I thought I was spent and though people were going to start blazing by me. Thankfully it must've been hard for everyone else because no one caught up and I pulled in the lead guy a little bit. The course flattened out and a slight downhill came on. By this time the lead guy was about 20 ft in front of me. Crazy. It finally set in that I have a really good chance of winning this thing since the lead guy dropped back so much (or I caught up so fast). I caught him towards the end of the downhill and am now right on his heels. He knew I was there because he looked back to see where I was. So its the pace car, him then me. We make the final turn at about 8.5 mi. He started to speed up tad but I stayed right on him. Then around 8.6 I noticed he had a slight limp, and soon as I noticed that I kicked on the donkey afterburners and got past him. This was the final kick and I was sprinting as hard as I could (around 5:15-5:25 pace) that I could sustain until the finish. He couldn't respond and I ended up grabbing the win by around 5 seconds. I win!
What would you do differently?:

Absolutely NOTHING!
Post race
Warm down:

Crossed the line. Caught my breath from the last kick and walked around a little bit. Mike came in and we headed out for a short recovery jog.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Could use more speed work for those final sprints.

Event comments:

Race was set up pretty well. Everything was on time and there were 3-4 water stops on the 15k route. Police officers at all intersections directing traffic. That was nice. Can't beat hot chocolate, Seroogy's chocolates and a cheese block at the finish!




Last updated: 2007-01-04 12:00 AM
Running
00:57:33 | 9.32 miles | 06m 10s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/7
Overall: 1/182
Performance: Good
My running computer was a little slow, so the paces here are actually about :10 faster. Mi - Pace/Avg HR 1 - 6:10/147 2 - 6:20/158 3 - 6:20/159 4 - 6:23/161 5 - 6:26/161 6 - 6:24/163 7 - 6:22/165 8 - 6:37/166 9 - 6:08/166 Stats from my computer: http://gorob.robbyandamy.com/graphs/feb10.jpg
Course: Mostly Flat course in De Pere and Bellevue. Had a few slight incline/declines. Total ascent of 80ft, according to the computer.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2007-02-11 10:55 AM

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2007-02-11 11:40 AM
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WOAH!
Holy smokes- you are fast!
Congrats!!

Nice race
2007-02-11 3:17 PM
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EEEEAWWWW mofo!!!  Way to reel em in and bring it home!
2007-02-11 6:05 PM
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Awesome friggin job! Way to WIN!
2007-02-11 7:15 PM
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Frickin' sweet dude!  Congrats on the win!!
2007-02-11 7:36 PM
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Thanks for RR.  Great job!  Really enjoyed hearing what it's like from the front. Keep up the good work.

 

Aloha,

Matt 



2007-02-12 7:42 AM
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You are an aaaaneeeeemallll.  A Donkey of the highest order.  Congratulations.  It must've been quite the rush realizing and then eventually passing the leader to take the lead.  Were you wondering if some sprint specialist was gonna come out of nowhere and blast past you?
2007-02-12 7:49 AM
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morey1 - 2007-02-12 7:42 AM You are an aaaaneeeeemallll. A Donkey of the highest order. Congratulations. It must've been quite the rush realizing and then eventually passing the leader to take the lead. Were you wondering if some sprint specialist was gonna come out of nowhere and blast past you?

 You know, I never really thought about it.  All I was thinking on the last kick was run like hell, dont fade and keep speeding up.

2007-02-12 11:33 AM
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Congrats. You have made Donkey Nation proud!
2007-02-12 2:10 PM
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Nice race! i ran the 5k there. Isn't the cheese the strangest thing to have handed out at a race? i love it!
2007-02-12 2:46 PM
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Actually Rob, one thing I noticed is you labeled this as a run/walk.  Maybe there is some kind of DQ for failing to do the walk part of it?  I will be making some phone calls this evening to check on the rules


2007-02-12 2:57 PM
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jszat - 2007-02-12 2:46 PM Actually Rob, one thing I noticed is you labeled this as a run/walk. Maybe there is some kind of DQ for failing to do the walk part of it? I will be making some phone calls this evening to check on the rules

The first step across the start line was a walk step.  Does that count? 

2007-02-13 5:06 AM
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Your a freaking animal !!

A Kenyan donkey is what you are.

Well congratulations you can’t really wish for a better start to the year now can you

So you sprinted as hard as you could at the end and your pulse still did not go over 169  

 

I just saw how much faster you where then last year You where almost 1.5 miles ahead of last year with a lower pulse  

I guess that is what training dose to you

Again brilliant race, and I expect that you repeat the win in Boston

2007-02-17 9:36 PM
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Sweet win and great report. I enjoyed reading it. I'd like to have a win again sometime in the future. Must feel awesome.
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