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Comments: Age group and overall rank are only out of women because they don't have the overall number of runners listed in the results. Temp was 20ish, with a windchill in the single digits to start and warmed up a few degrees later. My legs have felt sore, fatigued and heavy all week from starting the weight routine. The warm-up helped some with that but I could definitely feel the sluggishness in my quads when we first started. I was able to keep a decent pace for the first mile though and I put any thought out of my mind that maybe I took off too fast and focused instead on keeping a steady, strong, and quick cadence and stride. I knew that it would be tough, but if I kept that strong I knew I could keep a fairly consistent pace. I wasn't to puke level upon finish, but I couldn't have gone any faster. I also never once looked at my watch or my HR during the run. Instead I ran this race the way *I* prefer to run. Without worry about anything but what my body tells me it can do. When I leave all the rest of that stuff back at the starting line and don't take it with me for the race it's always better. When I race that way I'm way more relaxed/less stressed, I have way more fun, I pace better, and I'm faster and psychologically more competitive. I certainly wasn't in peak fitness for this race, but I still felt pretty good. The stretches going into the wind were torturous though. What would you do differently?: Not much. I couldn't really help having run a marathon two weeks ago or starting a weight routine this week. Overall I think it went well.  Post race
Warm down: Walked back and forth in the finish area until my HR went down and my body felt less of the post-race holy crap feel. Then went inside, got a little water, and headed upstairs to meet Eileen and the others for the post race "snacky" finish. Lots and lots of donuts, bagels, pizza, candy, pretzels, bread, chocolates, etc, etc. What limited your ability to perform faster: Already talked about that. Event comments: No water upstairs where the snacks were. That was bad. Everything else was good though. Well run race, on time, plenty of volunteers, and lots and lots of snacks afterwards. :) Last updated: 2007-02-26 12:00 AM
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 2007-03-04 2:00 PM |
Expert  968    Wellington, North Island |  Subject: Wacky Snacky 5k Run |
| 2007-03-04 5:06 PM in reply to: #710818 |
| , North Carolina | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Good golly girl ... you are so dang fast I can't believe it. Even in my dreams I don't come anywhere near that pace. And right after a marathon and weight training. Yeah, that's MY daughter out there running a seven something pace! Amazing. Proud Mama |
| 2007-03-04 7:03 PM in reply to: #710818 |
Regular 94 Westchester, IL | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run dido |
| 2007-03-04 8:49 PM in reply to: #710818 |
Expert 789 Lake Forest, Illinois | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Great race! Maybe someday I'll be as fast as you are now, Wow! That was a pretty fun race and the setup was pretty good. The parking wasn't much of an issue either. Thanks for the tip to get there early though. One of my buddies decided to do the race with me but hadn't registered so I'm glad we got there as early as we did. I agree those stretches into the wind were...interesting 8) Way to go and thanks for the tip! |
| 2007-03-04 9:21 PM in reply to: #710818 |
Veteran 173 | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Sounds like it was fun! And you were probably as fast as the wind you were running into. Great race! |
| 2007-03-04 9:58 PM in reply to: #710818 |
Master 1920 Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run What a great race! I can't believe you can run that fast with your legs being all trashed- you are awesome!! |
| 2007-03-05 6:00 AM in reply to: #710818 |
Champion 5495 Whizzzzzlandia Silver member | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Holy Moly Kelly! You're too much! That's awesome. I'd love just a fraction of that speed. I wish we could work out a trade. Pool speed for land speed... I'm still working on the logistics of that one...
Seriously, you should be quite proud of yourself. Hooray! So, what were the wacky snacks? Anything good? Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
| 2007-03-05 11:22 AM in reply to: #710818 |
Expert 968 Wellington, North Island | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Thanks for the congrats everyone. It turned out to be a really great race. I was tired and slow feeling going into it and had been struggling with training so I decided to say screw it and throw all caution (read: formal training and racing advice) to the wind and run the way I know allows me to have fun and race hard. And it worked!!! And the post race snacks were awesome. Hmm, lemme think. I had: cinnamon bread bagel and cream cheese two donuts pretzels chips candy pizza And that was just the first round. And doesn't count what I brought home with me. It was worth it just for the snacks!!  |
| 2007-03-05 11:27 AM in reply to: #710818 |
Extreme Veteran 444 Olathe, KS | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Glad to hear you were able to forget the stressful stuff & just have a good time. And you had such a great pace! Those snacks sound really good too! mmmm.... |
| 2007-03-05 9:28 PM in reply to: #710818 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Wacky Snacky 5k Run Great job...man you are fast...I think you take after your Mom. I'd love to run that fast or even in the high end of the 7's which is my goal for the year...7:59 m/m for a 5K. Congrats on an excellant race speedy!
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Overall Rank = 33/399
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 6/65
Ate oatmeal with soy milk and berries, caught the bus over to the race site and met Griz and his brother and hung out with them until about 9:30
Ran 10' at a warmup pace and then did three strides. Finished warm-up just before 9:45. Went inside for a few minutes and then lined up at the start.