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CIGNA/Elliot Corporate 5K Road Race - Run5k

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Manchester, New Hampshire
United States
CIGNA HealthCare and Elliot Health System
78F / 26C
Sunny

Total Time = 17m 16s
Overall Rank = 81/4720
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 8/252

Pre-race routine:

Christina met me at work - went to the Y and changed. Starting line was 100 feet from the Y, so I warmed up a little on the side street. Did a little stretching, and wished Christina luck as she went back to the MOP starting area.

Run

17m 16s
3.11 miles
05m 33s min/mile

Comments:

OK Run. I shoud be satisfied, but I feel a little disapointed with my performance. This is a new Adult PR for me, but I was hoping for a little better. The conditions were excellent for really fast times, and there was no reason not to really rock this race other than my own lack of speedwork etc...

What would you do differently?:

I need to get right at the front. I was held up a bit by a bunch of people that shouldn't have been in front of me. A bunch of rabit types that went out way too fast etc... I probably passed 100 people and got passed by 2 after the first mile. (I re-passed one of them in the last 200 yds).

Post race

Warm down:

Jogged back down the course and met up with Christina. Jogged it back in with her. She set a new PR by 5+ minutes!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not enough speedwork - marathon focus -

Event comments:

This is a really fun race. Such fun to have so many runners downtown right outside my work, and the Y where I run to/from every day. As usual, it seemed to me to go off without a hitch. VERY well organized and run - especially considering the huge number of runners - plus the fact there was a baseball game downtown tonight as well!

Last updated: 2007-07-11 12:00 AM

Running
00:17:16 \| 03.11 miles \| 05m 33s min/mile
Age Group:	8/252
Overall:	252/4720
Performance:	Good
Need to get the lap data off my garmin.... http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/nh/Aug9_CIGNAE_set1.shtml lap 1 5:41 lap 2 5:18 lap 3 5:40
Course:
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Average
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
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:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	5