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Turkey Day 5K - Run5k


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Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
Lifetime Fitness
24F / -4C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 23m 4s
Overall Rank = /10000
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Picked up Jason and Nicole, then met at Mark and his 2 daughters, Scotty, and Terry at Mark's house. A lot of traffic for this race. Took a while to find a parking spot. The Target Center was PACKED! I have NEVER seen this many people at one time picking up race numbers. Come to find out later, that there were close to 10,000 people registered for this race.
Event warmup:

None. Tried to scootch up closer to the start line.
Run
  • 23m 4s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 07m 26s  min/mile
Comments:

It took forever to get to the 7:40 pace I wanted to start out with. My first mile was an 8:22. I spent most of the time trying to get around walkers, and leisurely joggers, and a few baby strollers. Why these folks line up at the front of the start line is beyond me. Took close to a mile to gt around other runners, but after that, I started to relax and run at about a 7:25 pace. Ran next to a couple dressed as chickens for a while. At mile 2 things got a little rough, but I tried to keep my pace around 7:25. Had a strong finish.
What would you do differently?:

Eh...take this race less seriously. I tried to run hard just because it was my first ever 5K and I wanted to see what I could do it in. This definitely was not the race to do a time trial in. I guess that's why I stick to chip-timed races like 10Ks, half marathons and marathons.
Post race
Warm down:

Cheered in Cindy. I guess Jason and I missed cheering in Nicole. We couldn't find her amidst the cast of 10,000s :).

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Crowded start.

Event comments:

Huge race. I would probably not do it again, unless someone sponsored my entry fee (like this year :))!




Last updated: 2007-11-15 12:00 AM
Running
00:23:04 | 03.1 miles | 07m 26s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/10000
Performance: Good
Course: Course was relatively flat with a few short hill sections.
Keeping cool Average Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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2007-11-23 9:14 AM

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2007-11-23 9:22 AM
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LOL @ the chickens and baby strollers.  This has become a feature of Turkey Day races, so I've finally told myself to just join them instead of battling it out.  But I too am baffled why the walkers start up near the front.  You'd just love to slap some sense into some of them! 

Glad you had a fun race, that was a pretty smoking pace considering the maze at the start!

 

2007-11-23 9:54 AM
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max - 2007-11-23 9:22 AM

LOL @ the chickens and baby strollers.  This has become a feature of Turkey Day races, so I've finally told myself to just join them instead of battling it out.  But I too am baffled why the walkers start up near the front.  You'd just love to slap some sense into some of them! 

Glad you had a fun race, that was a pretty smoking pace considering the maze at the start!

 

Thanks Max...since I've got my first official 5K out of the way, I suppose I can be less serious about them in the future...

2007-11-23 12:14 PM
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good job  lots of race pics at www.skinnyski.com
2007-11-23 1:22 PM
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nice job.  the costumes set and baby strollers should go to the back of the start line.  Guess those moms didn't want their babies out in the cold too long?
2007-11-23 5:52 PM
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At least the baby strollers and walkers didn't pass you whilst you were running. Nice RR


2007-11-23 7:14 PM
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That was your first ever 5K?  Really?  That makes me giggle with all the running races you do!

That was a smokin' pace for having to deal with strollers and walkers and chickens.  Great job!

Oh, and yeah, you know how I feel about taking things too seriously...

 

2007-11-24 4:39 PM
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Awesome job Sal! 

I think they should have separate start lines for walkers and runners, that's what they did at one of the local races here

it seemed to work out pretty well

2007-11-27 8:37 PM
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Sal, nice job especially considering the crowd and all the walkers, etc.  Hard to believe that was your first 5K...I've only run one too...lol

2007-11-28 12:13 PM
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congratulations! you can check 5K off yer list - weird to do that distance AFTER other, longer races, but cool nonetheless.
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