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Dallas, TX
United States
Cross Country Club of Dallas?
50F / 10C
Overcast
Total Time = 1h 58m 40s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Stretching indoors as it was cold and I was wearing shorts.
24oz of water and Grape Nuts cereal about 1.5hrs before.
I woke up with an upset stomach, but was able to get enough water so I wasn't dehydrate. I didn't feel 100% though.
Event warmup:

Stretch inside. Used the first mile as a warmup.
Run
  • 1h 58m 40s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 04s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

Watch more closely what I ate the night before in order to not have stomach problems in the morning. Luckily everything settled by the time I left the house.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hit my goal range of 1:57-2:00, but mind was focused on 1:57. I think if I was 100% I would have reached it and placed in my age group. 3rd was 1:48.19 and 1st was 1:54.40.

Event comments:

There were two volunteers at the end of the race that didn't want to help me get my time chip off. Luckily as I started to bend down one of there supervisors came over to help me. The two girls were young highschool girls with attitudes. I don't think it had anything to do with the actual race. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I ran it on my own to see how I would keep pace when alone




Last updated: 2005-02-18 12:00 AM
Running
01:58:40 | 13.1 miles | 09m 04s  min/mile
Age Group: 120/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
170 Avg heart rate. It doesn't matter how slow or fast I run my heart sits right at 170. Ok if Im going SUPER slow its 155 and SUPER fast its 180. But my average running heart rate at normal pace is 170. Can't do anything about it.
Course: Around White Rock out to NW Highway and back. Started at Winfrey Point. Pretty flat miles 1-4 Hills 5-8 and flat the rest of the way back. Lets just say the middle was harder.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
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