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Comments: I ran well. I had a specific plan leading in and a goal time. I ran the first mile right at my projected time and lead the race through 3 miles which I had no intention of doing. Still, I felt good but I knew that I was probably pushing a little so I backed into my planned pace. Shortly after the 3rd mile the bottoms of both feet got really hot. I had some blisters there from Ironman Kansas 70.3 a few weeks ago and last weeks race had aggravated them. I knew that they were going to be a problem. By 6 miles they were on fire but I was ahead of my goal pace and the thought of PRing kept me on track. I hit mile 10 about 30 seconds ahead of my projected time and broke 1:00 for 10 miles for the first time in my life. With 3 miles to go, 2 of them down a steep hill, I got passed by the guy who won my age group. My feet hurt so much that I couldn't answer his challenge. The last mile is flat with some short little ups that freaking hurt. I dug as deep as I could and closed the gap on the guy who beat me, but I didn't have enough. In spite of the pain I ran a great race. A new PR and a course PR. Garmin lost sat. at about mile 11.5 or so. Bummer. The data below is the best I could do. Mile 1: 5:54 Avg HR 177 Mile 2: 5:39 Avg HR Mile 3: 5:46 Avg HR 142 Mile 4: 5:51 Avg HR Mile 5: 5:46 Avg HR 153 Mile 6: 6:19 Avg HR 141 Mile 7: 5:39 Avg HR 149 Mile 8: 5:59 Avg HR 174 Mile 9: 5:53 Avg HR 174 Mile 10: 6:15 Avg HR 164 NOTE: I wanted to be under 1:00 hour at mile 10 and I came in at 59:06 Mile 11: 5:54 Avg HR 165 NOTE: My time to 11 is 1:05:00; my Garmin lost reception during this mile so it is a guess from here. Mile 12 and 13 combined: probably about: 12:20 and the last point one was probably the final 21 seconds. I faded and knew I would but I pretty much nailed my projections from yesterday! Recap of yesterday's projections. To mile 6 Projected 35:45, actual 35:18 To mile 10 Projected 59:45, actual 59:06 The final 3.1 must have been spot on, because I was about 40 seconds faster to mile 10 and I finished about 35 seconds faster than my realistic projection of 1:18:15. I needed to find 16 seconds to get under 1:18 based on my predicted time. What would you do differently?: Not much. Get to the start line on time. Race with feet that aren't raw from previous races...  Post race
Warm down: Took my shoes off immediately. Changed into flip flops and watched my friends finish. What limited your ability to perform faster: Blisters - oh and my quads took a brutal beating too. Event comments: This is a great Colorado race that keeps getting bigger and faster. I did this in 2004 and since then it has grown and the caliber of racers has improved greatly! Last updated: 2009-06-24 12:00 AM
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 2009-06-27 9:21 PM |
Expert  622   Conifer, Colorado |  Subject: Slacker Half-Marathon |
| 2009-06-28 11:29 AM in reply to: #2247804 |
Expert 2555  Colorado Springs, Colorado | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon Smoking fast race on flaming feet! That downhill seems to suit you well. My wife and I have wanted to do this race, but she always has troubles training for it and doesn't want to trash the whole summer if the race kills her. I think we'll do it one year soon though. |
| 2009-06-28 11:49 AM in reply to: #2247804 |
| , North Carolina | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon I was standing in the port-a-potty line and I saw a dog that looked like Ramone and wondered if he belonged to you! I hope your quads are happier than mine this morning. I appreciated the comment that 'the caliber of racers has improved greatly' ... now I don't feel so bad being way down there in the middle of the pack. Amazing race on blistery feet. Congrats on the PR! |
| 2009-06-28 7:24 PM in reply to: #2247804 |
Regular 65 | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon holy fast runner! great time!  I am looking for pacing partners for Denver marathon! I need people who can easily run at 7:20 for my tempo runs and 8:00 for mp runs.... |
| 2009-06-28 7:32 PM in reply to: #2247804 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon Great job and nice finish time!! |
| 2009-06-28 7:33 PM in reply to: #2248883 |
| Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon Wow, incredible race! This is on my to do list in a couple of years, glad to hear it's a decent race. |
| 2009-06-28 8:09 PM in reply to: #2247804 |
Master 1980 Waukesha, WI | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon I had to stop in because of the name of the race. Obviously, it is a pun on SLACKER cuz you definately aren't. Nice job. Whew! |
| 2009-06-29 9:06 AM in reply to: #2247804 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon I'm not sure how many more ways I can tell you how fast you are...  |
| 2009-06-30 2:12 AM in reply to: #2247804 |
Veteran 301 Seattle | Subject: RE: Slacker Half-Marathon Wow! That's one fast half-marathon! Congrats |
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Overall Rank = 8/895
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 2/94
Leading up to this race I felt very fatigued; 4 races in the past 3 weeks and it was beginning to tire me. On Thursday I ran 8 miles and struggled at a 9 min/mile pace and the thought of running sub 6 for 13.1 miles did not seem all that realistic. Luckily, I did not have to work last night so I got some rest. Plus my friend drove to Georgetown and brought my race number to the start at the Loveland Ski Area which allowed me to sleep a little longer as well. On the drive I had some extra strength gas station coffee that was branded "not for wimps" and I thought that was a good omen so I had that and a brown sugar and cinnamon pop-tart and some Gatorade. By the way, what happened to the "tart" in pop-tarts? They are very sweet and sugary. Not what I remember from my childhood.
I got to the start at Loveland about an hour early. Ran into friends, chit chatted and realized that it was getting close to the start time so I got in line for the portapotties. Some dude came by and said the race was starting in one minute. I still had my jacket on and I hadn't even dropped off my dry clothes bag yet. I had to sprint about 300 meters uphill to the start area and rip my jacket off and drop my bag. I got in line and had just a few seconds to get my heart rate under control and set my watch and then we were off.