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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
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Overcast
Total Time = 1h 22m 48s
Overall Rank = 7825/7958
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 208/214
Pre-race routine:

wake up at 4:30 leave house at 5:30. arrived in Pittsburgh, got lost as usual, found parking garage, found shuttle bus to start line. wore my usual training pants a sleeveless shirt and my Great Race long sleeve shirt (it was nippy in the morning) walked around and around at the start line had to wait there about 2 1/2 hours (thats what i get for being OCD and have to arrive some where extra early)
Event warmup:

the warm up pacing back and forth to warm up
Run
  • 1h 22m 48s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 13m 20s  min/mile
Comments:

the run was good, in the middle of the race there were slight hills i walked up them. then decided to walk/run up the hills. the last two miles i ran 90% of
What would you do differently?:

i need to stretch more, and need to get new shoes, i'm way over due, but didn't want to get them right befor this race. now i need to work on getting faster. at least to a 10 min/mile pace thats my goal
Post race
Event comments:

This race is very well organized, and it's fun to run with so many people. the volunteers are great! even to those of us who are far in the back of the pack




Last updated: 2010-09-03 12:00 AM
Running
01:22:48 | 06.21 miles | 13m 20s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/214
Overall: 0/7958
Performance: Good
Course: mostl down hill, but there were some up hills
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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

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