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Comments: My wave went off at 8:47, I quickly realized that my cow bell costume was a total pain in the keester. I had to hold it up the entire course or it would go lopsided. Made it challenging to keep loose and have fun with the crowd/ volunteers. Given that my ankle and leg were bothering me most of the week I was trying to let the body parts dictate my effort. Did pretty well keeping my effort in check. Loved the Spirit group that had all the glitter. They made for a fun group. There were a fair number of other spirit groups out there but the glitter girls seemed most enthusiastic. The bands were pretty good. Most of them made comments about needing more cowbell as I ran by which was always amusing since that's what I say all the time. Really tried to pick up my effort at the 5 mile mark, but somehow missed that mile marker and the next thing I knew I was at 6 miles so I turned on the "after burners" as best as I could. What would you do differently?: NOT try and make a costume with a hula hoop in it again. Less to get messed up in.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around Monroe Park, grabbed 3 bottles of water and a banana..... What limited your ability to perform faster: my costume irritation from the leg and ankle all week had made my running even questionable for the day Event comments: My favorite race, I don't try to do it for PR because it is capped at 40,000 participants and you have to be in the first few waves to really have a clear course. The overall winners did it in 28 minutes, local runners top field were around 31 minutes. Freaking FAST! Not sure how many women in my AF (50-54) but I was 432 of that group. 5801 of all women 9310 of 40,000 Not a bad day at all. Profile Album Last updated: 2013-01-11 12:00 AM
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 2013-04-13 11:40 AM |
Royal(PITA)  14270     West Chester, Ohio |  Subject: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k |
| 2013-04-13 12:01 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
Champion 6107 Out running or enjoying a fine glass of red... | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Well done! Maybe I'll be back next year! |
| 2013-04-13 12:50 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Dang, lady, you really mooooo-ved it That is pretty dang fast for a costumed chick in a crowded race with a bum baby-cow. |
yes, more cowbell! Less hula-hoop!| 2013-04-14 9:42 AM in reply to: #4698904 |
Science Nerd 28760 Redwood City, California | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Great job! Sorry it was such a pain to run. The pictures from the Times-Dispatch are pretty cool! |
| 2013-04-14 3:38 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
Master 1655 NJ | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Way to go!!  |
| 2013-04-14 7:26 PM in reply to: #4699769 |
Elite 3595 Quebec, Canada | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Great job out there, and awesome costume |
| 2013-04-14 9:22 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
TinkerBeth 23096 Liverpool, New York | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k i'm kind of cracking up about the costume troubles Judi - it was such a darn cute costume! it may have been a pain in the keester, but you pulled it off and finished the race with bells on congrats! |
| 2013-04-15 12:17 AM in reply to: #4698904 |
Pro 5123 Canandaigua NY | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Great job Judi! |
 2013-04-15 9:04 AM in reply to: #4698904 |
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| 2013-04-16 1:44 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
| Expert 973 Berkeley, Calif. | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k What Yanti said -- that's pretty freakin' fast for a chick in with a hula hoop and a bum ankle. Glad you had fun too!! |
| 2013-04-17 2:37 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
| Champion 7163 Verona WI--Ironman Bike Country! | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k I would have loved to see you holding up your cow skirt! Nice job!!! |
| 2013-04-19 2:47 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Cool outfit! Mooooo! Mental note next time - you don't need more cowbell. Hey, you did sub-1 hour! |
| 2013-04-19 3:15 PM in reply to: #4698904 |
| Seattle | Subject: RE: Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k Dude, you want running help from me? You just had an awesome race while wearing a hula-hoop cow contraption. Great work! |
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Overall Rank = 9310/40,000
Age Group = Age50-54 women
Age Group Rank = 432/
Up early, breakfast...drive to Richmond. Love the shuttle from the Diamond to the race site. Worth the money to not have to find a parking lot and deal with the road closures in the city when I don't know my way around it.
Waited for Jen, just hung out by the costume judging area. Porta potty stop--she laughed because when I set my cow bells down they fell to the floor and all you could hear was clanging bells.
On our walk over to the start area we overheard a man giving his daughter instructions for the kids 1 mile run. "Remember, go easy the first quarter mile" DUDE, the kid is maybe 5 or 6 at the most. To her a quarter mile has no relevance, it might mean first few seconds....We had a good laugh