NYRR Japan 4 Mile Run
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Comments: Here it is broken down for you: how to run Mirjam's 4-mile PR... 1. Get to the VERY front of your corral, alternately cursing and envying the people in the 0-999 bibs in front of you as you wait for the race to start. 2. Try to start out too fast, but get foiled by some of the not-so-fast-after-all 0-999 bib people (silently curse them some more) -- Mile 1: 7:07 3. Pick up the pace. See a guy in front of you wearing the words "Sorry I just passed you" on the back of his T-shirt. Allow your moral outrage over jerky T-shirts at races to spur you on. Pass him. Mile 2: 6:55 4. Charge up the Harlem Hills. Let the heat get to you, get that terrible tingly hot/cold feeling down your back and consider if you're ok with puking for the first time ever during a race. 5. Decide you are not. Dial it back. Mile 3: 7:15 6. Get pissed off about the last split time and calculate how much puke half a cup of water and a GU gel could honestly produce. Decide it's really not that much. Re-f'ing-commit to the pace. 7. Watch some tiny girl sprint past you like it ain't no thang. Determine she has acceptable pace booty. Try to hang on. Mile 4: 7:00. Final result: 28:17 -- 7:04 min/mile average and 8th in my age group! I actually made the "Award Winners" list (I don't think I win anything except the "permanent results on the Internet" thing -- which just totally made my day!) This is also faster than the pace at which I did my first -- and only legit/measured/timed -- 5K race... What would you do differently?: All in all, a good race, a bit hot and I am totally coasting off of marathon training here,as I've done practically zero running since April 21st. I should probably actually try to train for a solid short distance PR. McMillan seems to think I'm a massive wimp and should be doing solid sub-7's on these. Post race
Warm down: Walked to my gear bag, walked back up to Dan's apartment. Did not do nearly enough stretching. Event comments: This is a great race, especially for people with kids -- it's held on Japan Day in NYC, so lots of activities after the race to keep everyone happy -- face painting, music, food. There's even a kids race. Last updated: 2014-04-25 12:00 AM
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2014-05-12 10:02 AM |
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United States
New York Road Runners
66F / 19C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 445/5707
Age Group = F35-39
Age Group Rank = 8/430
Jogged down to the start, dropped off my gear, got in line.
Did a couple hamstring stretches in the corrals.