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Comments: Although I ran the beginning of the course for my warm-up, what I didn't notice was that just after the start on a grassy field, the course funneled into quite a bottleneck. There was rather a large crowd running, and I didn't pay any particular attention to where I was located in the group at the start. After we got started, I noticed that my pace just moving along with the crowd was about 10:30, much slower than I would have chosen. It took some attention to pass people and establish my preferred pace. Also, I was debating whether my priority was to just run my race or to stick with C, since she had exhibited such anxiety. Not to worry; she pulled ahead of me and I didn't try to keep up. At mile 2, however, her ankles started to bother and she had to walk for awhile. I ran on, and after finishing was concerned that she might have given up and walked the rest of the way. But she persisted, and finished a couple of minutes later. (And was very pleased to be 7th in her AG out of 17.) What would you do differently?: On an unfamiliar course, check it out during the warm-up for possible bottlenecks and if there are any, position myself further up in the pack so people have to run around me instead of the opposite. Post race
Warm down: Ate my Recovery bar & Fizz, collected my ribbon. Hurried home so we could get to the Pet Parade on time! Later we went stand-up paddleboarding at one of the Cascade Lakes. Never a moment to stretch. What limited your ability to perform faster: Altitude. Bottleneck at the start. Maybe I only gave 98% instead of 100? Last updated: 2014-07-05 12:00 AM
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2014-07-15 1:00 PM |
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United States
St Charles Hospital
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 177/460
Age Group = 60-69
Age Group Rank = 3/19
I was really happy that Crystal, inspired I guess by the presentation by the Bend WS100 runners, decided to try a 5k. We had picked up our packets the day before, but still had to buy her a t-shirt, find the start, etc. She was amazingly insecure in the large crowd, and was really nervous when I left her side to use the porta-potty.
Warmed up 11 minutes, mostly zone 1-2, with two 30-second pick-ups.