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Pelham, Alabama
United States
Birmingham Track Club
50F / 10C
Sunny
Total Time = 53m 14s
Overall Rank = 25/71
Age Group = M 30-39
Age Group Rank = 3/9
Pre-race routine:

Woke at 0600, cup of coffee, and a granola bar.

Packed the kids in the car and headed to the race. Arrived at 0800 for a 0900 start
Event warmup:

Packet pickup, walked a bit, ate another granola bar, pottied, drank some water.

Nothing special. Going into this thinking it's mileage and a fun steady effort pace.
Run
  • 53m 14s
  • 6.21 miles
  • 08m 34s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt good. Took out feeling pretty good and decided to hold the pace. Looking at the splits, kept questioning if I could hold the faster than normal low 8's pace for this.

Running partner kept thinking we could, but wasn't sure and didn't want to lose it... but when we saw the PR possibilities, we held on.

Approached mile 5 and started putting some distance on the race partner. He held back. I knew he had more uphill power than I, so I bombed every downhill we had to bank time, only to see him chew it away on the ups.

The last quarter was all up, and he was closing. I knew it, and did my best to hold him back. Surprisingly, he caught me coming to the .10 marker and we matched stride for stride coming in.

Turns out we tied for 3rd. Great race! Great time. New 10k PR.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked a bit around the park. Drove home.




Last updated: 2013-02-21 12:00 AM
Running
00:53:14 | 06.21 miles | 08m 34s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/9
Overall: 0/71
Performance:
Course: Out of Dogwood, down Finley to the main park road. Up/Down/Up/Down/Up/Down/Turn around/Up/Down/etc.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5]

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