The race went about as well as expected with my time being just a bit slower than I wanted. (isn't that always the case?) It's amazing that an individual that has raced as long as I have, near 20 years, can usually get a close estimate on what their performance might be at a given distance. Having said that, I estimated that I could run 27:15-27:30. The results are not up yet but I think I ran near 27:40. I ran very comfortably for the first four miles then the wheels and everything that holds the wheels on fell off. I was rigging so bad I wanted to walk. The good thing was the person in front of me and the person in back of me were rigging just as bad. I managed to hold my position and finished 3rd overall and 1st in the 30-39 age group. Not bad for only seven weeks of easy running and some striders. I have a long way to go in the next eight weeks as I would like to run 1/2 marathon at the same pace I ran 8K today. Good luck, huh??
Overall a very good race to test the system and a very good race that I will probably schedule into my late summer racing plans in future years. It was a bit of a bummer to have the "rock bands" out of commish as the rain we got zapped their systems. Within the first kilo of the race I heard some major F-bombs coming from one of the band members because they lost power... better luck next year.
Totals: 20 minutes of warm up.
8K race
12 minutes of warm down.
~9 miles for the morning.
1 comment:
I've always wished (in vain) for enough rain to wash out the bands at the Arizona Rock and Roll marathon. The cute kids on-stage playing brass and woodwinds would be fine and unharmed, but the metal-heads would be out of commission. Ah, that's the dream anyway.
Looked like a decent race, sorry you didn't get the time you felt you deserved.
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