Motionbased DataOK, so how'd it go?
Mile Splits Time Avg Pace
1 6:54.46 6:54.46 6:54.46
2 7:55.67 14:50.13 7:25.06
3 7:35.87 22:26.00 7:28.67
4 8:31.85 30:57.85 7:44.46
5 8:01.30 38:59.15 7:47.83
6 7:29.72 46:28.87 7:44.81
6.25 1:26.67 47:55.54 7:40.09
Which, when you look at the hills and such is actually pretty good. Not much faster than Tuesday's supposed taper run, but, heck that is on such flat ground. The legs didn't help much either from that too fast of a run. Although a lot of people were dressed in leggings the weather wasn't that bad. It was snowing in the morning, and overcast when we started, but it cleared up by the time we hit 1.5 miles into the race. So, with my tee and long sleeved thin shirt I was nearly too warm. It was probably 35 average temp. See Motionbased for the weather details.
And about those hills. Oh crap, they were killer. As one guy after the race said, "You think you're about to get a break and, then, nope, another hill!" So, 7:40 pace is pretty decent and I'm happy with it. Finished in the top 10%. Here's
a link, and if it ever dies, here are some hand-picked lines from the page.
Overall Gender Age-Group
Place Place Place Name Age Time
1 1 1/20 Shawn Dubbs 16 38:01
2 2 2/20 Chasen Golacke 17 38:40
3 3 1/3 Andrew Abdella 21 39:50
4 4 3/20 Tim Hamilton 17 40:32
23 22 1/24 Joel Hawkins 37 46:22
24 23 3/16 Richard Hedlind 31 46:27
27 26 3/24 Craig Torres 35 46:53
37 33 4/24 Erick Breneman 37 47:56
38 34 7/19 Steve Weeks 41 48:02
42 36 5/24 Steve Warmingham 39 50:09
So, there were a lot of fast high-schoolers running. I was not that fast in high-school, but I could have competed with them in college, like the third place finisher.
Everyone's times were slow, though. The first three miles were predominantly covered by shadows and therefore icy. It was snowing all morning lightly, so there was snow cover a tiny bit and ice in corners. A few people fell. I think I heard one guy behind me almost eat it. I took the corners pretty slow to be safe, but it was tough. The hills that first mile or so sure made for some slow times. My excuse for later was just being in pain! :-)
Here's a good picture taken near the end of the race...of me not looking so good.
Overall I'm happy. I figured I'd do the first mile in sub-7, which i did, maybe the first 3/4 mile a bit fast, so I fell back and only did 6:54 instead of 6:40...but that's OK, I kept thinking of holding some for the finish and not have to walk. Good job!
Legs feel sore today, I SHOULD run to loosen them up, but didn't and won't. Tomorrow is supposed to be windy, so we'll see if I get out, but will get out for sure Tuesday, as it looks to be perfect weather, and I'm going 10k minimum and hitting that Havana hill! I'm going to hit that hill at least once a week now. I need to work my legs more than I have, and I need to increase my average pace, I'm going too slow! I'm not going to get back into college shape (or will I?), but I'd like to do a sub-20 5k, and MAYBE a sub-40 10k? At least a sub-42! We'll see how all that goes over the next year or so, huh?
