Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos - 11 and 12 August

[Big Vic]

Saturday, 11 August

11 - PRmamiDEdos () Warrior Dash

Sunday, 12 August

12 - RunRookie (Rick) RoadKill 5000, Johnsburg, IL


GO! WISH Team GO!

 

[johde]

Good luck everyone.

I didn't post earlier about the race I did this morning because it was going to be a race day decision. I was looking for a tune up race before the Columbus Half Marathon and decided to do the Dan Emmett's Music and Arts Festival/UPI 5 miler. This was my first ever 5 miler. I've done several 5K's, 4 milers, and half marathons but never a 5 miler. So I wasn't too sure about pacing and what time to shoot for. After plugging my various PR's into McMillian and getting times ranging from 56:30-1:02:00, I decided to make 1:00:00 my goal. The faster predictions were from using shorter races in cooler conditions and the slower predictions were from using longer races in warmer conditions.

This race ended up being a case of The good, the bad, and the exciting, fortunately there was no ugly.

First, the good, official results aren't out yet but I finished in approx 58:35 a minute and a half faster than my goal. The bad was my pacing. I ended up going out too fast in the first mile and ended up fading from there. My mile splits (per Garmin) were 11:18, 11:23, 11:36, 12:02, 12:02. Finally the exciting. In June 2007, I did my first 5K. At the time, I wasn't really training and entire to support the charity. I finished in 59:09. In October 2010, I beat that time easily in a 4 miler (51:30) and now today I've beat it in a 5 miler (58:35ish). My long term 5K goal is to finish a 5k in 29:34; half the time of my original 5K. Then shoot for sub 59:09 10K.

 

[jimandami]

Great job Jeremy! DH and I did the Cincinnati Mudathlon this weekend...it was a 5K obstacle course/mud run with 40 obstacles! It was a fairly easy race as far as terrain and difficulty of the obstacles, but still a lot of fun! I convinced several co-workers to do the race with us, which was great because none of them had ever done a mud run before and I think they all enjoyed it! I wanted to see how fast I could run it, though, so I jumped into the 0800 heat and ran with my timing chip and then ran it again with the group at 1030 without my chip. We haven't been really giving it our all with training lately so I was unsure how I do, but ended up being pleasantly surprised. I was leading the 0800 heat for females until mile 2, where I was passed by 2 others who were working together on the obstacles (which is fine). I actually thought I could catch back up with them, but some of the hills got to me in the end and I never caught them. I did manage to finish 4th overall for females (out of over 2000, so was happy about that) and 2nd in my age group...of course, they only give out overall top 3 awards so that was a bummer! We have the Rugged Maniac coming up in 2 weeks and I am really hoping for a top 3!

 

[Disfan11]

I ran the Magnuson Series 1/2 marathon last Saturday.
We are having pretty hot weather here for the Seattle area so when I finished it was 87 degrees!
I ran through the sprinklers on the soccer field at one point.
Even with the heat I finish in 2:10.
Not too bad.

 

[RunRookie]

I had a good race on Sunday at the Roadkill 5000! The temps were cool and there were only about 200 people running the race, many from the running club that coordinates the Marathon Training program I am following.

I ran the 5K in 30:07, not a PR but a pretty decent time for me, especially given that it was a rolling hills course. I wore a new pair of Saucony Kinvara 3s for the race and they felt pretty good. Hopefully they will be my 'go to' shoe for my Full in October.