Lets see...This was my first non chip race. (granted it was only my 4th race ever....). For a small race there appeared to be alot of people - but i guess it was a small space. There was no pre-race countdown - just the opening gun fire to start. It took us all by surprise. Took us about 30 seconds to cross the start line. The first mile took 9:04 to run. It was way too fast. I heard Drew yell up to me that we were going to fast. So I slowed down....or did I. Passed the second mile marker - 9:05 pace. Again - too fast..so I slowed down...or did I. Third mile - 9:05 pace. (see a pattern forming here?) Each mile was exactly the same - 9:04 to 9:06 pace - too fast - my saying to slow down - me not slowing down.
They gave us our race T-shirts when we picked up our numbers - but we parked pretty far from the start so I carried my shirt while I ran. I used it as a sweat rag for the first two miles - then decided it was really annoying to carry. I ended up tossing it off to some kid that was watching the race. Man, I hope he washes it before he wears it.
Even though I did well and was really happy with my results - it was definitely too close to running the Boilermaker to run this.
Friday, July 25, 2008
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I ran this race too. I actually had the exact opposite issue at the start. There wer no pace markers and I couldn't see the start line so I wasn't sure where to line up. I thought the start was under the banner until just before the gun and some guy behind me said we were really far behind. I had to slow my pace considerably through the first mile.
I had the same t-shirt issue as well, except I had to ditch mine before the race.
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