Monday, June 02, 2008

ALL SIGNS

So it appears over 500 people didn’t mind paying $65 (early registration) to $95 (race day registration) for the new local half marathon. It looks like I missed another opportunity to win a race. I guess I’d rather see a woman be the overall winner in 1:26, rather than a guy. Here are the first 6 places;

Place No. Name Age Sex City State Time Pace
1 5012 Ariella Gottfried 21 F Minneapolis MN 1:26:17 6:36
2 5017 Brian Crotteau 41 M Minneapolis MN 1:26:55 6:39
3 5100 Rick Jackson 49 M Minneapolis MN 1:27:26 6:41
4 5195 Paul Horan 47 M Minneapolis MN 1:27:41 6:42
5 5497 Doug Wiesner 51 M Eden Prairie MN 1:28:05 6:44
6 5346 Jessica Pink 28 F Monticello MN 1:28:40 6:47

Still no results posted for the 30K I ran. Well there is a 2008 results link, but it takes you to the 2007 results. I thought the police/sheriff did a great job of directing traffic during this race. The one small thing I had a problem with is that they said there would be water every 2.5 miles. I planned on taking a gel at 7.5 miles, but when I came around a corner before even hitting the 7 mile mark, the water stop was right in front of me. Not a big deal, as they had plenty of water stops – they just weren’t exactly where they said they’d be.

I looked back in my logbook for the results of the last time I ran this race. In 2001 (when my marathon PR was still 3:17), I used this race as a training run for Gma’s and ran 2:11:52. Then I went on to run 3:02:56 and PR by over 14 minutes. That was the first time I followed any sort of training program and it was straight from Daniels’ Running Formula.

Basically, all signs – Boston, my recent 5K, and this 30K – point to me being in about 3:03 – 3:04 shape right now. That’s okay since I still have 18 weeks to go. It just helps explain why I wasn’t running 6:40s for MP on Saturday - not that I was expecting to run 6:40s.

Quote of the day;

“I wasn't looking for a WR but it came to me today and I'll take it.” Usain Bolt after his 9.72 world record in the 100 meter last weekend
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous6/02/2008 1:24 PM

    Although those times look "soft", it was warm and humid yesterday morning. I'm guessing the temp went up one degree every mile. It was by no means an easy course...with a steep hill that we looped twice.

    I ran the 10 mile and I was 3-4 minute slower than usual. All the training of the last 8 weeks has been in cool weather, and to finally run a race this year in warm & humid weather is wakeup call.

    As for the price, it is what it is.

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  2. Chad6/02/2008 9:20 PM

    Well the weather is only going to get worse. We might as well get used to it.

    I guess the price is what it is, but I don't have to like it. I doubt I'll ever run a Team Ortho race because of their high prices.

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  3. Anonymous11/21/2008 9:34 PM

    The woman winner ended up with a DQ for not doing all the loops.

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