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This report is really annoying me b/c I'm trying to put pictures in, which I've never done before. Links will have to do. So here are the pictures before the report so I get them done--this is the third time I've written this report and lost it <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif">.<br><br>
On the first picture, I am in the pink on the right. The girl in the middle is my training partner Danyelle.<br><br><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2153381382_d54fe1b3d0.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FF4400;">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/...d54fe1b3d0.jpg</span></a></span><br><br>
The second picture is me and DH. He won first in his AG for the 5K, I won 3rd in my AG for the half.<br><br><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2152614923_5e67644641.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/...5e67644641.jpg</a><br><br><br><br><b>Goal:</b> 1:50-1:55<br><b>Actual:</b> 1:56:34 (8: 54 pace, 3rd in AG, 13th overall female out of 60, 54th out of 121 total racers for the half).<br><br>
I didn't get any splits except fo the first couple of miles when I was running with Danyelle because there were no markers. Those first couple were 8:31 and 8:27 so I slowed down over the course of the race. The course was kind of weird and I still am not sure I liked it much.<br><br>
The Run for the Ranch (benefiting the Good Samaritan Boys' Ranch in Brighton, MO) was four races: a 5K, a 10K, a half marathon and a full marathon (a BQ marathon). There were somewhere between 300-400 runners overall. The course was basically a single 5K loop with a little extra at the beginning for the half and a little more extra at the beginning for the marathon. That meant we all started together, and the half runners and the marathoners had to run until they reached their designated turn-around (half--0.35 miles, mary--0.7 miles), marked with a cone and a volunteer to tell you to turn around, go back to the start, and then run the 5K loop. For the half marathon we had to run that 5K loop four times and for the full mary they ran it eight times. So I had to gauge my time by the time on the finish line clock each time I went around. I imagine with those initial sections it would have been tough to put mile markers out that would be accurate for every race. I didn't catch the clock time for the first 5K but the second 5K it was 59:00 and the third it was 1:27--so I was pretty sure I'd be on the longer side of my goal by then. I was well prepared and did well as far as eating before the race but I had felt kind of crappy for a couple of days so I think that impacted my performance a little. But that final time was about 40 seconds slower than my last 10K pace so it's probably more realistic than a 1:50 at this point.<br><br>
What I did like about the course is that I got to see DH several times and he was very good at yelling and cheering and taking pictures. So that was nice, but I look forward to trying a more traditional course--this one bothered me more than I thought it would although we had done some loops during our long runs in training. Just the thought of going around AGAIN was not cool. Maybe some of it was because although the course was said to be "flat" overall, there was in fact a pretty good hill right at the beginning, so every loop started with that darned hill--it wasn't super steep but it was fairly long. I didn't look forward to that and knew it was coming every time (obviously).<br><br>
As far as the weather went, we could not have asked for better December weather in Missouri except for the wind. We started at 2:30 in the afternoon so the marathoners ended up finishing in the dark. It was 47 degrees when we started, but with a 14 mph wind and as the sun went down it got cooler. I didn't feel under-dressed but I also kept the gloves on the entire race. And it was surprising to see how much sweat my visor had soaked up when we were done--it was so cool I just didn't feel like I was sweating so much.<br><br>
I will probably do another half, there is another "local" race in March, meaning less than an hour's drive since everything is a drive here. It should be more of a traditional course. Unfortunately my training partner hated the race yesterday and vowed to never do another, so I may be on my own this time. Today I walked on the treadmill, which I'll probably do several more times this week but I'm taking a down week this week from all my other training (weights, spinning) to recover and to gear up for the VRAA. Plus I haven't taken a break for months now so it is excellent timing. I hope everyone has a great and safe NYE!<br><br>
Lisa
On the first picture, I am in the pink on the right. The girl in the middle is my training partner Danyelle.<br><br><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2153381382_d54fe1b3d0.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FF4400;">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/...d54fe1b3d0.jpg</span></a></span><br><br>
The second picture is me and DH. He won first in his AG for the 5K, I won 3rd in my AG for the half.<br><br><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2152614923_5e67644641.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/...5e67644641.jpg</a><br><br><br><br><b>Goal:</b> 1:50-1:55<br><b>Actual:</b> 1:56:34 (8: 54 pace, 3rd in AG, 13th overall female out of 60, 54th out of 121 total racers for the half).<br><br>
I didn't get any splits except fo the first couple of miles when I was running with Danyelle because there were no markers. Those first couple were 8:31 and 8:27 so I slowed down over the course of the race. The course was kind of weird and I still am not sure I liked it much.<br><br>
The Run for the Ranch (benefiting the Good Samaritan Boys' Ranch in Brighton, MO) was four races: a 5K, a 10K, a half marathon and a full marathon (a BQ marathon). There were somewhere between 300-400 runners overall. The course was basically a single 5K loop with a little extra at the beginning for the half and a little more extra at the beginning for the marathon. That meant we all started together, and the half runners and the marathoners had to run until they reached their designated turn-around (half--0.35 miles, mary--0.7 miles), marked with a cone and a volunteer to tell you to turn around, go back to the start, and then run the 5K loop. For the half marathon we had to run that 5K loop four times and for the full mary they ran it eight times. So I had to gauge my time by the time on the finish line clock each time I went around. I imagine with those initial sections it would have been tough to put mile markers out that would be accurate for every race. I didn't catch the clock time for the first 5K but the second 5K it was 59:00 and the third it was 1:27--so I was pretty sure I'd be on the longer side of my goal by then. I was well prepared and did well as far as eating before the race but I had felt kind of crappy for a couple of days so I think that impacted my performance a little. But that final time was about 40 seconds slower than my last 10K pace so it's probably more realistic than a 1:50 at this point.<br><br>
What I did like about the course is that I got to see DH several times and he was very good at yelling and cheering and taking pictures. So that was nice, but I look forward to trying a more traditional course--this one bothered me more than I thought it would although we had done some loops during our long runs in training. Just the thought of going around AGAIN was not cool. Maybe some of it was because although the course was said to be "flat" overall, there was in fact a pretty good hill right at the beginning, so every loop started with that darned hill--it wasn't super steep but it was fairly long. I didn't look forward to that and knew it was coming every time (obviously).<br><br>
As far as the weather went, we could not have asked for better December weather in Missouri except for the wind. We started at 2:30 in the afternoon so the marathoners ended up finishing in the dark. It was 47 degrees when we started, but with a 14 mph wind and as the sun went down it got cooler. I didn't feel under-dressed but I also kept the gloves on the entire race. And it was surprising to see how much sweat my visor had soaked up when we were done--it was so cool I just didn't feel like I was sweating so much.<br><br>
I will probably do another half, there is another "local" race in March, meaning less than an hour's drive since everything is a drive here. It should be more of a traditional course. Unfortunately my training partner hated the race yesterday and vowed to never do another, so I may be on my own this time. Today I walked on the treadmill, which I'll probably do several more times this week but I'm taking a down week this week from all my other training (weights, spinning) to recover and to gear up for the VRAA. Plus I haven't taken a break for months now so it is excellent timing. I hope everyone has a great and safe NYE!<br><br>
Lisa
