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| Stupidest Race Mistake (Read 1176 times) |
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posted: 4/26/2008 at 12:44 AM |
Apparently dnephin & I are "brothers from other mothers" ...
Showed up for a 10:00 race at 9:15 only to find it started at 9:00 AM!
RTW - Is that the Thanksgiving race in CT? I hope to run that this year - been hearing for several years how great it is!
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Michael
Revised 2008 Goals
Get to 160#s | 1000K
2008 Plan
Milford Live Well 5K 32:28! (5/11) | Htfd Race For The Cure 5K 36:57 :( (6/7)
Lightfoot 3M (6/14) 33:25, 5M (6/28) 1:06:10,
New Haven Labor Day 5K | Manchester Thanksgiving Day Race
2009 Goals
NJ Marathon
New Haven Labor Day 20K
NYC Marathon
"The race goes not always to the swift, but to those that keep running." * ~ Unknown |
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posted: 4/26/2008 at 2:25 AM |
| Yeah i probably though it would be easy to go out in 5:50, then run 5:20 and 5:00 in a 5k....doesn't work. High school was fun though....yeah so what i thought was gonna be sub 17 was 19:30...negative splits are hard lol |
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posted: 4/26/2008 at 8:42 AM |
Following 'that girl' pace on my first 10 mile race, I mean, men are normally faster than women, right?
By mile #8 she left me behind and I had to struggle with the longest 2 miles of my life.
Lesson of humility, I guess  |
Targets 2008:
10 km sub 45 (DONE !! 30/03/08 43:39)
10 miles sub 1:10 (DONE !! 06/07/08 1:09:30)
HM sub 1:40 (DONE !! 19/04/08 1:37:31)
M sub 4:00 (DONE !! 20/06/08 3:37:20) |
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| view log Funky Monkey |
posted: 4/26/2008 at 10:23 PM |
| Quote from Trent on 4/25/2008 at 7:19 PM: Running CMM 2008.
A week after a 102 mile week.
Three weeks after a 42 mile run in an 89 mile week.
During Passover.
With no carb load.
With no carbs on the course. And no sports drink.
Constipated.
With a load of laxative in me.
With a cough.
During hot and humid conditions.
Confirmed. |
| It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack. |
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posted: 4/27/2008 at 11:26 AM |
3. Deep massage three days before marathon.
OK, I guess I'll show my lack of marathon running but why is this such a mistake? |
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posted: 4/27/2008 at 12:38 PM |
| Quote from soxfan on 4/27/2008 at 11:26 AM: 3. Deep massage three days before marathon.
OK, I guess I'll show my lack of marathon running but why is this such a mistake?
My legs were sore and heavy the entire race. Learned a marathon is a long time to run when something doesn't feel good. |
Bugs
Marathon - October 5th goal stay with the pacer at mile 15, unliike last time.
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posted: 4/27/2008 at 12:39 PM |
Quote from urano on 4/26/2008 at 8:42 AM:Following 'that girl' pace on my first 10 mile race, I mean, men are normally faster than women, right? By mile #8 she left me behind and I had to struggle with the longest 2 miles of my life. Lesson of humility, I guess
Oh that's funny. Thank God for fast women. |
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Marathon - October 5th goal stay with the pacer at mile 15, unliike last time.
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posted: 4/27/2008 at 11:55 PM |
| Quote from Bugs34 on 4/27/2008 at 12:39 PM: ... Thank God for fast women.
Believe me I have  |
| Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose; it's how drunk you get. -- Homer Simpson |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:46 AM |
Thank God for fast women, indeed! (Oh, c'mon. It was a lay up. By the way, have you read the thread about cup sizes?)
I had a 10K race across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a four-mile span. I showed up five minutes before the race, on the wrong side of the bridge. I've signed up almost every year since then and it gets canceled every time. Reading instructions? Bah!
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My 2008 goals:
Run 1,100 miles
Set PRs in all distances:
marathon: 4:22:00 (10:00 pace)
10 miles: 1:30:00 (9:00 pace)
x -- 10K: 52:42 (8:30 pace) -- 6/15/08: 48:56
5 miles: 42:30 (8:30 pace)
x -- 5K: 25:35 (8:15 pace) -- 2/9/08: 24:23
1 mile: 7:00
veggies on the run
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:59 AM |
It's a tie for me. It was either starting the 2007 Flying Monkey Marathon injured or finishing the 2007 Flying Monkey Marathon even more injured.  |
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| view log The Terminator |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 12:55 AM |
This is a different kind of mistake, more along the lines of proper race behavior.
I was doing a 5k, the course of which I was not familiar. The final stretch was a bike path, and we were packed in like sardines. I was running easily behind a big guy and couldn't see up ahead, so when I got a glimpse around him and saw that we were only a few yards shy of the finish line, I panicked!
I darted around him for a finish line sprint, and out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of the person behind me whom I had abruptly cut off. It may not seem like a big deal, but I felt kind of crappy about tripping her up.
Other mistakes include running races for which I was undertrained, not eating enough before the race, and not wearing sunscreen. Learning experiences! |
| "In the South, the cotillion of Machiavelli is played as a soft-shoe, in three-quarter time." - Pat Conroy |
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| view log Hurdle the Dead |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 1:26 AM |
Quote from BMenees on 4/28/2008 at 1:59 AM:It's a tie for me. It was either starting the 2007 Flying Monkey Marathon injured or finishing the 2007 Flying Monkey Marathon even more injured.
Or just starting it. Period. That's usually a mistake. |
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