Gate River Run (Read 772 times)

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Looks like we could use a few more Gate River Runners on RA, make sure you wear your RunningAHEAD shirt for the race. When people ask about it, tell 'em it's the best free training log on the web and it has a wonderfully supportive community of runners. Won't help for this race, but you can start building your network for next time. Seeing a familiar face at a race, or first-time RA meetups are great stuff. I have to give you high marks for goal setting Jeremy, this fraidy cat's first race was a two miler. With a recent long run of 7.2, a race of 9.3 miles is very doable. My two cents for what it's worth... Don't do anything on race day that you haven't done in training. No new shoes or shorts, don't use Gu unless you've trained with it, etc. A race is not the time to find out that sports drinks while running don't agree with you. It's likely that your biggest challenge will be holding a suitable pace. Trust me, it's VERY easy to take off like a jackrabbit when adrenaline and the day's excitement get the better of you. Don't do it, you'll regret it. I'd recommend lining up at the back, and running without a time goal. Surrounding yourself with other runners planning an easy pace is generally a good way to avoid jackrabbit syndrome. Just try your best to relax, and take in the whole experience. If you are feeling strong at the end you can always hammer the finish, but there will be plenty of other opportunities for goal races. A highly detailed first race report is a minimum requirement, bonus points awarded for pictures. Best of luck to you.

Really short Race was an awesome first time experience. My ultimate goal was to finish and I wanted to do it in under 1:30...well I def. finished and my time according to Garmin was 1:28 with a 9:32 pace per mile. The one thing that really kicked my arse was running up the bridge at mile 8.5...splits are as follows 1 - 9:19 2 - 8:39 3 - 8:46 4 - 9:23 5 - 9:21 6 - 9:14 7 - 9:24 8 - 10:23 9 - 10:29 9.4 - 9:14 I am pretty impressed with my splints except for mile 8 and mile 9 but I know why those are way slower than any of the others.

Great job, Jeremy! Nice first race. Ed gave you some great and sound pre-race advice. Congratulations on an impressive first, and long for a first (mine was a 5K), race!

Hope you all enjoyed the report

Indeed, thanks for taking the time Jeremy. You always hope for perfect conditions, but while humans make plans the gods laugh. On race day, it is what it is and you kinda get used to dealing with it. I know I'm not a big fan of running into a stiff wind, sounds like you did a really nice job of it.

OK here are two pictures within 1st mile ....never realized how much of a goober I looked like running...the last one is at the finish line

Nice report, Jeremy! Glad you made you goal! That's part of what keeps me excited about running.

Thanks