Andrea North
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« on: August 24, 2011, 10:44:19 am » |
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What: OktoberFAST 5000m and 1 Mile
When: October 1, 2011
Where: Track (TBD, Salt Lake City area)
Why: PR!
Jake and I want a free, flat, and fast 5K race to use as a tuneup for Long Beach Half Marathon the next weekend. We thought it might be fun to make it an event and see if anyone else would like to race. I know that I could benefit from a little competition to run fast! Depending on interest, we could do a couple heats based on time. Maybe afterwards we could all go out for breakfast!
Reply if you are interested, and we can finalize details as the date gets closer.
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« Last Edit: August 24, 2011, 10:49:31 am by Andrea North »
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Steve P
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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2011, 01:07:36 pm » |
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Sounds fun. I wish it wasn't the same weekend as St. George.
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Joe Furse
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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2011, 01:20:26 pm » |
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Love the idea! Unfortunately, it's the same weekend as St. George, and I don't live in SLC anyway, but I just thought I'd say I dig the idea.
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allie
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2011, 01:25:19 pm » |
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awesome. i'm in.
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Paul Petersen
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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2011, 02:00:49 pm » |
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I might be in SLC that day. May stop by if it works out.
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Jake Krong
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2011, 02:03:21 pm » |
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I think this is going to be pretty fun, and a great way to run some fast times!
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Jake Krong
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2011, 02:06:52 pm » |
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And it it goes well, we might do it again in late October or early November. I'd like to run a few tune up races before Philly, and there doesn't seem to be a plethora of (very competitive) events during that time frame like there are in the summer months.
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steve ashbaker
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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2011, 02:12:07 pm » |
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I'm in. Sounds like fun:)
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steve ashbaker
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Rob Murphy
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« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2011, 03:12:03 pm » |
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Bummer. I'll be in Minnesota running the TCM.
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Jake Krong
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2011, 10:27:53 am » |
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Depending on how many people we end up having, I think I can probably time the race using my laptop. We'll just need a volunteer (maybe someone can convince their significant other or punish one of their children?) to start the clock and hit the finishing splits for the first couple people. Assuming I don't hit the wall and walk it in, I could take over timing duties once finished.
Although if someone had access to one of those snazzy "print out" stop watches, that would be pretty cool too.
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Kam
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2011, 05:05:53 pm » |
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I'll be there like shareware, and I can arm wrestle a kid into playing with your laptop, Jake.
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Jake Krong
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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2011, 10:47:32 am » |
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Kam that sounds great. I think we will get a good (but manageable) turnout for this!
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Sasha Pachev
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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2011, 05:11:51 pm » |
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Jake:
I think we will get a better turnout if you move it a week back. In addition to St. George Marathon, there is also the LDS General Conference that happens on the first Saturday of October.
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Jake Krong
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« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2011, 06:23:57 pm » |
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XTerra nationals are the weekend before, so we can't do it then.
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Jake Krong
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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2011, 01:43:31 pm » |
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Update on this... as of right now we have a handful of folks that will definitely be there, and a handful of maybes.
I think we'll only run the 5000m unless someone really wants to run the mile, in which case I'm more than happy to time it.
For venue - we were thinking the Highland track (Sugarhouse)... unless someone has a better suggestion. Its usually not too busy there on Saturday mornings, and it sits in a little bowl and doesn't get very windy.
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