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Florida Fallen Heroes 5K

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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,

Member Since:

Jul 13, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran track/xc in high school

Track 2 years at FSU (400 and 400 hurdles) 

Skip ahead 15 yrs for my old man PRs... 

100m 12.31; 200m 25.74; 400m 56.94; 800m 2:17; Mile 5:11; 2 Mile 11:57; 5K 19:08; 10K 41:43; 15K 1:03:14; Marathon 3:26

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break through the 19 then 18 minute mark for 5K

Return to full speed track workouts

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

USATF Age Group All American times in 200 (24.6), 400 (56.0) and 800 (2:11)

Qualify and run Boston before I hit 50... but after I complete my sprint goals  

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Race: Florida Fallen Heroes 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:19:53, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
4.80

The Operation One Voice Florida Fallen Heroes 5K was pretty cool, with Marine color guard at the start, National Guard and local ROTC groups running, and cops on bikes throughout the course.  Better still, it was on my favorite course in town at Maclay Gardens right across from the house.  The race is in its 3rd year, and proceeds go toward the families of killed and injured Special Operations members.  They had a pretty good turnout, although not many of the local elites showed up...  thus my 7th place overall and 2nd place age group finish  :)

The course starts with a rolling mostly downhill first mile on asphalt, and I went through as planned right at 6:20 (6:18).  The second mile plus a bit is flat and on trails that I run pretty much every day.  Came through 2 miles a few seconds over my 12:40 goal (12:43, 2nd mile in 6:25), but felt fairly strong.  The third mile starts on trails and heads back to asphalt and uphill to the finish.  Ran the third mile in 6:35 and worked through the finish to sneak under my goal of 20 minutes with a 19:53.  Good confidence boost for the mile race next week and the 8K trail race the following weekend.

Comments
From Bret on Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:48:16 from 174.254.96.158

Hey great race Doug - got under 20 and it is still in the heat of the summer - should be good for some faster times in cooler fall temperatures.

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