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Gate River Run

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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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Exalt Lifetime Miles: 250.20
Ignition3 Lifetime Miles: 285.90
Equation6 Lifetime Miles: 214.55
Trance12 Lifetime Miles: 411.40
Guide7 Lifetime Miles: 134.80
Race: Gate River Run (9.3 Miles) 01:08:15, Place overall: 806, Place in age division: 73
Total Distance
10.00

I really enjoyed this race... along with 15,000 other finely tuned athletes. You know the ones, fully loaded fuel belt with 20 gel packets, compression socks and sleeves, and of course, Vibrams!  Then, theyre off - at 12 minute pace - ah well.  Fully 60% of the 15,600 finishers were over 10 minute pace.

Fortunately, my blistering 15K from mid January (1:11) allowed me to start in one of the seeded corrals, unfortunately, I did not register early enough to be in the first corral that I qualified for, so I was in the 4,000-5,000 corral... with all my Vibram-wearing buddies. This made for a very interesting first couple miles (7:48 and 7:27), but then I was able to at least breathe a little bit and work down to a comfortable 7:10-7:15 through to the 9th mile, which starts with a half mile on-ramp/bridge combo - brutal uphill, but nice and fun down to the finish (7:20 for that mile).

Great aid station enthusiasm and fan support through the neighborhoods and live bands every other mile - very cool.  Even with the painfully slow going for the first two miles, I ran about three minutes faster than in mid January, and was able to finish in the top 10% to snag a hapnin Adidas running hat - who da man?! 

Ignition3 Miles: 10.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 19:57:13 from 24.10.249.165

You made fun of all the right people here and I thank you for that.

You're doing great Doug. Any aches or pains from the increased mileage?

From Bret on Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:21:02 from 96.45.118.12

Nicely done! Lots of bridges in that race as I recall (ran it when I was still in college - so memory may be faded). The slower first couple of miles actually may have been a blessing for you - as it kept you from hammering out too soon. Great race, and great improvement too.

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