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Kiwanis Midnight 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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Race: Kiwanis Midnight Run (3.1 Miles) 00:20:13, Place overall: 40, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
8.00

Travis and I popped out into the folks' neighborhood for a few miles early this morning.  We started out at 7:45 pace and by the end of 3 miles were down to 7:28, so I bailed and let him continue on without me.  I finished up with another mile and a half at 7:50 pace.  Trav circled around another lap to finish with about 6.25.  Was a good run after nothing Fri or Sat - bleh.  Racing the 5K tonight at midnight - wooooo.

Race went much better than expected - always good.   Travis and I ran much of the 1-mile race with the daughter child, the wife, the folks and the brother-in-law as a little warm up.  All of them did well and had a good time.  Travis vacillated considerably during the warm up between thinking he would run the 5K easy with me or go out hard and see how he felt.  Starting siren sounded and he was gone! I saw him at the turn-around in 6th place and thats where he ended up, in a decent time of 17:44. Three of the guys ahead of him were in his 16-17 age group, so 6th overall only netted him 4th in his age group - ah well, he was pleased. 

I went out pretty fast (6:18) for my planned 21 flat goal, but actually felt really good, so just went with it through the turn-around. Still felt pretty good coming off the draw bridge on the way back with a little less than a mile left, so worked fairly hard to maintain 6:30 pace.  Crossed the line and the finish clock said 20:10, Garmin said 20:11, and the chip timing results read 20:13 - I'll take it - and the 4th place age group award too!  Got to see Bret at the turn-around as well, and then for a bit of a visit after the race - got his age group award too - I'm on fire!!  Was a good evening.

Comments
From Bret on Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 12:48:35 from 174.252.137.82

Very nice race Doug - Travis as well. Good to see you and your family last night. Thanks for picking up my plaque.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 13:13:46 from 98.202.141.17

Hey Doug. That's a fine time considering the kind of training you do. Congratulations.

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