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Tannenbaum Trail 6K

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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: Tannenbaum Trail 6K (3.7 Miles) 00:26:09, Place overall: 36, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
5.00

Very enjoyable inaugural 6K trail race this morning on the Apalachee Regional Park cross country playground.  Its a dedicated running trail with a main loop of a bit over 1.5 miles.  FSU XC teams race here at 5K, 6K, 8K and 10K, and the high schoolers use it during XC season as well for a few 5K meets.  I started out with the intention of going 4 min per K and even switched my Garmin over to metric to monitor my progress.  Well, I poorly managed my warmup/porta potty timing and didn't have time to head to the car to switch into my racing flats... more tragically, I failed to double tie the laces on my trainers and, at a bit shy of the first K, my left shoe came untied.  I was exactly on pace, but after tying my left shoe and retying my right to be safe, I found myself in a pack of a few guys I know and we just kinda cruised around the trail enjoying the morning.  Travis and Lisa also ran.  Trav wanted to just go out easy and negative split - he ran 22:17 for 12th and was pleased with that.  Lisa, in her 4th race ever, averaged under 12 minutes per mile and defeated nearly 20 of the 175 racers!  Very impressed and proud of her jumping into this silly running thing.

Peregrine Miles: 5.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 09:06:12 from 76.27.122.13

Sounds like fun - except for the rookie mistakes on your part. But you're new at this whole running thing so that's to be expected.

What about Cynda? Isn't she home now?

From dugco on Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:26:09 from 68.35.221.180

Cynda is indeed back - and its her birthday today! I officially have a twenty year old - wow. She didn't run yesterday because she is nursing a sore knee from, well, from falling while running on a sidewalk in broad daylight... lots of distractions on campus ya know.

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