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Post by Justin on Aug 29, 2008 22:18:12 GMT -5
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Post by dan on Aug 30, 2008 7:40:15 GMT -5
Thanks, Justin! The race went about as good as it could have. Our team looked super, and it was perfect XC weather for late August: 70-75 degrees, overcast, raining slightly. The course was in great shape, too, so that always helps.
Etters told us to go out in 5:15, 10:30, and then try to pick it up. In reality, we pretty well executed to perfection.
My Splits:
Mile 1: 5:10 comfortable
Mile 2: 10:31 (5:21) still waiting
Mile 3: 15:48 (5:17) - it may have actually been 15:38
5k: 16:11 (that is why I think 3 mile is wrong)
Mile 4: 20:56 (5:08 or 5:18) hurting, gapped, tired
8k: 26:01 (5:05)
McClimon ran super as he was at 15:35 at 3 miles and ran 9:49 over the last two miles. Wetzel ran great and so did Lampi. The kid from Lafayette who beat me is from Maryland, I think from Loyola or something. He was running with us the whole way. Just after one mile, our pack was still about 8 deep, and one kid on our team was like, "We're doing good guys, we got three Laf's with us, too." The kid from Lafayette hears this, and exclaims, "d**n STRAIGHT!" It was hilarious. I tried to shake him from miles 3-4, but I couldn't do it. Lampi outsprinted him, luckily, so at least someone got him.
I am happy with the race. I was very close to sub-26, and only 1.3 seconds off my PR. After running right around 200 miles in two weeks, I will take the result and be happy with it.
Hope all is well in the homeland. I will be back on Friday evening and hopefully we can get together on Saturday and Sunday for a run. See you guys soon!
DAN
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Post by frojoe23 on Sept 2, 2008 7:15:55 GMT -5
Excellent race, Dan. I expect to see thirty seconds off of that by Paul Short!
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