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Local 5K: The Cornstalk Festival fun run!

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Post  Peg Coover Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:02 pm

Ok, Gimme a break--I live in Nebraska. Where else is there a cornstalk festival? Laughing

It was a good 5K. Not close to my PR but pretty close to the best I've done this year.

I'm wondering if marathon-training is not a good match for 5K PR quests! Maybe one day I will figure it out!

We had thunderstorms overnight, and at one point I woke up recalling a
running dream. I dreamed that I had plenty of time before the start
and I had to use the restroom so I decided to go home to do that (about
6 blocks away). When I was a block away, I realized I read my watch
wrong and I missed the start. So I went back to the start and ran the
course but couldn't figure out where to go because everyone was gone!
A lot of drama for a local 5K with about 50 people in it!!

So I warmed up by jogged around a bit with my dog, took him back home,
then went to the start. People were still signing up so I went back
out for my strides. I saw Jim, riding the lead bike, sitting near the
start but no runners were out of the building yet (raining) so I went
around the block. When I got back to the start, all (50) of the
runners were standing at the start and they were waiting for me!
EEK.. Talk about making your dream come true.... They still had to
wait while I double tied my shoes! Good thing my husband told them I
was coming!

It started with a 2 block decline, then most of it was flat with a tiny
little incline here and there. The rain stopped but the wind picked
up--not bad because of all the turns we had. I ran just over 8 mpm on
my Garmin and hung tight to a guy I know that runs a little faster than
me. Mile one was 8:23. Not the 8:00 I really need to get to
someday....I was holding on to the pace when my friend Gary passed me
around the 1.3 mark--he buried me and I kind of let up a little at that
point...The other guy got away from me too.

Mile two was 8:20 on the garmin, and then mile three I just kind of
died. I tried my best to keep it under 9:00, which I did and it was
8:51. My finish time was 26:06....not too shabby but still a good 50
seconds from where I need to be for a PR.

While I wasn't happy with slowing so much my 3rd mile, I was very happy with trying to run harder the first mile.

And, I got first in my age group! Second place was a 29:xx and 3rd was
a walker, so you can see the competition I had! Gary's wife wimped out
and stayed in bed due to the rain--she would've had that third medal
for sure, if not the second, so she lost out. I'm a little more mental
tough than someone, anyway!!

Thanks for reading
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Post  Michael Enright Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:16 pm

Any age group bling is a good thing - nice!

I love that they held the start for you. Now that's a small local race!
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Post  John Kilpatrick Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:36 pm

Congrats on the race - sounds like a lot of fun. That is cool that they waited for you. Gotta love Nebraska.


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Post  jon c Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:57 pm

There are a couple small 5Ks in York in the fall and they sound similar to this one. Fun and small numbers of runners, almost always finish high in my age group. lol!!

I use 5Ks as a barometer of my current level of fitness for marathon purposes. These type of races seem too fast for me anymore.

Congrats to you, you did well!! Glad they waited for you.
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Post  Alex Kubacki Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:49 am

You'll get the pace down. You have it in you. Congrats on winning the age group.
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Post  Dave-O Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:03 am

The 5k is tricky, so its good to have a race like this to help find the redline. The 8:20 split on mile 1 is probably okay, but make it more even. Seeing sub-8 at the start and then 8:10 for the majority of the mile is a little different from a consistent 8:15-20.

but still, this is what it takes to learn how to run it perfectly. Nice.
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Post  Kenny B. Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:27 am

I too love that they held the race for you! Like you an elite. That was worth racing. Sorry you did not hit your mark but you learn from it and you did get an AG bling. Carry on!
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Post  Jim Lentz Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:00 pm

Congratulations on the 5K AG award, Peg!
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:16 pm

Well, shoot you didn't mention the hardware in the other thread. Any race you get hardware in is a good one. Congrats!
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Post  Matt W Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:04 pm



Nice job Peg! 5Ks are like a foreign language when you are used to marathons. You'll do even better with feeling the pace next time.
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Post  Jeff F Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:07 pm

Nice job Peg, first in AG!
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