Lisa P's Sporting Life 10K
Lisa P's Sporting Life 10K
This will be a fairly short report, but I really wanted to have a record of this race.
I woke up this morning not really in the mood to run fast. I was having trouble getting my mental on, but I went through my pre-race routine, then off I went to meet with some of the RR gang that were running this race.
The weather was overcast with just a light drizzle. VERY nice conditions. Plus there was a but of a tailwind! OK, now I was starting to feel more into it.
To be honest, I was a bit afraid of the organization of this race, being nearly double in size over last year, and having been taken over by new organizers.
I have to say very simply - it was better than last year. There was still lots of room at the start, the corals were well set up, and there was lots of line ups at the port-o-potties, but nothing like I thought they would be.
I found my place at the back of the first coral Perfect! I had lots of space! There was lots of people who should have not been in that coral, but this always seems to happen.
Whew! Feel the downhill, feel the tailwind - awesome.
I finished the first 5K in 24:02 (OK only complaint - where were the KM markers? First one I saw was 5K, then 7K and 9K. Maybe I missed some) Luckily I know the course, and my garmin ended up being quite accurate.
I really felt like I was slowing (and I was a bit), but I managed to keep a good pace right to the end finishing the second 5K in 24:27.
The finish area was awesome! Medals efficiently handed out, lots of water. They were giving out a chocolate recovery drink that was quite good. Bananas, bagels. In a separate section they were giving out free greek yogurt and McDonalds coffee, but the line was too long,so I skipped it.
I only speak from my experience, but congratulations to the organizers, volunteers, sponsors, and runners for a great event for a GREAT cause. They raised so much more money for Camp Oochegeus this year - almost $2million dollars - a significant part of the camps budget.
WELL DONE!
I woke up this morning not really in the mood to run fast. I was having trouble getting my mental on, but I went through my pre-race routine, then off I went to meet with some of the RR gang that were running this race.
The weather was overcast with just a light drizzle. VERY nice conditions. Plus there was a but of a tailwind! OK, now I was starting to feel more into it.
To be honest, I was a bit afraid of the organization of this race, being nearly double in size over last year, and having been taken over by new organizers.
I have to say very simply - it was better than last year. There was still lots of room at the start, the corals were well set up, and there was lots of line ups at the port-o-potties, but nothing like I thought they would be.
I found my place at the back of the first coral Perfect! I had lots of space! There was lots of people who should have not been in that coral, but this always seems to happen.
Whew! Feel the downhill, feel the tailwind - awesome.
I finished the first 5K in 24:02 (OK only complaint - where were the KM markers? First one I saw was 5K, then 7K and 9K. Maybe I missed some) Luckily I know the course, and my garmin ended up being quite accurate.
I really felt like I was slowing (and I was a bit), but I managed to keep a good pace right to the end finishing the second 5K in 24:27.
The finish area was awesome! Medals efficiently handed out, lots of water. They were giving out a chocolate recovery drink that was quite good. Bananas, bagels. In a separate section they were giving out free greek yogurt and McDonalds coffee, but the line was too long,so I skipped it.
I only speak from my experience, but congratulations to the organizers, volunteers, sponsors, and runners for a great event for a GREAT cause. They raised so much more money for Camp Oochegeus this year - almost $2million dollars - a significant part of the camps budget.
WELL DONE!
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Congratulations Lisa on your very fast 10 K race !
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That is super speedy Lisa- nicely done.
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Re: Lisa P's Sporting Life 10K
Woohoo, awesome race, Lisa ...
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Great run Lisa. Glad to hear it went so well for you and that the race was well organized. I was concerned about that part even though I didn't get to run this in the end.
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Great race Lisa!
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Pretty speedy young lady - pretty speedy!!!!
Re: Lisa P's Sporting Life 10K
Congratulations. Great race!
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Very nice!
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Good job!
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That's incredibly fast...congratulations! Well done.
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Great race, Lisa.
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Re: Lisa P's Sporting Life 10K
Great job Lisa! You paced it really well eh?! Glad you had such a good day.
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Congrats Lisa. A nice 10K result given that you weren't in the mood to run fast that day!
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Great race Lisa!
PB’s (official race results)
5K – 26:20; 8K – 41:28; 10K – 52:13; 15K - 1:22:43; 21.1K – 1:54:16; 30K – 2:51:34; 42.2K – 4:24:14
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5K – 26:20; 8K – 41:28; 10K – 52:13; 15K - 1:22:43; 21.1K – 1:54:16; 30K – 2:51:34; 42.2K – 4:24:14
What is up for 2018
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Jun 9th - Puddle Jumper Classic
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