Pumpkin 5K
Mood:  smelly
Now Playing: not sure what the band name was.
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
Ok, so here is the glorified web log of the last race.

Official name: Pumpkins in the Park 5K
Pictures: insert later
10/16/04 5PM -- yippie, another evening race so I'm actually awake. Problem. On 5 hours of sleep because of the whole red bull thing from the night before...

Great big thanks to lovely spectators: Jenny B and LA. What great sports, braving the nasty cold weather.

Participants: Jessica, Bijoy, Me, Holly:

294/949 IRENE F 26 47/198 27:47 8:57
353/949 HOLLY F 25 60/198 28:42 9:14
496/949 BIJOY M 30 69/94 31:01 9:59
673/949 JESSICA F 26 144/198 33:54 10:55

Jessica is 5K virgin no more! And a damn good time too! LOL

Everyone should take off 26 seconds from their time, at least. That's the time we went through the start gate after the whistle.

Data from heart rate monitor, including proper adjusted time of when start was actually crossed:

total time: 27.21
in zone 11:04 --> translation: I had nothing left and so I ran too slow... or I trust myself more now... or maybe that was the in pack time...
average heart rate -- lack of sleep?
average heart rate: 175, which is exactly 90% of my max. Not sure if this is a good race or not but... It is just under 9 minutes per mile. So we are now consistently closer to 8:30... Need to hit that 25:30 soon!

Weather: SUCKED SUUUUUUUUUUCKED. 45 degrees. Ominously cloudy. At least it didn't rain.

Course conditions: small patches of mud, harsh wind, several small hills. Yucky tunnels. Start was lousy. Too narrow the whole way. Poorly maintaned pavement. Next time must wear adventure shoes. Took about 10 minutes to break out of the pack and run at pace. Next time must be at the front of the pack to get better time.



Food/prizes: not sure about the last part, but the first part was great: whole foods, flat top grill, phil stephani, coffee, and the usu bagel/banana deal. Gatorade, gotta give it up for gatorade and Dannon water, I believe. Forgive me, I was too out of it to note proper water sponsorship.

What da? LA and J missed my finish :-((((. Oh well, the best part is to have them there. Next time should tell people to be at 2.75 miles to tell me to start sprinting sooner! Or need pedometer. Or just need to continue to run more so that I learn my time and then know when to speed up.