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Duluth, MN - half marathon

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Bass Pro 5k recap

Despite a rather frigid morning, Bass Pro brought about success for myself and other friends that came to run. I took first female in the 5k, Marshall was 2nd in the half, Megan Earney (tell Wayne "Hi" for me) was second in the FULL marathon, and my old college roomie Court was 3rd in the 5k. Plus, I enjoyed getting to know and meet several new people and faces.

Bass Pro:
Goal 1: win 5k
Goal 2: run low 17:xx's
Goal 3: win "metro area" bonus money

Actual: 17:34
             1st place female
             Metro bonus (with some persuasion on my part)


Start line
As for the race itself. . .
I actually didn't have to run by myself :) I was in a pack of about 3 men and 12 year old phenomenon Cameron for the first mile. We quickly broke up after that, and it was me and one guy for the entire rest of the way. It was a guy that would actually let me run with him (rather than 2 strides back) which makes the effort level feel easier than running solo. The race was pretty uneventful, as it was us two working together through the rest of the race. I did manage sprint away with about 1k left. . . haha sucka! Just kidding ;) I did manage to hold him off down the home stretch, but he would have done the same thing. Who wouldn't?

To the finish. . . felt short after a marathon ;)
Marshall finishing Half marathon - 1:14:24
Megan at the start - 2:55:26

My college roomie - Court
While I'm very pleased with my time only 4 weeks post marathon, I don't have the turn-over that I'd like for short distance running. I wouldn't say that I really felt fast during any point of this race, more of a feeling of strength. Usually, I feel like I could turn the pace over at any given point, but this race felt like a steady, hard effort. The goal for the coming 3 weeks is to target some shorter workouts for a desperate attempt to "feel fast" for Turkey Trot and possible Diva Dash the following weekend.