Runningbcooksmom - Start a new Charlotte, NC thread here. I know several of us on these boards, but you have a more legitimate reason than I do to start a new thread.

While I generally consider the rest of you in this forum to be almost in a different league than me with your running, I've made a significant move towards catching up with you. I ran the Autism Ribbon run today, and blew away my goal of going under 30 minutes (29:18 unofficial chip time). That's almost a 45 second PR. My full race report is in the Boomer's thread.

Jaysoffian,

Sounds like you had a pretty good run. Man you must have really kicked it in on those last few miles.

The autism ribbon run went very well. It was an absolutely gorgeous morning. About 42 degrees and totally sunny with a faint breeze. At the start I noticed that most of the Raleigh Running Club was not present so I decided to take a spot right up on the starting line. That gave me the best shot to get a decent first mile. I was able to hold a sub 6 minute pace for the first half mile so I wasn't in anyone's way. At the 1/4 mile mark a young teen in long pants and a sweat shirt decided he was going to try to pass me with an all out sprint. He passed me doing about a 5 minute mile. He only got about 100 yards ahead of me and started to fade VERY quickly. You should have seen his face when I blew passed him with the 80+ pound double jogger on my way to a 5:58 first mile. The course was hillier than I remembered. However, it is still the flatest fastest course in Raleigh. My first mile was slower than I had anticipated because it had a medium hill at the end. The next half mile was downhill though. I was able to really open it up then. I actually passed 3 or 4 strong runners on that downhill. Then the tough part came up. It is a 1 mile low to medium hill. I knew that everyone I just passed was going to overtake me now so I just tried to hold a steady pace. I missed the second mile marker so I didn't get my split. I just kept my head down and pushed with everything I had. There is a short steap hill at the last half mile and then the last quarter mile is all downhill. A couple of people that I have run with before were definitely pushing it to pass me up that hill. When I reached what felt like the summit of Everest I decided I wasn't going to give up on my goal of a sub 19. I just took off with a 1/4 to go. I passed a few people on that long downhill but as I came up to the line I knew the 19 had passed. I ended up with a 19:16 and I won my age group outright. I was pleased that I had blasted another 26 seconds off my PR but I really wanted that sub 19. Oh well I guess I need to train more. I have slipped to less than 10 mpw now. I am going to change that though!

Overall it was a great race. The winner came in arround 14:40 and the first woman who was third overall had a 17:10 I think. FAST RACE!

I hope to see you all at the inside out half and 10K. I will run the 10K just because I want to run with the kids. If you see me give me a holler!

quote:<HR>Originally posted by jaysoffian:
21 miles this morning on the ATT.
Anyway, ended up running the last 3.5 miles at about 7:30 pace (last mile at 7:10) so I ended up with an average pace of 9:12 or so. Not too bad considering.

I'm probably going to run the inside-out half next weekend. Going to aim for 7:30 pace I think, which would be a PR. We'll see.

JDF - how'd your 5K go yesterday?

rlemert - congrats on your PR.

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Where are the standings for the series? I can only find them for the first race?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by JasonsDrivingForce:
Those hills are brutal with the stroller.<HR>

You're referring to the inside-out race? That goes up into Umstead and turns around at the airport lookout right? Oh boy, that will be fun.

Totally unrelated, your member name is Yngwie-inspired, yes? I just got that.

Congrats on your 5K.

j.

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quote:<HR>Originally posted by JasonsDrivingForce:
Not sure what you meant about the username? Were you asking me or someone else?<HR>

Oh well, I guess not inspired by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Force[/URL" target="_blank"> then.

j.

I thought the finish for the Inside-Out races was still in the same place as last year, but the turn-arounds were moved. Still, I did the half last year (I'm doing the 10k this year), and I remember thinking it was a royal pain making the last three miles mostly up-hill. (In spite of this, though, I actually had negative splits last year - probably the best race I ran all year.)

I'm also not certain about this, but based on comments I saw in another thread somewhere I think there's a difference between a course being "certified" and being "record eligible". The comment was describing a course as being certified but not record eligible because it had an excessive vertical drop. Based in this I think "certified" just means that the distance has been measured in accordance with certain standards and found to be accurate. "Record eligible" would therefore mean that the course fulfills some additional standards, such as not having an excessive vertical drop.

I guess if you can set a record with a net vertical climb, more power to you.