Tammy, of course you made the right call, and the best part of it is that it was consistent with your goal.  I was only making the point that many times in AG competition, when there is a fiveK and a longer race, the experienced runner who is used to distance will often choose the longer race, when placing high up is the objective, because it eliminates all those people who can't run the distance.  I have seen your workouts and in a small race, I knew you would have done well in the 9.  Good for you to stick to the goal.  Spareribs

Tammy


Great race, that was a superb effort based on the training you have had.

Congrats.
Tall

Woohooo!  Speedy new PR!  You aren't kidding that 2007 has been a good running year for you.  Break out PRs in lots of different distances, boomer meet-ups!  Its been a sweet year.   !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!
Congratulations!

It's been fun to watch you improve this year, Tammy. Ending the season with a resounding PR should give you plenty of motivation to train through the winter and have more success in 2008. Congratulations!

Hey Tammy! Greta job on an awesome race! 1:40 improvement on your PR is something to be proud of. Good for you for following up on your goal for this year. What do you want to focus on next year? Tet mentioned a marathon... are you interested?

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Final time was 24.48 and I was real pleased with that. I felt like I gave this race my maximum effort and on the limited and sporadic amount of speedwork that I do, I don’t think I could have done any better.

This was my last race of the year and I was pleased to finish it off strong. 2007 has been a good running year for me.

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I'd wholeheartedly agree that 2007 was a very, very good year for you in running/racing! You've done nothing but increase your training in terms of volume and pace. Solid racing each and every race. Improved splits. Always delightful with reports and ultragregarious...I'm sure with added speed sharpening you will continue to take seconds off your 5K times with each race. That distance simply hurts.

Congratulations on a terrific race! Another PR. It's almost expected as you will continue down that path of striving for more.

the marathon is a beast, though...make sure you do the work to appease the gods...with proper training you will have the

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gave it everything I had at that point, which brought me the closest to puke threshold that I have yet experienced.

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Yup, that's what 5Ks do to me, too.    

Congratulations on your hugh PR, Tammy - super way to finish out the season!


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