That's really great. You're both freaking amazing!!!Race Recap 45th Annual Lake Hartwell Dam Run 10K
Goals:
1. Hope the knee is ok and survives
2. Run a good and smart race (because of said knee I have not RACED in a long time)
3. POT for HM coral A so under 54:45
This race was two hours north of us. We left atlanta at 5:30. Whisky came with as i did not want to look her up for hours. Plus it would mess up her morning routine with breakfast and potty times. Once there we got our bibs, shirts, and hit the bathroom. Whisky did really good walking around with all the people. We were waiting for @OldSlowGoofyGuy and Mrs Oldslowgoofyguy to arrive since, Mrs was going to watch Whisky for us. We all met up and handed Whisky off and lined up.
This was the first time i ran this race. It was a nice easy down hill for about a 1 mile. Then a rough up hill and then slightly easier uphill. You turned around and then it was basically flat.
Mile 1: Downhill ran this smart 8:33 mile. Did not want to go out too fast but wanted to use that downhill.
Mile 2: Uphill, uff, 9:22 but honestly i took it well. DH was on my tail. That hurt him in the end.
Mile 3: Finish the uphill and get to the turn around 8:51. I was not sure how much hill would be left so i stayed comfortable.
Mile 4: Getting on the dam path 8:37. I barely started to open up. This was my one mistake as soon as i hit the path i should have started the increasing the speed. I was not sure if i could hang on so i still did this one conservative.
Mile 5: Flat and chasing people down 8:32.
Mile 6: Flat and i could see us reaching the parking lot 8:13.
Finish: 54 even. I looked at my watch and pushed hard trying to get in just under 54 but i did not make it.
While crushed at the end for that last push, i felt good. Good enough i could have run more, that is why i think i hit the throttle a little late. FYI DH finished in 55:22. He was training for POT under 61, i thought he would do 58 so he crushed it.
This was a great flat race. I ended up first in my age group. @Disney at Heart and Mr Disney at Heart had a great race going there. it was a beautiful course and outside of that one hill flat and fast. We hope to do it again next year. Now i can coast at PTRR.
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Congrats; sub 1:30 is fantastic! Glad to see all those miles you churn out every month have a payoff.One of my favorite weekends of the year here in Pittsburgh, marathon weekend. I just did the half. I probably jinxed the weather last when I said the forecast was looking ideal. It ticked up to the upper 50s at the start, but it was overcast so it wasn't that bad. The goal was anything sub-1:30. I finished in 1:29:00. Aside from the twelfth mile which is all uphill (7:04), everything else was between 6:35 and 6:48. It's always a really enjoyable race. Seemed like there was many more spectators out on the course than in years past.
The organizers took a page out of the runDisney playbook by shooting off fireworks at the start of each corral. Only thing is, they were for about two minutes straight each time.
I saw an instagram post and couldn't believe they let the race go on with so much rain and lightning.Did anyone here run the Flying Pig Marathon this weekend? From what I'm reading about the weather conditions, it seems to be a highly irresponsibly run race. I know it's one of the "big name" races, but between this and the sanctioned banditing that's also been widely reported on, I'd hesitate to even consider running it.
Bandit means to run the race without officially being registered with a bib, like just tagging on to the race.What is banditing?
Banditing is running the race without a bib or registration. There was a big controversy about a family banditing the race with their 6yo last year, including the race director hand delivering them a medal after the race.I saw an instagram post and couldn't believe they let the race go on with so much rain and lightning.
What is banditing?
Ohhh, was that the same family who had their kid run a marathon?Banditing is running the race without a bib or registration. There was a big controversy about a family banditing the race with their 6yo last year, including the race director hand delivering them a medal after the race.
The actual local meteorologist (or one of them, at least) tweeted that the decision to start the race was one of the most irresponsible he's seen. There are also reports that a number of runners didn't get the "shelter in place" notice during the race.Wow! How did they expect to/actually spread the word to all those runners that they are supposed to shelter in place? Answer: they couldn't possibly. I get the idea of "making a decision based on the best information available at the time"....seems like they could have improved that info with the guidance of an actual meteorologist.
I ran the half which started at the same time as the marathon. I have really mixed feelings on the race weekend. Taking the weather call out of it, it was a great race weekend and I'd enthusiastically recommend it. That being said, I feel like the call to start the race as planned was irresponsible. The weather turned quickly with lightning and thunder rolling in while we were in an open section of the course running across a long bridge. I was terrified. I put distance between DH and myself so that if lightning struck nearby only one of us would die and our kids wouldn't be orphaned. I mentally went to a really dark place! We stopped under an overpass the first chance we got off the bridge until the lightning and thunder stopped.Did anyone here run the Flying Pig Marathon this weekend? From what I'm reading about the weather conditions, it seems to be a highly irresponsibly run race. I know it's one of the "big name" races, but between this and the sanctioned banditing that's also been widely reported on, I'd hesitate to even consider running it.
I knew I was going way too fast, but was feeling good and sticking with some fellow runners, so after a couple of miles I decided to just go for it and see how long I could keep up the faster pace. I wasn't sure if I would tucker out at mile 7, 9, 12 or never. Unfortunately, my mental side took over around mile 9 and I couldn't push through anymore.
My plan was to take a gel at the water stop just past mile 9. I felt like I wasn't going to be able to take it and keep running my pace, so I gave myself permission to walk.
Not really. They mostly pulled away from me by ~mile 6 to 6.5 or so. So I was mostly by myself from that point on. I know there were some people not too far behind me, but not a group to stick with and help pull me along.Were you still with the other runners through Mile 9, and when you stopped to get the water and gel you lost contact and thus motivation?