I completed the course that Run On! Coppell had set up for us in 53:24. Total distance was 6.28 miles per Garmin for a 8:30/mi pace. Not great, but decent for a hot day.
As seems to be the case these days, I started off the race too fast and had to slow down substantially for the second half of the run. I really need to pace myself better. I'll try to keep my pace at 8:45 or slower for the first half of tomorrow's race.
If nothing else, I am happy that I ran the entire race except two brief stops at the water station.
The course was fairly flat. It mostly followed the trails of Andy Brown Park in Coppell. Route map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/kml/episode.kml?episodePkValues=6655349
As you can see from the heart rate chart above, I was working pretty hard the entire time (the only time my heart rate dropped was at the two water stops). It was a warm and humid day and by mile 2, I was already sweating profusing - and regretting that I forgot to take my SaltSticks before starting. A lesson that I (should) have learned many times before, but I must learn again.
All-in-all, for what some might call a bunch of people getting together to run on a Sunday morning, this is actually a fairly big event (according to the organizers, it was the largest "Run Where You Are" location in the entire contry). We had a nice start and finish line organized by Racing Systems, a nice course, a water & Powerade station on the course that was hit at the 1K, 5K, and 9K marks of the route, professional photographers, visitors from the Jack FM (100.3) radio station & Koala Wellness (giving post-race massages), and refreshments from Vitamin Water and Powerade. Impressive. Run On! knows how to put on a good race.
Oops, need to get to bed now - have to wake up early again tomorrow morning for the Fort Worth Runners Club Labor Day 15K! :-)
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