Well, I still need to work on my running, but I think I did pretty well at this morning's Too Hot To Handle 15K. My official finish time of 1:23:26 (8:58/mi) – was two minutes slower than 2008's THTH race. However, last year, the last 5K was torturous and I took almost 30 minutes to finish the final 3.1 miles. This year, I held back for most of the running since I have the Disco Tri tomorow and I ended up having a pretty smooth race even though the time was slower.
I ended up at 56th out of 107 in my age group and 403rd out of 1272 total 15K finishers. Here are my official split times/places:
- 5K: 27:47.88, 396th place
- 10K: 27:21.51, 358th
- 15K/Finish: 28:15.83, 461st
So a fairly consistent pace, especially considering that the final 5K contain the two uphill stretches of the course (see elevation in Garmin Connect). Here are my GPS stats (click to enlarge) with lap splits at each mile and 5K marker. Looks like the course was about 0.1 miles long for my run.
My average heart rate is still higher than what I'd like but at least it was under 170 bpm. Race day weather was not bad for July (got a break from the heat of a recent string of triple-digit temperatures).
Afterwards, I met up with Lee (42nd overall with a 1:04:19 - 3rd place in his age group despite "holding back") and Kim and Eva who had strong showings while also saving up for their midnight 25K at El Scorcho.
Full results at: http://www.runontexas.com/Results/2009/TooHotToHandle950/TooHotMenu.htm
Garmin Connect map/data: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/9104216
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