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Ran a 10k - Official Thread (3 Viewers)

In all seriousness, awesome job @SFBayDuck - that’s a damn good result for a race you decided to run just a couple of days ago. And you learned some important stuff along the way.

That’s a productive day to be sure. Nice work.  :thumbup:

 
Rain looks like it will be cleared out in time but Athletes Village will probably be a mess.  Maybe a passing shower during the race but it will be warm and very humid.  

I slept horribly.  Hope it makes no difference.

 
Looks like their suck index is going to stay below 120, so long as the sun doesn't peak out late in the race.  More sun --> more heat.  Slight tail wind, but more cross than at their backs.  May be a good thing to help keep them cool(er).

For the second year in a row, too bad this isn't a night race.  Mid 50's and a 25-30 mph tail wind (!!!) 10 hours from now.

 
MAC_32 said:
Looks like their suck index is going to stay below 120, so long as the sun doesn't peak out late in the race.  More sun --> more heat.  Slight tail wind, but more cross than at their backs.  May be a good thing to help keep them cool(er).

For the second year in a row, too bad this isn't a night race.  Mid 50's and a 25-30 mph tail wind (!!!) 10 hours from now.
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It's a real shame that they aren't getting tomorrow's weather today.

 
MAC_32 said:
Looks like their suck index is going to stay below 120, so long as the sun doesn't peak out late in the race.  More sun --> more heat.  Slight tail wind, but more cross than at their backs.  May be a good thing to help keep them cool(er).

For the second year in a row, too bad this isn't a night race.  Mid 50's and a 25-30 mph tail wind (!!!) 10 hours from now.
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Man that weather...

@gruecd definitely got the shaft two marathons in a row.  Gotta be so frustrating to him

 
ChiefD said:
Man that weather...

@gruecd definitely got the shaft two marathons in a row.  Gotta be so frustrating to him
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I get the sense it's just me, but I don't think today's that bad.  Sure, it isn't optimal, but a day like today is why I think it's so important to practice in poor conditions.  Makes it easier to adapt when mother nature is outside of the comfort zone, but not so far outside of it that you have no shot.  

 
Did anyone see Gru at the start?  I saw one shirtless guy, but he wasn't tall enough.  I saw one guy with a half shirt that looked like Grizzley Adams.

 
Juxtatarot said:
You have qualifying times on your office wall?  Did you put them there?
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Guy in my office before me sure af didn’t. 

I like to stare at 3:10 like it’s going to make me faster. Reality is I avert my state to 3:20 and think it won’t be all bad to turn 45 in 4 years. 

 
MAC_32 said:
I get the sense it's just me, but I don't think today's that bad.  Sure, it isn't optimal, but a day like today is why I think it's so important to practice in poor conditions.  Makes it easier to adapt when mother nature is outside of the comfort zone, but not so far outside of it that you have no shot.  
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Today is about 10 degrees above normal, but no sun and a tail wind offset that to an extent.

Ran into this at Umstead.  Spring is kind of a ##### because it's very likely that temps are going to be higher than anything you could have trained for unless you live south of the race site.  You'r taper is going to fall into the window of any temps remotely close to race day.  Even if you catch a warm day or rearrange your schedule to run midday, you still need several warm days to get any heat adaptation.  That said, it's that way for for most everyone so you have a level playing field

 
bushdocda said:
Qualifying times on my office wall really talk to me on this day.  
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I was looking at this today.

After August, when I turn 50, my qualifying time would be 3:25 (minus 5 minutes or so of course)

So I would only need to shave 38 minutes off my marathon time.  :lol:

Now, if I wait 5 more years, that goes up to 3:35 (minus 5 minutes or so)

Only 28 minutes. So maybe?

 
Once again, the production quality of this event is crap.  Pease, just bring in the guys from the Tour De France to bring us the coverage.

 
ChiefD said:
I was looking at this today.

After August, when I turn 50, my qualifying time would be 3:25 (minus 5 minutes or so of course)

So I would only need to shave 38 minutes off my marathon time.  :lol:

Now, if I wait 5 more years, that goes up to 3:35 (minus 5 minutes or so)

Only 28 minutes. So maybe?
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You won't need the -5 minutes anyone.  They reduced the qualifying times by 5 minutes this year so a BQ time should pretty much be good.

 
BassNBrew said:
Today is about 10 degrees above normal, but no sun and a tail wind offset that to an extent.

Ran into this at Umstead.  Spring is kind of a ##### because it's very likely that temps are going to be higher than anything you could have trained for unless you live south of the race site.  You'r taper is going to fall into the window of any temps remotely close to race day.  Even if you catch a warm day or rearrange your schedule to run midday, you still need several warm days to get any heat adaptation.  That said, it's that way for for most everyone so you have a level playing field
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This is why it's highly probable I won't attempt another BQ in Spring.  While I think practicing in the elements maximizes race day readiness my average winter always lends to the possibility you can't adequately train amidst it.  I think the last few winters of heavier volume have led me to knowing what I can do to get the most out of running here, but navigating 70" of average snow fall just isn't feasible.  It's probably a big reason why our local marathon isn't until mid-late May.  That race's weather is a different sorta miserable every year, but if you can't reliably start increasing the volume until February you need time to get ready.

But if I'm not chasing a BQ and am instead just racing?  Your last sentence rings true.  You're all running in the same conditions and the vast majority trained in similarly poor weather too.

 
Zasada said:
They must be really spacing the start groups apart...
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It's a very well-organized process.  4 waves with a 15 minute gap (as I recall) between them. 8 corrals in each wave, and they're very tight about people getting into the right corral.  You can drop to a slower corral, if desired, but not to corral 1 of a later wave (the most ideal positioning, because you get the least congestion for the first several miles).  Once each wave starts, it's a steady flow ...no delay from one corral to the next.  

 
BassNBrew said:
Spring is kind of a ##### because it's very likely that temps are going to be higher than anything you could have trained for unless you live south of the race site.  You'r taper is going to fall into the window of any temps remotely close to race day.  Even if you catch a warm day or rearrange your schedule to run midday, you still need several warm days to get any heat adaptation.  That said, it's that way for for most everyone so you have a level playing field
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I have thoughts, in my next Boston cycle, of traveling a couple hours south from Chicago on some weekends to get long runs in warmer climates.  The other option is to drive a couple hours north to run in grue's Pettit Center (~ 55 degrees).

 
tri-man 47 said:
I have thoughts, in my next Boston cycle, of traveling a couple hours south from Chicago on some weekends to get long runs in warmer climates.  The other option is to drive a couple hours north to run in grue's Pettit Center (~ 55 degrees).
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I can't explain why, but this thought never entered my mind.  This is a great idea though.  Thinking out loud, beyond the family timing issues I wonder if it's because if it's that bad here then if anything driving conditions will be even worse.  But if it's just to get 50some degree temp's instead of 30something.  Hmm...good food for thought.

 
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