Here's a sweet high-tech html table breakdown of my splits:
Mile | Time |
---|---|
1 | 7:01 |
2 | 7:22 |
3 | 7:25 |
4 | 7:27 |
5 | 7:42 |
6 | 7:30 |
Total | 45:59 |
Clearly I started out a lot faster than I should have and could not maintain that pace at all, but the good news is that I've gotten a lot faster since the first 10K I did this year. So, Michael Winchester, watch out.
I was wearing a Northwestern shirt to represent for Dina, but I kept forgetting that and getting confused when people would yell "Go Cats!" and other Northwestern-y cheers. All the costumes and cheering for various schools throughout the race really made me want to do a Big 12 race like this so I could be wearing my real colors and know who all my rivals were on the course... being totally ignorant of the Big 10 (although now I know it has 12 schools in it. WTF?) I'm not sure who I was supposed to be "against" out there.
Anyway, my full review is at Newcity.com.
Standing in the line for the port-a-potties before the race, a sudden commotion broke out a few lines over from me. A woman was having a seizure and had fallen on the ground and hit her head. A lot of people started yelling for a medic but a few people started trying to help her, setting a bag under her head and clearing the people away from around her.
To wrap things up here are some pictures of the post-race party (or tailgate party, as they called it on the site), starting with the hot dog counter, where the volunteers were yelling "Give me your ticket, get a dog!" I think that's a pretty sweet thing to yell at people, especially if you're wearing a chef's hat.
And here's a bunch of people in Big 10 getup standing around and post-race partying:
Both the 5K and the 10K sold out this year and I have a feeling they'll increase the amount of runners they allow for next year but it will probably sell out again. And I definitely won't be carrying my phone in my pocket. That picture I got in the starting chute was definitely not worth missing out on a slip n slide in the middle of the race course.
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