| Re: race report: Utica Boilermaker (2006) [message #1074063] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 22:50 |
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"Charlie Pendejo" <Charlie.Pendejo [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152577585.172409.226080 [at] 35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> net 1:01:49 - #442 of 9407 finishers, 41/701 M35-39
> gun 1:02:31 - nearly caught Olena Plastinina, who must've had a
> horrible race
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> I achieved my primary goal of a top-500 finish, and along with having a
> terrific weekend in all other respects that's enough to make me fairly
> happy. I'd have been a lot happier with a sub-60, and during this last
> week thought it might be a real possibility, as good as I was feeling
> and as well as I was running through my prerace taper; but nope, not
> this year.
Did you see these guys (two on the right in yelow singlets)?
The one on the left finished just a little ahead of you but ended up in the
Medical tent.
http://www.teamutopia-usa.com/images/placidhalf04/lp5.jpg
> Weather was quite good for a July race in this part of the country: 66F
> at the 8 AM start rising to 72F an hour later, and not terribly humid,
> dew point around 60F. I felt (still do) I had trained well, tapered
> well, eaten, dressed, psyched, relaxed, massaged, hydrated, stretched
> and generally lived well leading up to this, my big goal race of the
> first half of the year.
Looks like you got lucky with the weather, the upcoming weekend looks not so
good, highs in the 90s and humid.
I Feel bad for DF and my friends who are doing the VT 100. Looks like I'll
be jogging the Indian Ladder trail races.
>
<rest appreciated but snipped>
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