Sunday, December 12, 2010

Burlington 5k Race Report



Target pace: 6:11 (9:57 / mi)

Splitpace/kpace/mi
1 K5:539:24
2 K6:129:56
3 K*6:2210:12
4 K6:099:51
5 K6:079:47
* water stop

Avg HR: 150
Max HR: 166

I fought with myself from about 3.5k to about 4.75k.  But a strong (coaching!) voice kept telling me "you've been killing your speed work" and I kept speeding up to match/surpass my target pace.

It was AWESOME !!!

31 comments:

The Green Girl said...

Whoo hoo! Go, Andrew - look at you consistently under the double digits (we'll ignore the water stop)!

Still Running said...

Whoop whoop! I got all choked up watching your video. Great job!

Fruit Fly said...

That is so cool!!! Fabulous video - I want to do that race now, too!
Congrats on snatching yourself a PR!

Unknown said...

WooooHoooooo. Or should I say, HoHoHo!

Hungry Like a Hippo said...

Congrats on your PR!!

Adrienne Langelier, MA said...

Yea!! Keep on killing it!...or drop the hammer!

misszippy said...

Way to go! Keep it up.

Paul said...

What a great video! Such a hoot watching..thanks for doing that and sharing.

That Santa suit looked really hot, even for Canada ;)

Q said...

I couldn't watch the whole video since I have the worst internet connection known to mank ind, but I loved watch the Santa's take off!

Cat's and dogs whaaa?

Michelle said...

Great video! Seeing all those running Santas is pretty funny! Congrats again on your PR!!

Jill said...

Sheesh, Andrew....and you were once worried about pre-race warm-up drills. Looks like you got that down - perfect dynamic stretching if I do say so myself!!!

In the words of the good Doctor S: Oh the places you'll go. Congrats, buddy - very proud of you!!

5 Miles Past Empty said...

Awesome!!! That is just so cool having everyone wear the santa suit! I'm impressed you were able to PR in such an outfit!!! Hats off Santa Andrew!

Karen R said...

That looks like so much fun!

Congrats on your PR!

The Boring Runner said...

Congrats again! that middle part is always the hardest part for me as well. You're into the lactate building part of the race but you're not within 1 mi of the finish. Way to not talk your way out of a PR! sub 30 here you come.

Lindsey said...

You are so freaking awesome!! Nice job!!

Christina said...

Oh wow! The video brought a smile to my face! A smiler wider than any McD's pancakes would bring.

Anabela (Bela) Neves said...

Great joob Andrew! Congrats on a PR! And how hot was that santa suit?

Detroit Runner(Jeff) said...

Great Job! I alway think to myself, "run like hell until I almost puke at the end" Yes, I know gross.

Patrick Mahoney said...

Awesome, man. Which Santa is you?

Johann said...

That is so great! What fun and you still ran an awesome race! Really great!

mountain hardwear said...

Great review and video...Congrats!!

Caratunk Girl said...

WAHOO!! That is awesome!! You rock.

Lucas R. Tucker said...

BEAUTIFUL!!

bobbi said...

Love the video - that's a LOT of Santas!

Quinton J said...

Way to PR...The only guy I know who can do it in a Santa suit. Put my name down for next year.

Heather said...

Great video! I've never seen so many santas in one place! I don't know how you managed to run that fast in that suit!! You looked great!

Anonymous said...

That looks like a blast... but not so good for the spectators... I imagine telling them that you're the guy in the red suit doesn't help much!!! Congrats on the PR!

Lee said...

Way to go!

Matthew Bradford said...

Your outfit is awesome, Andrew, and your ability to compile and edit video footage in such a short amount of time is pretty badas$.

It looks like you're rocking some good times, too!

Matty O said...

Catching up on blogs lately.

LOVED this race report beyond any other ones I have read hahaha!

PR BOOYAH!

Looking good too man (in a non gay way). Looks like you are slimming down.

Keep up the good work and keep pushing yourself, you are gonna have to change your blog title soon :)

heather said...

Holy freaking wow! Congrats on your PR! You look awesome and I love, love, love the Santa suits!