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had to work.Good luck everyone with races today. Dave T.
Run fast :D
3.5 miles, on sore legs :P
and it looks like our team is going to win. We gained the lead during my leg. Most of the credit goes to the lady before me making up time. I gained time during my leg. OJ then took his turn, maintaining the lead then handing off to Peter Keeney. Great sportsmanship all around. I was offered water and support from all teams. Thanks Frank for checking on me in Manset. 6.2 miles 46 mins. (HOT TODAY!)
how does that compare to your EL time the other day? We should look at how closely EL PR's predict 10K race times.
just about the same time. My leg today was about 6 and a half miles too.
It was a hot day to be out there running around the island. Congratulations!
Judson won in 8:29 but not until he caught Matt, who I gather lead the way down Main Street. Matt was second in 8:42. Jeff Caron 3rd. An hitherto unknown Englishman was 4th. And Adam was 5th. TFTunney was 9:5?. Brian finished in 10 even. RK, Chris and Mark W came in around 10:35. Judy finished in 14:09. Nice job all!
It sounds as if everyone did well. Way to go!!
speedy Edenistas
Good race, report more later, but I'm off to work.
But Jeff was 2nd and Matt was 3rd, although Matt made a move at 1 1/4 into it that actually gapped Jeff, Adam and I and for a second I really thought Matt had it won.
Anyways, great job everyone, we went for the record, about 4:20 through the mile, but the weather prevented us from breathing very well. Still it seemed like everytime someone started to slackoff someone else would jump in a push the pace. For the weather the times were fast.
Another correction, RK was right behind me -- not sure of his exact time. One thing I noticed was that my usual pacing benchmarks were all a little unreliable today. Tim T., for example, who declared his plan was "to hang on right behind" me today managed to restrain himself to my pace for only maybe 200m before finding his proper pace and vanishing well up into the more rarified sub-10 zones. Also, RK, upon whom last year I could depend to die, set my own pace right up onto the bridge and I had to shamelessly draft him nearly until Main Street. I caught a little boost at the end beginning at West Market Square and managed to surge by the two other runners I'd been tailing. But when it came down to it and the next person ahead of me was Cassie, I just lacked the confidence to put myself in front of her.
So, finished in 10:00 even and, even though 9:59 would have been a much prettier number, I still got an age-group winner's pie.
And, for me, the best image of the day was the big group of Edenistas in their team colors jogging back up the hill afterward jangling medallions and bearing pies. Judson made Matt carry his -- not sure why.
Matt deserved the pie. His surge helped me win.
I owe Judson so many ways on the running front ... if he wants me to carry his pie, I'm more than happy.
Fun times at the 3K, and good times for everyone involved. There were a lot of Edenistas with medals (and pies!) at the end of the day.
The race was a lot of fun for me. Thanks to Judson and Autumn, I made it there in plenty of time ... a good hour early ... so I was nice and warmed up at the start.
Judson and Jeff took off at the gun, but after 50 meters, they settled into what looked like a nice rhythm. Adam Goode and I were a few steps back, but we were feeling good, so we ran up next to them and tucked into 3rd and 4th place. We went through the mile in about 4:20 as a big thundering herd.
The pack seemed to slow a bit on the bridge and I figured it was my chance. I've heard people talk about "surging" during races before, but I've never been in the position where it mattered. I figured I give it a try. I put on a little burst of speed and soon was in front. I didn't know until after the race that my surge put a mini-gap on Jeff and Judson ... if I had known that, I would have pushed a bit further and tried to really get ahead. A good lesson for me.
I got to lead the race into Bangor, though, which was really fun, with the crowd cheering and going crazy. Jeff and Judson came roaring past me on Main Street, looking fresh and fast. I was spent. I just tried to stay relaxed, and I came through in 3rd place in 8:42. That's 35 seconds faster than last year, so I'm happy.
Walter Hunt is definitely one of my favorite races on the year.
You ran to win, and when you made that surge I thought you were going to win. It was totally awesome to have you running up near us and you proved that you belong there. It not whether you'll be winning races soon but by how much. You ran like a champ and I'm very proud of you.
...for Craig and for me, up and back one side of Eagle Lake. That was after we went to the Rotary's blueberry pancake breakfast, where we saw Judy and Carol. How did the Walter Hunt 3K go?
It sounds as if the Round the Island run is going well. Nice running, John! Where will the results be posted?
on Crowrunning.com pretty soon. there were 4 teams.
at the Jack Russell way ahead of the others, sometime around 3:00. No other teams had gotten in by the time I left at 3:15, and as I drove home I saw someone from another team running through Hull's Cove.
[Thanks, Steph!]
[Thanks, Ed G.!]
and congrats to everyone :D
I'm not sure if I'll be home during next summer, but I'd like to run it again. Good job everyone. Today I crossed over to the east side of the Vltava River and found that there is a biking/running path on that side. I went north for a while, then turned around and came back, finishing off with 6x30 second strides to make it 12 miles. The path seems like it will be good for long runs.
Today I had a nice taste of traditional Czech cuisine. I found a nice cheap stand and bought a cheeseburger and fries. Now, that might sound American, but it isn't. The cheeseburger was actually that: a breaded patty of fried cheese, spread with tartar sauce, on a sesame seed bun. Also, the fries had a surprisingly good combination of ketchup and mayonnaise.
Cyklotrasa Praha
I really need to work on these shorter races. I am much more accustomed to making my tank last for many miles, as opposed to burning the whole thing off in less than two, which makes it hard for me to venture too far beyond my comfort zone. Got an age group pie, though, so I am happy.
40 minute run w. [(5 x long hill) + 5 x (shorter, steep hill)] 30 minute open water swim w. [1767403.3 x (wave)]
Open water swimming is, like, so sweet. Just when you're settled into a good rhythm, a boat zips by you and wheee! waves twist under you and totally screw up your hip rotation, and you try to bring your arm up but it's under a wave too, and when you finally do bring it up out of the water, you reach down and catch the middle of a second wave, and pull right through it. The water's quiet for awhile - maybe seven strokes, and then you go to breathe and instead of gulping air, you gulp WAVE! The people on the docks that you're swimming by look at you like you're absolutely mad, and that makes you smile because they're the ones missing out. Wave! again, and your stroke technique is all off, but it doesn't matter because it just feels good to twist through the water in whichever way the waves choose to take you. It's magical...
I don't have the mental or physical gifts needed to run shorter races like this very well, but I have to admit that the Walter Hunt is a fun race. Downhill, fast, and fun. I followed my game plan and ran hard but well under control for most of it, then tried to push the last kilometer or so. I was able to keep Chris G. in sight all the way, but I wasn't able to outkick a 14-year-old right at the end! Lots of young talent on display out there, it was great to see.
Thanks for the photos Ed, those are great and help tell the story of the really impressive showings by Eden folks today. I definitely felt like the spare change in the bunch--no hardware (4th in my AG, which was surprisingly good actually), no PR--but was happy to be a welcomed participant.
We got to the race is plenty of time. Matt and I ran a couple of mile while it rained and for a couple of minutes we thought the weather was going to be perfect. 2-miles warmup and the 2x2:00 minutes hard and a few strides to get me ready. I wanted to make sure I was warmed up after waht happened in the mile time trial last week.
But the 15 minutes of rain simple made thigs worse, and it was much more humid that it had been been before the rain. We didn't care.
Jeff lined up over on the right near Matt and Adam while I lined up over on the left near Forrest and Clayton. Within 100 meters Jeff and I were side by side. And neither of us giving an inch. On the steep downhill at about 1000 meters Jeff got a little gap. Very quickly I covered and looked over and saw Adam and Matt. Just before the mile I made a surge and we hit the mile in 4:20 althought Ed Rice was yelling out 4:16 while my watch said 4:24 at the wrong mile mark. We went over the bridge, Adam, Matt, Jeff and I. Matt made a surge just before Main street as we were stilll going uphill and bang he had a gap. For a 10 second period no one went with him. Adam seemed to have run out of gas, but had helped us a lot in the first mile. Thanks Adam. Everyone was stuggling witht the humidity. I was listening to everyones breathing and nobody seemed very comfortable. Jeff and I both seemed to make a conscious decision and went and got Matt. At the bottom of Main street Jeff made a surge and went by Matt. Almost right at that point I made a surge of my own and went by Jeff. No response from anyone and after a couple quick looks on the turns I sprinted in for my first 3-k win.
But it really wasn't a tactical race. Everytime I thought I could help keep the pace fast I did, and it seemed liek whenever someone else thought it was slow they surged. We all tried to go for the record, and I think the air just messed things up. A whole handful of people could have won the race. And I am serious when I say Matt almost won. He made a move that would have beate any other Maine runners. My lungs burned for hours after so it definetly wasn't normal conditions. I felt like I'd just run on an indoor track.
Jeff, thanks for coming up and running a race you've never done, we tried and we'll get that record sometime. Adam, you are becoming quite the runner, keep running. And Matt, I've got some tips but I'm glad I'm going back to Zap because I don't know how much longer I can stay ahead of you. You are a real runner and I'm so proud to see you developing the way you are.
Happy birthday to Forrest, 20 years young.
Now 7 days off, from running. Night one in the books. You don't want to know.
relayed the island.
One of the best quotes of the year -
"I just felt like a bloated marshmallow out there. The air is just insane," Cake added.
I'm going to get "Aluminum siding" into the conversation. I need to have fun somehow....
For anyone interested the Eagle Lake Run continues this Thursday at 4:00 P.M. from the boat Launch. Park where you can.
Peter K.
I think John M may try and come too.
see you Thursday.
Great Efforts you guys. Sounds like everyone worked together out there. Congratulations Chris and all other finishers. A shorter race is a different mind set.
12 4/61 M1924 22:36 5:39 22:36 Chris Gatchell 20 M 1163 Waterford ME
Not the best effort but for the humid day and just to enjoy the 4th the right way at a fairly nearby race. It's the only race i've run for 4 years straight i think. The course was pretty hard to race honestly, went out at a stupid first mile clip around 5:20...ran an atrocious hilly next 2 miles...and finished up with a 5:40.
3m warmup, race, and 3m cooldown. 10miles total.
Great job to all other racers. That 3k sounded like my cup of tea, wish I could have been there.
happy belated 4th
Chris
Think these are all PRs. Any others I'm missing?
1 Judson Cake 28 M 8:29 4:34 3 Matt Hougan 29 M 8:42 4:40 14 Tim Tunney 31 M 9:48 5:16 20 Brian Hubbell 50 M 10:00 5:22 24 Ryan King 36 M 10:13 5:29 27 Ty Davis 13 M 10:21 5:33 34 Christine Ganz 45 F 10:33 5:40 195 Judith Blake 55 F 14:09 7:36
but sheesh, next time, pick up the pace, will ya?
Nice photos!
The general concensus down in Shapleigh was that a run to the west side of the lake, up a certain road and back was 5 3/4 miles. If so, I ran that route in a little over 11:30 pace; with three 5 minute pickups thrown in I'm having a hard time believing it's that distance. And I didn't have the jogger with me! Oh well, it'll make whatever runs I do for the rest of the week look quick by comparison. Nice job to lots of speedy 3Kers, and to the island relay runners.
Running/walking = 100 30 min open water swim
nice racing by the crew in Brewer and cgat in Bridgton Keep the pies coming!
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