Secret to winning your age group

saxman007
on 5/2/09 12:31 am, edited 5/2/09 12:33 am - Port Huron, MI

Discovered the secret to winning your age group at a local 5K -- do a small event, lol!!! As the title says, I just managed to win my age group -- not sure how many were in the group, I know I beat at least the runner up ;) So yeah, set a PR and I felt ok. Time they announced was 25:36, time on my Garmin is 25:50. My goal was to get under 26 so that was good. When we started I was with the front pack but felt good. On my Garmin I saw I was doing around a 6:30 mile and my heart rate was about 170 so I knew to back off and pace better. I tried to hang on 3 high schoolers and managed to come in about 15-20 seconds after them.
So -- I accomplished my goal, didn't get lost (there were only 50 people running and I wasn't familiar with the course), and can now say that I've podiumed at a race

Now it's time to do some yard work and hopefully get a swim in later today when it's supposed to rain
--Dan

Seht
on 5/2/09 9:31 am

RNY on 01/22/08

woo hoo, congrats on the podium finish and the PR.
It sounds like a great day.
Awesome job hanging with those high school kids. It sounds like you had a good time and were in control of your race.

I once managed a 3rd place finish in a tri, but there were only 3 people in my group.

Scott