3rd place Age Group M50-54
| 74 | Chris Burns | Foothill Ranch, CA | 5826 | 1:27:55 | 6:43 | M 50-54/1 | M-51 | 64 | 1:28:00 |
| 82 | Steve Tally | Ramona, CA | 8083 | 1:28:20 | 6:45 | M 50-54/2 | M-51 | 72 | 1:28:26 |
| 114 | Mark Kelley | San Diego, CA | 8140 | 1:30:28 | 6:54 | M 50-54/3 | M-52 | 94 | 1:30:33 |
| 141 | Mark Bauckman | La Mesa, CA | 6720 | 1:31:41 | 7:00 | M 50-54/4 | M-54 | 118 | 1:31:47 |
| 165 | Jonathon Collopy | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 8580 | 1:32:41 | 7:05 | M 50-54/5 | M-53 | 140 | 1:32:52 |
| 171 | Nathan Kicklighter | San Diego, CA | 526 | 1:32:59 | 7:06 | M 50-54/6 | M-52 | 145 | 1:33:06 |
| 176 | Dana Eubanks | Calabasas, CA | 4949 | 1:33:12 | 7:07 | M 50-54/7 | M-54 | 149 | 1:33:18 |
| 194 | Michael Caviston | Coronado, CA | 4976 | 1:34:08 | 7:11 | M 50-54/8 | M-51 | 162 | 1:34:20 |
| 198 | Jeff Graves | San Diego, CA | 9044 | 1:34:15 | 7:12 | M 50-54/9 | M-50 | 164 | 1:34:28 |
| 209 | Guy Scata | Murrieta, CA | 3431 | 1:34:37 | 7:14 | M 50-54/10 | M-50 | 173 | 1:34:41 |
there's the top 10
Here's a race recap:
- it was cold. I ate lots of carbs on Friday and Saturday. I ate a light pasta dinner on Saturday night, after eating a subway footlong turkey on Sat afternoon
- I was going to wear arm warmers and glove for the race as it was in the low 50s at race time, but after a 1 mile warmup with the team at 6:30 am on race day (7:18 was start time) I went back to my car and bagged the arm warmers and went with a tank top and gloves and shorts. Short socks too
- I had no idea how fast to run. Carles though "go at 1:20" which of course was ridiculous. I wanted to run at 1:30. Candy suggested to run with Leanoard Trihn, but he was pretty fast. So what I did was go out of the gate with Leanoard and run the first few miles with him. Here's my pace breakdown:
My problem is (among others ;) that I had no idea how fast to run. As a former track runner I was comfortable running fast. Too comfortable. Around mile 4, I was not feeling that great...
So I slowed down. I concisely decided to drop to a 6:52/mile (1:30) pace at that point. That helped and I felt better and plowed through the next 5 miles with ease...
Then the hills began - around mile 8. While there is the big hill at Washington street ( 200 feet) I was really hurting, and just plowed through. I decided to just keep my HR the same and slow down and was passed by quite a few people.
Note that my HR is stable at about 165 (95%)...I simply slowed down up the hill.
I passed the 10 Mile mark at 1:10...and realized that I'd have to run the last 3.1 miles in under 20 min to be under 1:30. I was a little miffed that the 1:30 pace guy NEVER passed me...not even at the end when I was at 1:30:28...
Anyhow, as I passed that point and starting re-passing all the young people who had passed me up the hill, there was one women who had a pacer/boyfriend join us at in Hillcrest. As he said "you're right there" I got it and realized we were the "break 1:30" group...but geez...3.1 miles in under 20 minutes means 6:27/mile - possible.
so I sped up....
but...still...I decided that I would simply "run fast" and not let the 1:30 pacer pass me. that was a mistake, as the 1:30 pacer came in at over 1:31 (I wonder how often that happens?)
On top of that, as a short-distance track guy with speed, I opted to keep the speed in the tank until the last 1.5 miles. However, I mistakenly thought I had to run into Petco park to finish. Turns out ...no. I could have emptied the tank much earlier. I never really unleashed some speed. I just jogged in at 1:30:28...and unhappy not to break 1:30...but it is a PR on a somewhat hilly/windy course.
