Saturday, April 29, 2006

28.8mi, 4:24:00, 29 APR 06, COB Speicher IZ

Limp Bizkit and DMX, “Rollin” (remix)
Rush, “Cold Fire”
Tommy Keene, “Drowning”
Silverstein, “Defend You”
50 Foot Wave, “Hot Pink, Distorted”
50 Foot Wave, “Petal”


WX at 0600: 66, DP 45, BP 29.88, 4@290 overcast
WX at 0700: 70, DP 43, BP 29.86, 10G13@340 overcast
WX at 0800: 70, DP 45, BP 29.85, 8G15@010 broken clouds
WX at 0900: 72, DP 45, BP 29.87, 6@variable broken clouds
WX at 1000: 75, DP 45, BP 29.87, 9@080 broken clouds

Odometer 1: 224.5mi

Z3-Z4.

Like any other race on this fucking compound, the race distance is wrong. I was disappointed – but not very surprised. I have no idea what the fuck the race director decided to use as a measuring device but I suspect it was a vehicle with a very inaccurate odometer. I don’t think it’s an overstatement when I describe the race administration in some ways as “like a can of spilled fuck.” (thank you, Division G3!) I realized something was wrong as I was hitting mile stops and I was supposedly running 10-minute miles, which I’m pretty sure wasn’t the case.

The splits I took were so fucking inconsistent that they were just about worthless. 4:24:00 for 28.8 miles, though, was about a 9:10 mile. For running 2.6 miles more than I intended to, I think that’s not so bad. I’m not sure if I’d have made my goal of a 4-hour marathon, but I guess if I hadn’t had to take a dump near the end of the first turnaround.

Like a can of spilled fuck. Sigh.

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