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purple hayes
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 Posted: 10/15/04 - 21:58 Post subject: Logan's Night Run 2004 - a race report
I did this race last year, so I knew that it was flat and fast. Temps were in the mid-50s and about 250 people racing. My definition of a perfect race.
Lined up near the front and talked to a couple of guys. Found a guy that was going for 18 even, which was what I was hoping for too. I decided I'd stick with him.
Gun goes off and it's off into the darkness. It was easy to keep my eye on my rabbit because he wore a white singlet. I let him pull up about 10 yds. and I hung with him for the first mile. 5:33 for mi. 1 (which is a PR). I knew at that point I had gone out too fast and just tried to hold on.
I felt my pace slipping a little, but I wasn't losing much ground to the 2 guys in front of me. Mile 2 in 6:18. 
I knew I had to pick up the pace if I was going to make it in 18 flat. I pushed a little harder in mile 3, but I was still sucking the first mile. Push it up just a hair to finish the last 1.1 mi. in 6:48 (6:11 pace).
Final time of 18:37, which is a PR for me. I wish I could say I was really excited about that time, but I really had my hopes set on coming close to or surpassing the 18 min. mark. I managed to get 12th overall and 3rd in my age group.
BTW - The winning time was 14:57. 
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/15/04 - 22:21 Post subject:
Not bad at all PH. Trying to set the bar for the rest of us this fall?
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TimRuns
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Posted: 10/15/04 - 22:57 Post subject:
nice job on the pr PH!!  All that hard work's paying off!
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sonnylax
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 07:15 Post subject:
AWESOME PH! 18:37 is damn good!
(14:57 is just plain sick.)
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Cappy
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 08:07 Post subject:
Smoking time PH, congrats on the PR
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rolling rock
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 10:43 Post subject:
12th overall is fantastic; that was a big crowd.
awesome time, great running PH! great running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
congrats on the PR
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gretriever
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 11:21 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: | AWESOME PH! 18:37 is damn good!
(14:57 is just plain sick.) |
True on all dat.
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akern
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 15:02 Post subject:
BRAVO! PH!!
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shelflifers
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 15:34 Post subject:
Wait a minute...18:37 was a PR, yet you wanted to hit a sub 18? What could you have done to shave 37 seconds off from this race????
baby steps, bro. You ran one heckuva race so celebrate!
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 19:32 Post subject:
well.... you came back on that 3rd mile....so I'm thinking that the 5:33 was so terribly bad. It no doubt affected mile 2 some.....but then again, it wasn't too long ago that if you ran a 5:33 mile you'd be hunkered down on the track gasping for air!! I think your last mile just shows "okay mile 1 was too fast for now....some day perfect". I wouldn't talk it out too much slower than that PH. Maybe 5:45 next race for mile 1. I'm thinking, sub 18 next month. and I'll be very jealous 
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copteacher
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Posted: 10/16/04 - 20:45 Post subject:
excellent John. Your hard training is excellent.
Smoking winning time too.
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Kimba90
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Posted: 10/17/04 - 08:39 Post subject:
Great PR!!!!!!
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JACKED UP
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Posted: 10/17/04 - 16:01 Post subject:
You just rock PH period! Congrats on your PR.
14:57???
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 10/17/04 - 22:05 Post subject:
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robp
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 07:32 Post subject:
Nice PH, very nice. I have major work to do now, your pr is faster than mine....
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