http://connect.garmin.com/activity/361043024
Well, it's done, the first race is in the books! Official time comes to 46:09, VERY proud of this time.
I usually don't do much warmup but this race situation forced me to read and everything I'd read about 5k and 10k races said a mile or two was ok, with some race pace strides in there. Ended up doing four race pace strides at the end of 2 km and I now know the importance of a good warmup.
After that warmup which ended with maybe 8-10 minutes to go before the start, I kept active in line for the start and I started with a solid pace at about 4:31 or so for the first 5 km then slowed down just a bit and had a VERY good last km (4:24 according to my watch).
Amazing experience, there's really something special about running in the middle of people. I didn't know what to expect at first and it was just a bundle of people so I almost got stuck behind some slower people, especially on a part of the course that was narrower, but it all worked itself out and it was some tough fun
Website with results isn't up but from the sheet at the race site, I finished 70th, 60th among men, 11th among men 40-49. There were 249 regsitered runners for the 10k last year and based on my initial goal of 47:30 I was simply hoping to make it into the top 100. Happy with #70
FM