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    Donovan Rebbech
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    Terse summary:

    Race: Holiday 4 Mile, Central Park Weather: Nice. About 32, calm. No damn snow for a change ! Time:
    24:16 AG %: 69.9, PR (DOH!!!! just missed 70 ...) Splits: 6:17 6:15 5:58 5:43 (Yeah!!!!) Split
    differential: -51 seconds Comic relief: team mate beats me out for the title of "negative splits
    guy" by losing a shoe at the start of the race, and surges by me at the 2 mile mark.

    Comments: at the two mile mark at 12:32, I wasn't sure that I was in with a chance at breaking my
    previous 24:28 on the same loop. Made my big move in the uphill mile 3 anyway, started reeling them
    in. 5:58 ... hmmmm .. not bad. Mile 4 is downhill, so maybe I can maintain that pace, I thought. I
    didn't exactly feel comfortable at the 3 mile mark, but I was still moving faster than the people
    around me, so I figured something was going right.

    1 mile to go. Concentrated, took up my 1 mile race pace posture / running style, and tried to chase
    down some runners from the rival clubs who were up ahead. No looking at the watch, just chased them
    down as hard as I could. Overtook them with about 400m to go, and put about 3 seconds between me and
    them on the last quarter. My body was just screaming at me to stop, and suggesting that if I eased
    up, I'd still finish with an OK time. To hell with that -- surged to the finish for an impossibly
    fast final mile.

    Happy running and thanks for reading,
    --
    Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflord

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  2. Colm
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    Someday I'd like to run like that. Congratulations!

    Colm

    Donovan Rebbechi said:

    Terse summary:

    Race: Holiday 4 Mile, Central Park Weather: Nice. About 32, calm. No damn snow for a change !
    Time: 24:16 AG %: 69.9, PR (DOH!!!! just missed 70 ...) Splits: 6:17 6:15 5:58 5:43 (Yeah!!!!)
    Split differential: -51 seconds

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  3. Globaldisc
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    Good job Donovan. I was registered for this race but due to a full jam packed day of last minute
    holiday shopping and shipping to get done....had to start my day at 8am shopping...and pass on the
    race...which ticked me off, especially when I saw the times of my AG and could of contended for that
    10th place slot/finish within my AG. Oh well. I did a 9 miler later that night in the park though.

    Questions: What did you wear? 32 degrees is that border line where a lot of the competitive runners
    still wear only singlets and shorts and gloves at 30-32. No tights and jackets and caps.

    Also....your teammate lost his shoe at the start? How? You team guys rarely fail to have everything
    checked and ready for the start....did someone from behind step on his heels at the start and gave
    him a "flat" or something? How did he lose his shoe? And the guy must of stepped to the side in
    losing a shoe at the start or he would have been trampled....2500 people behind him after all.....

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  4. Donovan Rebbech
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    In article said:

    Good job Donovan. I was registered for this race but due to a full jam packed day of last minute
    holiday shopping and shipping to get done....had to start my day at 8am shopping...and pass on
    the race...which ticked me off, especially when I saw the times of my AG and could of contended
    for that 10th place slot/finish within my AG. Oh well. I did a 9 miler later that night in the
    park though.

    Questions: What did you wear? 32 degrees is that border line where a lot of the competitive
    runners still wear only singlets and shorts and gloves at 30-32. No tights and jackets and caps.

    I'm in cold weather gear at that temperature: middle-weight tights, warm top (SportHill Explorer),
    gloves and lightweight Microfiber hat. This felt about right -- I was cool at the start (struggling
    to keep warm) and warm but not hot at the end.

    One could wear shorts at that temperature, but last year I had some problems getting borderline
    hypothermic especially on the more windy days, so I go with tights for anything under 40 now.

    Quoted message said:

    Also....your teammate lost his shoe at the start? How? You team guys rarely fail to have
    everything checked and ready for the start....did someone from behind step on his heels at the
    start and gave him a "flat" or something? How did he lose his shoe?

    Don't know exactly.

    Quoted message said:

    And the guy must of stepped to the side in losing a shoe at the start or he would have been
    trampled....2500 people behind him after all.....

    He says he lost a good two minutes at the start, so that probably means he had to wait until
    everyone up to about the 10 minute pace sign went past.

    Cheers,
    --
    Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflord

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  5. Anthony
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    Nice race Donovan. It looks like you've mastered the art of "negative splits".

    Anthony.

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  6. Donovan Rebbech
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    In article said:

    Also....your teammate lost his shoe at the start? How?

    Just got the full story in Bob's diary ... someone stepped on his heel at the start.

    Cheers,
    --
    Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflord

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