36:27
5th overall out of 602
Pace/Mile: 5:52
Age Grade: 79.7%
Age Group Place: 2nd of 89
Date: 4/5/2009
Location: Newark, NJ (Branch Brook Park)
Comments: I was pleasantly surprised by this race since it was much better than I thought it would be. My last car was stolen and ended up in Newark, so I don't have the fondest memories of Newark. Anyway the park was nice, the awards were nice (fleece vests with race logo made by Columbia) and everything was fairly well organized. I guess my only complaints are that I am not crazy about out and back type of courses and that one or two spots on the course could have been more clearly marked. My 5k splits were 18:14 and 18:13. I actually did not run as evenly as those splits suggest, my splits were 5:53, 5:38 (caught a few people, however was hurting after 2 miles so I back off the next mile), 6:05, 5:57, missed the last two splits but they had to be around 5:50.
5th overall out of 602
Pace/Mile: 5:52
Age Grade: 79.7%
Age Group Place: 2nd of 89
Date: 4/5/2009
Location: Newark, NJ (Branch Brook Park)
Comments: I was pleasantly surprised by this race since it was much better than I thought it would be. My last car was stolen and ended up in Newark, so I don't have the fondest memories of Newark. Anyway the park was nice, the awards were nice (fleece vests with race logo made by Columbia) and everything was fairly well organized. I guess my only complaints are that I am not crazy about out and back type of courses and that one or two spots on the course could have been more clearly marked. My 5k splits were 18:14 and 18:13. I actually did not run as evenly as those splits suggest, my splits were 5:53, 5:38 (caught a few people, however was hurting after 2 miles so I back off the next mile), 6:05, 5:57, missed the last two splits but they had to be around 5:50.
