1999 ChiADead Bird Attack 10k
Bird Attack 10k
Evanston, IL
August 15, 1999
Yep, this is late, but I wanted to report on the great 1st Annual Bird Attack 10k/ChiADead Very Local Conference I that I participated in last Sunday with the ChiADeads. First of all, I want to say THANKS! to Prescott and his family for putting on such a great event. The course and post-race swim, food, and fun was great!
I had no real goals for this race except to have fun and finish standing, since I was running an LSD the day before. I did run 15.6 miles on Saturday, and it went really well, considering the fact that I had not run long since the Distance Classic 20k (7/11!). I woke up on Sunday morning with no soreness, drove to Evanston and met up with the ChiADeads, finally was able to meet some I haven't met before.
The race started and most everyone else ran ahead, while Rebecca and I ran together for the first couple of k's (as others have mentioned, the course was marked in kilometers, not miles-something I wish more metric races would do) until Rebecca had to make a trip to the bathroom. I went on ahead, aiming for about a 6:00/k pace, so that I might be able to finish under an hour-I was actually thinking that anything under 65:00 would be fine with me because of the prior day's run, but for some strange reason my legs felt pretty good. I stayed pretty much on pace, even through the horrible swarm of gnats that were hard to get through without choking some down. Ugh! Other than that, the course was beautiful, right along Lake Michigan, with the other runners, walkers, and cyclists, it seemed like a much larger race than our 12 participants.
I saw the lead bicycle, Prescott's son PJ, the front runners, the RD Prescott himself, and Melita close behind, and then everyone else-all of us waving and shouting encouraging words. The turn-around point was on the street, and I made my way back, Bob and Rebecca close behind. The sun was starting to bug me a little, but I maintained a 5:50-5:55/k pace until the last k, where I actually did speed up but took a wrong turn, backtracked, and aimed for the finish with a 6:24 last k (ugh!), and an overall finish time of 1:00:05. I'm pretty darned satisfied with that, since my PR is actually 59:48, and, if I had not made the wrong turn, I would have certainly PR'ed at this race, the day after a long run! 8-)
Well, after everyone finished, a few of us went swimming in the lake-actually I waded in the cool water up to my thighs-boy, was that refreshing! And then we all met up again at Prescott's house (thanks showing me the way, Ian! Rebecca and I were in the strange red car following you. ;-) ) The food, already mentioned, was FABULOUS, and I really love the race T-shirt, too. Thanks, again, Prescott and Tina for being such great hosts!
I've got another 10k on August 28, (Cornfest 10k in DeKalb, IL), and I'll just have to see if I can PR, since I won't be running an LSD the day before, it's a pretty good possibility!
Happy running,
Kelly
Evanston, IL
August 15, 1999
Yep, this is late, but I wanted to report on the great 1st Annual Bird Attack 10k/ChiADead Very Local Conference I that I participated in last Sunday with the ChiADeads. First of all, I want to say THANKS! to Prescott and his family for putting on such a great event. The course and post-race swim, food, and fun was great!
I had no real goals for this race except to have fun and finish standing, since I was running an LSD the day before. I did run 15.6 miles on Saturday, and it went really well, considering the fact that I had not run long since the Distance Classic 20k (7/11!). I woke up on Sunday morning with no soreness, drove to Evanston and met up with the ChiADeads, finally was able to meet some I haven't met before.
The race started and most everyone else ran ahead, while Rebecca and I ran together for the first couple of k's (as others have mentioned, the course was marked in kilometers, not miles-something I wish more metric races would do) until Rebecca had to make a trip to the bathroom. I went on ahead, aiming for about a 6:00/k pace, so that I might be able to finish under an hour-I was actually thinking that anything under 65:00 would be fine with me because of the prior day's run, but for some strange reason my legs felt pretty good. I stayed pretty much on pace, even through the horrible swarm of gnats that were hard to get through without choking some down. Ugh! Other than that, the course was beautiful, right along Lake Michigan, with the other runners, walkers, and cyclists, it seemed like a much larger race than our 12 participants.
I saw the lead bicycle, Prescott's son PJ, the front runners, the RD Prescott himself, and Melita close behind, and then everyone else-all of us waving and shouting encouraging words. The turn-around point was on the street, and I made my way back, Bob and Rebecca close behind. The sun was starting to bug me a little, but I maintained a 5:50-5:55/k pace until the last k, where I actually did speed up but took a wrong turn, backtracked, and aimed for the finish with a 6:24 last k (ugh!), and an overall finish time of 1:00:05. I'm pretty darned satisfied with that, since my PR is actually 59:48, and, if I had not made the wrong turn, I would have certainly PR'ed at this race, the day after a long run! 8-)
Well, after everyone finished, a few of us went swimming in the lake-actually I waded in the cool water up to my thighs-boy, was that refreshing! And then we all met up again at Prescott's house (thanks showing me the way, Ian! Rebecca and I were in the strange red car following you. ;-) ) The food, already mentioned, was FABULOUS, and I really love the race T-shirt, too. Thanks, again, Prescott and Tina for being such great hosts!
I've got another 10k on August 28, (Cornfest 10k in DeKalb, IL), and I'll just have to see if I can PR, since I won't be running an LSD the day before, it's a pretty good possibility!
Happy running,
Kelly
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