So my dilemma

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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member

    UPDATE: You've all convinced me. I'm signing up for the 10K.

    Maybe I can make a personal best.

    Good for you! I won't even bother with the rest of the thread.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    You beat everyone who doesn't show up.

    Good point :happy:
  • BetterCrazyThanLazy
    BetterCrazyThanLazy Posts: 336
    I am pretty confident that they have a typo on their 10k results page. I betchya the worst 10k result was 1 hour, 47 minutes.

    Hmmm, I think 47 sounds right. If you run 6 miles at 10 minute pace you will finish in 60 minutes.. :)

    MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
    Place No. Name Ag City St Net
    ===== ===== ==================== == ================== == =======
    1 83 Jeffrey Hargreaves 45 Merrimack NH 35:35
    2 72 Andy Gish 40 Lincoln MA 35:37
    3 363 DAVID SNELSER 45 38:14
    4 260 Thomas Scanlon 47 Lowell MA 39:04
    5 258 William Peters 48 Manchester NH 43:29

    But there were actually a couple of people when I looked at the overall results that were longer than 1:10:xx

    Holly cr@p!!! That's crazy! 6-minute mile? I would die! :tongue:
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    LOL you are reading the results incorrectly.
    Those are the TOP FIVE for each age group.
    Overall results are, fastest finish 32:00 , slowest 1:09:42
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    LOL you are reading the results incorrectly.
    Those are the TOP FIVE for each age group.
    Overall results are, fastest finish 32:00 , slowest 1:09:42

    Wow, so it is...

    Bottom time for my age group was 54:18 I probably can't be up to that speed by then but I can probably beat 1:09:42. Wow, I thought this was a little race full of VERY serious runners.
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    That's why I looked it up. I was wondering what race it was that had only fast people!
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    That's why I looked it up. I was wondering what race it was that had only fast people!

    Mad sleuthing skills, how did you find the race?
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    I copied and pasted what you put

    1 83 Jeffrey Hargreaves 45 Merrimack NH 35:35
    2 72 Andy Gish 40 Lincoln MA 35:37
    3 363 DAVID SNELSER 45 38:14
    4 260 Thomas Scanlon 47 Lowell MA 39:04
    5 258 William Peters 48 Manchester NH 43:29

    into google
  • kellibenage
    kellibenage Posts: 41
    To finish is to WIN! Who care's where you place, as long as you finish the race. Work on YOUR best time and stop comparing yourself to everyone else. :smile:
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    To finish is to WIN! Who care's where you place, as long as you finish the race. Work on YOUR best time and stop comparing yourself to everyone else. :smile:

    Misreading the prior times I thought this was an insanely fast field historically and I don't mind be one of the slowest but I had visions of the race people literally waiting on me to pull up tent stakes and go home. Since I am not 20-30 minutes slower than the previous slowest finisher, I'm good. I've signed up for the 10K. I don't know why I even stressed. I did a 5k the day after I ran the warrior dash, I was woefully unprepared for my first 10K and I ran anyway, and I'm going to run a half marathon next fall.

    The apparent insanely fast field just threw me off a little. I'm much better now :smile:
  • StarIsMoving
    StarIsMoving Posts: 437
    I am so glad you are doing the 10K... and glad you had someone able to help you read the stats correctly. Now you won't be going in all paranoid ;) You got this and good luck to you!!!
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I am so glad you are doing the 10K... and glad you had someone able to help you read the stats correctly. Now you won't be going in all paranoid ;) You got this and good luck to you!!!

    Other race reports I've seen from that site have EVERYBODY from an age group, not just the top finishers, I thought this was a very small race :embarassed:
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    Totally reasonable concern. I don't mind being last, someone has to be, but finishing TWICE as slow as the second to last runner would be a bummer, and to be honest I would probably pass on it and find one where I'd have company.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Totally reasonable concern. I don't mind being last, someone has to be, but finishing TWICE as slow as the second to last runner would be a bummer, and to be honest I would probably pass on it and find one where I'd have company.

    Looks like I'll at least not embarass myself, that's all I want out of life, well that and not taking it in the face...

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