Race Day: Bears of Blue River 10K

Posted on Aug 27, 2007 under 10K, My Running, RCI, Race Review |

With a 7:30am start the Bears of the Blue River 10K insured a cooler start, with a little rain it was actually an excellent starting temp in the mid-70’s and a slight drizzle.  The Bears is a combined 5K and 10K.

We started out with the 5K group, not really knowing who was racing in each section.  I started with a group of women I knew from other races and knew where running the 5K.  I let them go after mile 2 which was a mistake but ran a 20:37 5K which was about 30 seconds off where I wanted to be.  I was hoping to run just under 20 minutes.  I had been having some stomach issues all week and had been fine until Saturday morning!  I felt the lack of energy during the race.

After passing the finish area, my wife told me that I was in second place overall in the 10K and that the leader was about a minute ahead of me.  The second 5K is pretty lonely because of the small group of participants and the lonely course winding along the Blue River.  That 5K pretty much stunk, I had a decent enough lead to hold onto second place but definitely should not have.

My overall time was 43:02 (3 minutes behind where I wanted to be) but was good enough for a second place overall finish and earning $50!!!

The race is a USATF certified course with the first 5K being an out and back and the second being a loop.  Only small hills grace the course that has ample water stops and overall support.  Cold water and fruit await the finishers as well as the prospect of $$$.  This was my third year competing in Shelbyville but only my second earning money.  It seems to come and go with the top runners. Last year had 2 Kenyans, this year only 1.  It got a little lonely and boring out during the second 5K but the course was very well marked.  This was the 28th annual race held in conjunction with Shelbyville’s annual Bears of the Blue River Festival.

Ok well I guess I’ll post my splits although they are kind of embarrassing.  I think some of my Mini splits were faster.
6:37, 6:22, 6:59, 6:44, 7:20, 7:30, 1:27

Technorati tags: , ,
Updated Title to reflect proper event name, per comment below.

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Related Posts

6 Responses to “Race Day: Bears of Blue River 10K”

  1. Team Cross Runs » Training Analysis, Part 1 Says:
    April 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    [...] information from it for you. I trained for 3 major events this year, the Indy 500 Mini Marathon, Bears of the Blue River 10K, and Midsouth Half [...]

  2. Team Cross Runs » Training Analysis, Part 2 Says:
    April 13th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    [...] information from it for you. I trained for 3 major events this year, the Indy 500 Mini Marathon, Bears of the Blue River 10K, and Midsouth Half Marathon. Read part [...]

  3. John FLeming Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    FYI, the proper reference is “Bears of Blue River” not “Bears on the Blue River”. The name comes from Charles Major’s book, “The Bears of Blue River”. The only other time I’ve heard someone say “on the Blue River” was Dan Quayle when he campaigned here once! :-)

    Glad you enjoyed the race and made some money!

  4. crossn81 Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    John, Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I never took the time to realize my mistake!

  5. August Highlights | Team Cross Runs Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 am

    [...] bad! So to help deal with the heat I offered some tips to avoid the inferno. I raced a 5K and a 10K. I got a Sansa MP3 player and talked about the other “equipment” I used to run in.  [...]

  6. Race Day: Bears of the Blue River 10K | Adventures and Thoughts of Team Cross Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    [...] at Run Central IndianaTeam Cross Runs. Technorati tags: race review, 10K, bears   « Should Prostitution be Legalized? | [...]

Leave a Reply