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Race Results Sept 14 – 16

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A beautiful weekend to be outdoors and race. Without further ado here are results from this past weekend:

The Irish Fest Run & Walk was won by Scott Overall, of Bloomington in 14:29 (4:40) 2 seconds ahead of second place and only 4 seconds ahead of 3rd. Collette Douglas, of Carmel, won the female division in 16:28 (5:19) almost a minute ahead of second place and placing 12th overall. Four-hundred and forty-eight participants finished this event. Damon Clements of Crawfordsville won the competitive walk in 27:10 (8:44) and Theresa Amerman won the female division in 29:04 (9:21) placing 2nd, with 74 competing in the competitive walk.

The Dick Lugar 5K run was also won by Scott Overall in 14:55 (4:48) well ahead of second place. Stephanie Dueringer won the female division in 17:34 (5:39). 181 finished the 5K. The 10K run was by David Forsee in 33:49 (5:26) and the women’s race was won by Cindy Harris of Indianapolis in 41:20 (6:39) 7 seconds ahead of Chikage Castle, placing her 16th overall. 127 finished the 10K. The 5K Walk was won by Martin Moeller in 28:18 (9:06) and second place and first female was Melissa Moeller in 29:14 (9:24). Dick Lugar actually walked the 5K in 53:55 (17:21) placing 36th. 40 participants finished the walk.

These were the only two races with results posted today. If I see others then I’ll let you know! Did you race or have results? Let us know in the comments section.

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Races on Sept 14, 15, and 16

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This is my anniversary weekend so I won’t be racing even though there are a ton of events!

The Indy Irish Fest 5K Run kicks off the weekend of racing on Friday night at 8pm in Military Park in Indianapolis. This is a Ken Long & Associates event.

The 10th Annual Darin Bryan 5K (pdf) is at Anderson University beginning at 8am. Proceeds benefit the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and AU’s Track & Field/Cross Country programs.

The Dick Lugar Community Run & Walk is being held Saturday with an 8am start at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Butler University’s campus. This is a Tuxbro event. There is also a health fair at Circle Center Mall on Friday as part of the event.

The 2007 Jog for Justice is Saturday with an 8:30am start it is being held on the Indianapolis Canal with all proceeds benefiting the IU-Indy law student programs.

The 2nd Annual Arizona Mission Possible 5K/10K (pdf) is being held Saturday in Muncie’s Mansfield Park at 8:30am. All proceeds go toward short-term missions projects to the Navajo Reservations.

Small Strides for Special Lives 5K Run and Walk is being held Saturday in Zionsville beginning at 9am. All proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Zionsville.

Brookston Apple Popcorn 5K & 10K Run begins at 8am in Brookston, IN.

Monon Madness V is a 6 to 22 mile training run/walk beginning at 7am on Saturday at the Indy Monon beginning at the 86th St entrance. This is being hosted by Personal Best Training.

Back to the Fifties Festival 5K Run begins at 8am Saturday in Lebanon, IN.

2007 Hill Fest 5K Run/Walk begins at 9:30 am Sunday at Northview Christian Church in Carmel. Proceeds benefit their Global Outreach Fund.

The Fifth State-to-State Half Marathon begins Sunday at 7:30am in Oxford, OH. The race crosses into Indiana and includes a running club challenge.

The Oliver-Upland-Harmony School 10K Run aka Oliver Winery Run has been canceled.

The Club Kokomo Roadrunners website is down, so I can’t get more information about their race, nor have I seen any additional information about it on other club sites, so I’m not sure what is up with it. Any one know?

Weekend Weather

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A Lost Art: Striding

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To become faster you have to train your body to be faster.

Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner, describes strides as…

…gradual accelerations over 60 to 80 meters. By running four to six strides several times a week, you help your legs and the rest of your body remember what it’s like to run fast. Without strides or some type of speed-form drill, it’s easy to get sloppy in your running and do only slow running with bad form. You can find yourself slipping into a pattern where you’re training to run slowly and inefficiently rather than faster and more economically.

Strides should be done after your body is already warmed-up, you should run for at least 10 minutes before doing these. It is best to already have some level of conditioning but you can add more strides each week. Focus on your form, staying smooth, you shouldn’t be straining your body.

  1. Pick a starting and ending point (about 100 meters),
  2. Begin at a slow jog
  3. Increasing your speed to 80-90% within the first 30 meters
  4. Maintaining that pace throughout the distance.
  5. Recover for about 100 meters or 2 minutes and repeat.

Build up to doing between 4 or 5 strides.

In the Complete Book of Running Coach Roy Benson says

Do short sprints (strides) with a fast, but easy, effort. Think legs, not lungs. The idea is to use as big a range of motion and as rapid a turnover as possible but for a short enough distance so that you never huff and puff.

A full list of running drills can be found at Running Planet.

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Race Results from Sept 8 + 9

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The DINO Series #5 5K (3.3 actually) race was won by Robert Burns of Beech Grove in a time of 21:03 (6:22) twenty-seconds ahead of second place. First place female was Monica Hodge of Indianapolis who ran a 24:45 (7:30) about a minute ahead of second place and placing 17th overall. In the 15K (10 miles actually) Scott Fihma of Noblesville won in 1:04:36 (6:27) about a minute ahead of second place. Amanda Shike won the female division in 1:16:16 (7:37) almost 15 minutes ahead of second place and placing 15th overall. A total of 206 participants completed this event. See my race report.

The Miriam Project 5K (doc) was won by Joe Baer of Anderson in a time of 20:33 (6:36) with Micelle Eskew winning the female division. In the walking division Dennis Knapp won in a time of 38:22 (12:20) and Janelle Stohler won the female division. Fifty-four participants completed the event.

The Running for World Water 5K (xls) was won by Jason Bechler of Indianapolis in a time of 16:59 (5:28) about 3 minutes ahead of second place. The female division was won by Eva Wailes of Indianapolis in 24:50 (7:59) about 7 seconds ahead of second place and 17th overall. One-hundred and twenty-six participants completed this race.

The IU Mini Marathon was won by Maric Macias of Bloomington in a time of 1:09:01 (5:16) about two minutes ahead of second place. The first place female was Camille Heeron of Lafayette in 1:21:48 (6:11) less than a minute ahead of second place and 11th overall. Mostly a state-wide event a good number of the 1130 finishers were from out of state. The 5K was won by Sean Bowman in 15:42 (5:03) almost 3 minutes ahead of second place. The female division was won by Lauren Sewell of Bloomington in 20:49 (6:42) placing 8th overall and almost a minute ahead of second place. This too drew competitors from across the state with 476 participants and several from out of state.

The Lifestream 5K was not a timed event but a “fun” event. I was informed by Lifestream’s Marketing Director that they had a clock but didn’t time participants. Their age span was 3 years old to 81 years old!

The Enlisted Dining Out 5K was won by Chad Smith in 17:43 (5:42) almost two minutes ahead of second place. The first place female (I think) was Kaylee Terwoord finishing in 23:59 (7:43) 12th place overall and about a minute ahead of second place. Forty-eight participants completed this event.

Congrads to everyone it was quite a weekend to race!

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Race Day: DINO Series #5

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On a cooler Saturday morning 206 eager competitors (89 in the 15K and 117 in the 5K) lined up for a muddy start to the DINO Series 5th race of the season at Town Run Trail Park in Indianapolis. The 15K started at 9am with the 5K following five minutes later. This is a little late for the current weather trend, but stays consistent with the DINO Series 9am start for all 7 races.

I ran the 15K course which is 9.3 miles, except today due to the structure of the trail and modifications by the city the course was actually more like 10 miles, and the 5K distance was closer to 5 3.3. We were dutifully informed of this well before the race start so you had time to mentally engage yourself for the longer distance. According to the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association which helps maintain the trail, the trail was modified due to high levels of erosion.

Town Run is mostly a Mountain Bike trail that is primarily single track throughout the entire course. It winds along the White River from 96th Street goes under 465 and supposedly comes out on 82nd Street somewhere. In the 15K we did a two loop course. We began by running the 5K loop and halfway through our second time around that loop we went straight out to complete and approx 5 mile loop through open meadow and more woods. After completing this grueling loop we finished along the 5K course. This was no easy race.

I started farther back in the pack than I should have and spent most of the first 2 miles trying to get around long “trains” of runners on the single track. After finding a group that I felt comfortable staying behind we got into some semblance of a pace and didn’t have to worry about the single-track much after that. I and some others faded from the main pack and around the 4 mile mark the group I was with completely disintegrated with me staying in the front and running a long while by myself before other runners started catching me. Due to the million switch backs and turn you could see those ahead and behind you at various points, but you couldn’t always be sure how far behind they actually were. I used some Clif Shot Bloks at the 5 and 10K marks, they seemed to help a little bit, but I took half the recommend amount of 6 per hour. They are given away free at the registration table for the DINO races!

I’m not excited with my overall time or individual splits, but this is actually a little faster than my last DINO race and considering the course, my current training, and nutritional habits I am happy with my 1:19:11 (7:55) ten mile time. My splits were 7:50, 6:51, 7:44, 7:43, 7:57, 8:17, 8:11, 7:48, 8:29, 8:17 (ones with similar formatting are approximately the same mile). I was very happy to place second overall in my age group and 23rd place overall.

Did you race this weekend? How did you do? Tell us about it in the comment section.


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