{"id":1964,"date":"2010-04-28T10:24:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2010-04-27T20:26:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:26:39","slug":"get-in-gear-10k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/get-in-gear-10k\/","title":{"rendered":"Get in Gear 10k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t run the<a href=\"http:\/\/getingear10k.com\/\"> Get in Gear 10k<\/a> this year, though I would have loved to be in shape to take part in this &#8220;Annual Rite of Spring.&#8221; \u00a0It was a cool (low-50&#8217;s) and rainy morning (with a spell of lightening and thunder before race time), which was actually better than two years ago when it was in the 30&#8217;s with snow on the ground! \u00a0See my race report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/race-day-get-in-gear-10k\/\">2008 edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/testing-the-knee\/\">Monday <\/a> a friend and I showed up to Minnehaha Falls fairly late, close to 10am or an hour after the 10k and 1\/2 started and 40 minutes after the 5k. \u00a0 The 10k race is the main event, even though there is a 2k, 5k, and half-marathon. \u00a0We got to see the back of the pack runners finishing and then the half-marathon leaders finish. \u00a0It was sad to see that they haven&#8217;t fixed the finish area problem of runners from the longer races merging into the shorter ones and having to dodge runners and walkers. \u00a0It seems it would be easy to setup cones for at least the last tenth of a mile to separate the races. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure the leaders would appreciate that!<\/p>\n<p>Below is a video montage I created from some of the videos and pictures I took. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure what the issue is with my cell phone&#8217;s video encryption but sometimes Windows Movie Maker doesn&#8217;t read the video, while Flickr does. \u00a0So Kim Scheel, Women&#8217;s 1\/2 marathon finisher, didn&#8217;t make it into the montage, but gets her own separate video!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EVDBCj3Qin4<\/p>\n<p>Kim Scheel finishing the 1\/2 marathon in 1:28:23.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=71377\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=2b64147215&amp;photo_id=4550672641&amp;flickr_show_info_box=true\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=71377\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/runminnesota.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/race-results-and-reports-roundup-6.html\">Rocco at the MDRA<\/a> (who finished in 37:21) also found this video by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brettany.com\/brettany\/The_Race\/The_Race.html\">Brett Sall<\/a> who finished in 45:25, not bad for his first race:<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11198016&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11198016\">Get In Gear 10K<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/brettany\">Brett Sall<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How was your Get in Gear Experience this year?<\/p>\n<p>[tags] Get in Gear, 10k, GetinGear[\/tags]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; 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