5K Derry NH Turkey Trot

Was the rear guard for several friends who participated in the 5K Turkey Trot in Derry, NH.  This is my second official 5K race and I knew that it would be easy to beat my first race time of 40+ minutes.  Tough part was actually trying to figure out what to wear since you have to stand and wait for the race to start.  Lucky for me Stephen Waldron pushed his son down to the race with us and I was able to store a jacket and hat in the stroller during the race.


Started off on the slow side, the air was cold and my lungs don't do well sucking in cold air when they have not warmed up.  At the 1 mile mark the time was about 12 minutes.  The next mile contained the category 5 hill, just a short thing, and not that bad.  I arrived at the 2 mile marker in about 10 minutes, my heart rate was over 160 and hitting 170.  I arrived at the finish line in a personal best  official time of 32.36, very pleased.

Reviewing my heart rate data it took me 1 mile to warm up.  After the 1 mile my heart rate was in zone 5 or around 160 or above for the remaining 2.1 miles.  My average heart rate was 160 with a max of 176.  I could feel my thighs after the race and not sure if I had warmed up for a mile if I could have run another mile in zone 5.  But I did feel that I pushed about as fast as I could the whole way, had enough to do a little sprint to the finish line.  I could still walk so perhaps I could have gone longer.  I guess I'll have to run a few more races to figure it all out.

It was an enjoyable experience and can't wait to run my next race, until then I'll have to do a little training.

726   645 Dana M   MANCHESTER        NH  64/86   401/608  M50-59  32:36 10:31