Posted by race crows on August 25, 2007, 11:14 am

It was great to see a runner wearing a Crow Athletics singlet win the 29th annual Northeast Harbor Road Race. Congraulations to David Wilson! Equally great was our team presence in the top 10 including Austin Townsend, Ned Swain and Partick Allen. Also sporting team colors and running well on a hot humid day were. Rudy Kelly, Jim Archibald, Bob Bachorik, Phillippe Donald, Bob Swain, Mary Ropp and Robin Emery. Full reports, results and pictures soon. PS It was also great to have so many club voluteers and welcome so many new members who joined our club today! CAW CAW CAW

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Posted by race crows on August 27, 2007, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Northeast Harbor Road Race report"

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Link: full results

Posted by Nedicus on August 27, 2007, 7:20 pm, in reply to "Northeast Harbor Road Race report"

I had a great time at the 5-miler, despite going out too fast, as usual. Running in on Sargeant drive was beautiful and I really thought the weather pretty good for running. The humidity was broken by cooler sea breezes and some shade here and there. That said I'm sure that if Patrick and I had paced our selves better we could have run a better race. Going out too fast seems to me like swinging to early at a pitch or taking the wrong line through corner in a race car; having a smart strategy and sticking with it is just as important as being physically fit. So I'm resolving to really focus on pacing. I haven't really been running competitively for more than about eight months but I ought to be better at this. I have started to do track workouts every Monday (mostly 3 min. 800s to burn what 6 min. pace feels like into my head. Does anyone have any ideas about what else I should do or ideas about running at the track? no advice is too basic because I'm really new to this. My brother Bob, Mary Ropp, and my friend Philippe all ran great races right out of the box with almost zero training or prep. Bob is moving in with me here in Portland and I'll see if I can get him to cut about 10 min. off his time by next year. I also want to congratulate everyone who ran the race with me, but I didn't really know so well as I live in Portland. Seeing so many people of differing situations and abilities all come out together and push their individual limits is a very humbling and moving experience for me. I look forward to expanding my own limits. And holy crap David Wilson is FAST! I want to take some road trips to his high school track meets andsupport him this year!

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Posted by Larry on August 27, 2007, 7:48 pm, in reply to "Nedicus Northeast Harbor Road Race report, pacing"

Ned... I am out of it now but coached pretty fast folks and ran reasonably well for a good while.. I can give you lots of road/track proven strategies for training and racing at about any distance. If you've only been at it for 8 months, you could probably drop 3-4 minutes off these times with 2 yrs of focused work. send me an email (pineallen@aol) and i'll give you what i've got. --Previous Message-- : I had a great time at the 5-miler, despite : going out too fast, as usual. Running in on : Sargeant drive was beautiful and I really : thought the weather pretty good for running. : The humidity was broken by cooler sea : breezes and some shade here and there. That : said I'm sure that if Patrick and I had : paced our selves better we could have run a : better race. Going out too fast seems to me : like swinging to early at a pitch or taking : the wrong line through corner in a race car; : having a smart strategy and sticking with it : is just as important as being physically : fit. So I'm resolving to really focus on : pacing. I haven't really been running : competitively for more than about eight : months but I ought to be better at this. I : have started to do track workouts every : Monday (mostly 3 min. 800s to burn what 6 : min. pace feels like into my head. Does : anyone have any ideas about what else I : should do or ideas about running at the : track? no advice is too basic because I'm : really new to this. : My brother Bob, Mary Ropp, and my : friend Philippe all ran great races right : out of the box with almost zero training or : prep. Bob is moving in with me here in : Portland and I'll see if I can get him to : cut about 10 min. off his time by next year. : I also want to congratulate everyone : who ran the race with me, but I didn't : really know so well as I live in Portland. : Seeing so many people of differing : situations and abilities all come out : together and push their individual limits is : a very humbling and moving experience for : me. I look forward to expanding my own : limits. : And holy crap David Wilson is FAST! I : want to take some road trips to his high : school track meets andsupport him this year! :

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Posted by gary on August 28, 2007, 9:59 am, in reply to "Nedicus Northeast Harbor Road Race report, pacing"

ned pacing is a hard thing to learn, you saw first hand how going out faster than I should have at QC and how it affected me over the last kilos. On the other hand I know you noticed the first woman as she blazed past our murder. Historically woman run very smart and pace even or run negative splits. Its interesting to me that she's the only one who ran negative splits out of of anyone in the top 20. Besides training the single best bit of advice all runners should practice is patience. cheers g Here's a quote from our QUOTE page, we should all live by this, because we certainly die when we don't "Most mistakes in a race are made in the first two minutes, perhaps in the very first minute." -Jack Daniels --Previous Message-- : I had a great time at the 5-miler, despite : going out too fast, as usual. Running in on : Sargeant drive was beautiful and I really : thought the weather pretty good for running. : The humidity was broken by cooler sea : breezes and some shade here and there. That : said I'm sure that if Patrick and I had : paced our selves better we could have run a : better race. Going out too fast seems to me : like swinging to early at a pitch or taking : the wrong line through corner in a race car; : having a smart strategy and sticking with it : is just as important as being physically : fit. So I'm resolving to really focus on : pacing. I haven't really been running : competitively for more than about eight : months but I ought to be better at this. I : have started to do track workouts every : Monday (mostly 3 min. 800s to burn what 6 : min. pace feels like into my head. Does : anyone have any ideas about what else I : should do or ideas about running at the : track? no advice is too basic because I'm : really new to this. : My brother Bob, Mary Ropp, and my : friend Philippe all ran great races right : out of the box with almost zero training or : prep. Bob is moving in with me here in : Portland and I'll see if I can get him to : cut about 10 min. off his time by next year. : I also want to congratulate everyone : who ran the race with me, but I didn't : really know so well as I live in Portland. : Seeing so many people of differing : situations and abilities all come out : together and push their individual limits is : a very humbling and moving experience for : me. I look forward to expanding my own : limits. : And holy crap David Wilson is FAST! I : want to take some road trips to his high : school track meets andsupport him this year! :

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