Lincoln Park Turkey Trot 2007

TURKEY TROT 8K

PRESENTED by FLEET FEET SPORTS

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

MEN'S RESULTS

Place	O'All	Name	Time	Pace
185	219	Matthew Christian	35:40	7:11

Start Time: 09:03:55 AM
Overall Mileage including Warmup and Cooldown: 7.71M
Official Results Page
Copy of Results (local)

As you know from reading this, the Turkey Trot was today and I am very pleased with the results. In terms of goals, I am entirely satisfied with pace and with overall output. HR was in zone 5.5 and really shows that I ran at the peak of my current fitness level. I will have more to say about the whole process in the days ahead, but for now I just want to record the salient details:

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s)	0:37:42	7:24 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s)	0:37:02	7:17 pace
Distance (mi )	5.08
Moving Speed (mph)	8.2 avg.	12.0 max.
Elevation Gain (ft)	+74 / -77
Avg. Heart Rate	175 bpm	Zone 5.5
Temperature (°F)	30.2°F avg.	30.2°F high
Wind Speed ( mph)	NNW 17.2 avg.	NNW 18.4 max.

As I said, HR was exactly where I would want to see it:


Definitely hitting max overall and I could really feel it during the last mile where I was digging deep for maximum power. Mile 2 and 5 were both at 6:55 pace. I think Mile 1 might have been that had it not been for dodging 6000 people coming out of the gate (well, maybe just 2k in front of me).

Very pleased with the overall results, 219 out of 3149 overall (top 7%); 27th out of 240 in my age group (top 12%). To get in the top 100 I would have had to run under 33:00 or better than a 6:39 pace. That is a very reasonable 'ultimate' goal for this event over the next couple years. More on all of this later.