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GATE River Run 15k 2024
- Monday, March 04 2024 @ 09:02 PM UTC
- Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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This is the face of a personal best effort!
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Based on recent training and race performances, I felt fairly confident that I could get a PR here. I knew what my target goal pace needed to be (6:15 per mile) and had a solid race plan... don't go out too hard, stay on pace. The first half of the race was fairly uneventful, I stuck to my plan and hit my planned pace, holding myself back during the first mile. The day started to warm up as the race progressed, I grabbed water at each aid station, and drank some and poured it on my body for cooling. Mile 6 was my slowest of the race and had a lot of parts exposed to full sun. That's also where I started to feel the discomfort of the effort. Special thanks to the lady with the garden hose in the final section of neighborhoods. I finally started up the ramp to the Hart Bridge.
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Over the winter my training included running up Paris Mountain in Greenville, SC... and as I was making my way up the Hart Bridge I kept saying to myself "Paris Mountain! Paris Mountain!" because the Hart Bridge aka The Green Monster is not as big or steep as what I had been training on. But it still hurt! Over the top I pushed onward to get back up to speed, then cruised a little bit on the downhill to gather myself, and finally cranked hard over the final flat quarter mile.
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I ended up out-kicking the two gentlemen in the yellow bibs:
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My finish time (chip) was 58:08 averaging 6:14 per mile. This is my best placing performance at this race and I almost broke into the top 100 males. This was my first ever award at the Gate River Run, placing 3rd in my age group!
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The race swag, my age group award, and Saucony Endorphin Pro 2 racing shoes:
![](https://thatlinuxbox.com/blog/images/articles/gate-river-run-15k-2024_8.jpg)
Results: https://my.raceresult.com/277187/results
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/10874432430
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