Team Member: Sam Morgan

Race Name: Peachtree Road Race 10K

Race Date: 7/4/09

Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 38:07

Tell us about your race (limit 250 words)…: Super nice weather this morning.

I got up early and walked / jogged from my house to the start (exactly 5 miles). I wanted to see how I’d do after a long warm up. There must be something magical about running races because my HR is always a good 5 to 10 beats higher than when I’m running in a triathlon. I guess the crowds just get me excited.

I remember last year I was completely out of commission for about 3 days after this race. I feel fine after this race this year… it’s amazing how much a year of training can change things. Even though I haven’t been able to work out much the past 2 weeks, all that training in the off season really helps. This was a 2 min improvement over my time last year (although the courses are different). Ohhh, and I also ran the thing at 180 steps / min with my metronome the whole way. Sorry to anybody running at roughly the same pace as me who had to listen to beeping the whole time.

I was glad to be one of the first people to show the T-shirt design to the volunteers handing out powerade on 10th street east of the finish.