Re: race report: Run Until the Violence Stops 5k


Charlie Pendejo wrote:
The name of the race really bothers me.

It's part of "a 15-day festival focused on stopping violence against
women and girls" which is well and good, but why'd they have to put it
in the passive voice? Why not instead "Run to Stop the Violence," to
express some confidence that the hundreds (500 to 1000?) running this
5k (actually 3.2 miles, for reasons unknown to me, though there was a
dude standing at what was claimed to be the 5k mark calling out splits)
would cause a tangible reduction in wifebeating and rape? Whether it
really does or not? "Run Until the Violence Stops" sounds like an
implicit admission that we're impotent to really change anything, but
by golly we can keep circling this park, and maybe occasionally stomp
our feet in frustration and give a dirty look, until the evildoers feel
sufficiently guilty or bored to give up their evildoing. It conveys to
me a mindset of passivity and victimization, which I thought is what
the race and festival purport to be fighting.

Well said. And Dot made a good point about the ultra aspect of the
name.

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With the small crowd (by NYRR standards) of 1528 I got a good start for
once, and hit the first mile at precisely at my goal of 6:00. The next
mile contains the big (well, over 100' anyhow, comparable to Central
Park) uphill and I hit that in 6:20. A twenty second penalty struck me
as about right and I hoped to regain much of it, or at the very least
run another six minute mile, on the third, gently downhill, mile.
Didn't happen: ran 6:10. The uphill had taken too much out of me,
combined with the muggy weather. With 18:30 at 3 miles, sub 19 for 5k
wouldn't happen. Close though: 19:02 and a half, if the split caller
was standing in just the right spot. That's 1:40 less than my two year
old PR. Finished in 19:40 (net, 19:45 gun).

Given the small field, it's no surprise I finished much higher than
usual - 36th overall, 16th of 258 in M3039.


It doesn't matter if it was a smaller field. It was the competition of
that race and your PR likely pushed you higher in the rankings more
than any possible lowering of competition. Anyway, congratulations on
your PR and thanks for the good report.

Ed

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