Walt Disney World Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Orlando, Florida
United States
Disney World of Sports
64F / 18C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 49m 25s
Overall Rank = 695?/?
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 99/899
Pre-race routine:

Woke at 3am, had cup of coffee and granola bar. Bodyglided everything up, got dressed, headed out of Bonnett Creek resort at 4:10am with Doug & Christie. Got parked in EPCOT parking lot around 4:25 and headed to the R reunion tent but never met up with anyone else. Met up with Ernie on way to A coral, and started pretty close up with no problem. Spent the first 8 or 9 miles holding ernie back because he kept going too fast, and the last 3 miles pushing him along. He got 4th in his age group! (M65-69) My calves were shot afterwards for some reason, and my knees were tightening up the last few miles. Tomorrow's marathon is gonna be brutal (and I wanna run 7:27s to BQ!) Humidity was tough, but at one point, the slightest breeze felt like someone turned the A/C on. Every water stop I got 2 waters for Ernie to dump on his head and one for my head. I drank all 6 of my fuel belt bottles (lost 1). 2 contained perpetuem/gatorade, 2 contained hammer gel/gatorade/1 drop of gatorade, and 2 contained 1 drop of creatine and water. I took 2 enduralytes at the start and 2 at around mile 6 or so. I left my 6 drops of creatine/hammergel in a ziplock concoction in my checked bag and didn't get to take it in the corral like I planned. I'll just use it tomorrow. Loaded with race day boost as well. Got to pee in a bottle while sitting in the corral :-)
Event warmup:

Was warm & humid enough, no warmup needed. Walk to corral and stretching.
Run
  • 1h 49m 25s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 21s  min/mile
Post race
Warm down:

Got my bag, drank my Endurox R4 recovery drink. Sticked then iced my calves, and waited around for everyone else to finish.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Marathon tomorrow!


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Last updated: 2007-11-29 12:00 AM
Running
01:49:25 | 13.1 miles | 08m 21s  min/mile
Age Group: 99/899
Overall: 695/?
Performance: Good
1m=8:05 2m=7:59 3m=8:16 4m=8:03 5m=8:16 6m=8:17 7m=8:24 8m=8:23 9m=8:23 10m=8:28 11m=8:49 12m=8:38 13m=8:33 13.1m=0:48
Course: EPCOT to Magic Kingdom & back
Keeping cool Good Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]