North Face Endurance Challenge Half Marathon - Run


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San Francisco, California
United States
North Face
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 41m 28s
Overall Rank = 280/281
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 26/27
Pre-race routine:

Drive in from Redding in sheer terror, hoping just not to get swept. NASTY elevation changes!
Event warmup:

Walk to race start from parking lot.
Run
  • 3h 41m 28s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 16m 55s  min/mile
Comments:

HOLY CRAP. Go north of San Francisco and run the Marin Headlands. If you can run it, you are a mountain goat. Or Dean Karnazes. The rest of us walked up and tried not to fall down the nearly vertical damn faces. I saw at least one fellow who injured himself. I offered to walk with him but he told me to go on, and I alerted race officials at the bottom.

BTW flat Mountain Dew never tasted so good.
What would you do differently?:

TRAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO. Holy shit.
Post race
Warm down:

Knee seized up and I had to sit still for a minute before I could continue. Holy crap.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

THE HILLS!

Event comments:

There was no food afterward and they didn't have my shirt. They had to send it to me later. Kind of embarrassing, considering these were the "championships". I ate my Clif bar that was in my pocket and drove the four hours back home to Redding.

Honestly, if you're going to have post-race food, make it for everyone, not just the 50K and 50 milers. The rest of us half marathoners were hungry too.

The best part: I SPOKE TO DEAN KARNAZES. OMG! Karno himself! Damn that man is incredible. BEST PART OF THE WHOLE RACE!


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Last updated: 2014-03-25 12:00 AM
Running
03:41:28 | 13.1 miles | 16m 55s  min/mile
Age Group: 26/27
Overall: 280/281
Performance: Bad
Course: HILLY DAMN DAMN DAMN OMG
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Bad
Race evaluation [1-5] 3