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Race Reports for Outer Banks Marathon 2007

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Decent band playing at a nice outdoor venue. Not very many vendors but very nice area for family to play/picnic and listen to the music.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I was absolutley amazed that I could run 26.36 miles (the course was long according to the Garmin) at a 7:24/mi pace. I far exceeded my expectations. One of my motivators, especially during the middle miles, whenever I'd question myself about the effort I was putting out and whether I was going to have anything left at the end was to tell myself, "It's a Z5 kind of day! Let's just roll!" One of the surprising things was how many people start out too fast. (I'm one to talk). During the last 6 miles I passed quite a few people that I couldn't run with early in the race. After we got back to the house, I popped open a beer and relaxed in the hot tub. It felt awesome, but I got really light-headed afterward. This occurred off and on for about a half hour. A bit worrisome. Wonder what that was all about. I would highly recommend the OBX Marathon. The race was well supported. A lot of people at the ends of their driveways cheering. I'm sure it's not the same feel as a big city marathon, but,
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: I switched from the full to the 1/2 after running Duathlon worlds on 10/21. Adding the extra fall race, recovering from it, and looking ahead to IMAZ made running a full marathon this weekend a bad decision. So I switched to the 1/2. It was suggested that i go out and run this as just a "steady run," but once I was there I knew that I couldn't just run...I had to race it!
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