Great Aloha Run - Run


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Honolulu, Hawaii
United States
Hawaiian Telcom
75F / 24C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 04m 32s
Overall Rank = 608/22,330
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 76/1032
Pre-race routine:

got up at 4am, 2 waffles, OJ & milk. rode my M/C to Aloha Stadium, 04:45 got on the bus to downtown. got off the bus in the rain... had made plans to meet up with the other Hawaii BT'ers at the Aloha Market place at 06:00, but Ala Moana was blocked off, security wouldn't let people cross. banana and water during the rain wait. So, I wasn't able to hook up with them.
Event warmup:

just a little stretching
Run
  • 1h 04m 32s
  • 8.15 miles
  • 07m 55s  min/mile
Comments:

Took the first mile to get clear of bookoo runners.
What would you do differently?:

try and start closer to the front
Post race
Warm down:

water, sweet bread and a banana.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

too many people 22,000+, started too far from the front.

Event comments:

I knew the first couple miles would be very crowded, slow pace, so my goal was to keep in the 8+/min per mile range, finish under 70 min. Lot's of gas left at the end, believe I could have finished under an hour if I'd started closer to the front, been faster the first couple of miles.the 1:04:35 time was off my watch from crossing the start and finish line mats. Haven't seen the official results yet. UPDATED. official results 1:04:32, placed 608 out of 22,330. The top 300 runners were under one hour. Male 523 out of 8834, M40-44 76 out of 1032. 19,861 finishers out of 22,330 chipped runners. Additioaanl 4800 military and 1336 non chipped runners.


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Last updated: 2006-01-18 12:00 AM
Running
01:04:32 | 08.15 miles | 07m 55s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/1032
Overall: 0/22,330
Performance: Good
Course: G/yellow runners staged on Bishop St. Race started on time 07:00, it took a few minutes to reach the start line, i was a couple hundred meters from the start line. Start across from the tower market place, Ala Moana to Nimitz to Aloha Stadium.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4