Potomac River Run Marathon - RunMarathon


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Cradlerock, Maryland
United States
Safety and Health Foundation
70F / 21C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 24m 55s
Overall Rank = 106/278
Age Group = All Women
Age Group Rank = 37/
Pre-race routine:

Friend Deb picked me up at my parent' house (James at a Bachelor Party out of town, so H and I stayed with my parents in Silver Spring). Drove to the race start with Deb and Erin.
Event warmup:

Walked around.. nothing really.
Run
  • 4h 24m 55s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 10m 07s  min/mile
Comments:

This was my redemption race for the horriblness that was USA RNR. I think my training peaked for that race, and I didn't train as hard during the four weeks between those races, so I wasn't expecting a stellar performance. I did think I'd closer to four hours, but oh well.

I went out WAY too fast, but, of course, I didn't know it was too fast until about the halfway point :)
What would you do differently?:

Not go out so fast
Post race
Warm down:

Walked, drank a lot of champagne.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Peaked too early?
Didn't put in enough long runs

Event comments:

Great low key marathon! The RD - Jay Wind - could not be nicer. The online registration was closed by the time I wanted to register, but I called him and he called me back and told me to just send him a check. No chip, but with around 300 runners it wasn't necessary. Volunteers very nice and helpful.


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Last updated: 2012-03-23 12:00 AM
Running
04:24:55 | 26.2 miles | 10m 07s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/278
Performance: Below average
1 9:05.5 2 9:01.6 3 9:06.9 4 9:04.4 5 9:02.3 6 9:06.2 7 9:02.8 8 9:08.3 9 9:00.8 10 9:21.7 11 9:14.5 12 9:43.7 13 9:46.4 14 9:43.1 15 10:00.2 16 9:55.8 17 10:38.7 18 9:57.8 19 10:59.3 20 10:44.9 21 10:38.2 22 11:47.8 23 11:33.5 24 11:59.1 25 12:33.3 26 11:00.7 27 3:33.5
Course: Two and out backs on the C&O Canal Towpath. Flat. Packed gravel
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4