Raintree Run - 1/2 Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Lawrence, Kansas
United States
34F / 1C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 08m
Overall Rank = 4/2000
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Took off my shoes, put some bag-balm on, thought awhile about Oki, put on my Hefty Trash bag (black so no one would think I am white trash), met Eric adn Shannon and barely made it to the start gate.
Event warmup:

What's a warmup.... it was cold. In my events you ride or sleep... EVERYTHING else is done on the bike...
Run
  • 2h 08m
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Course was not especially barefoot friendly.. there was a lot of brick road which normally doesnt me except the length was so short that by the time I got used to it we would move to paved road and then the bricks would come back. Slowed me down a lot... that's where Eric and Shannon dropped me.

I met up with Scott Petry, the other barefooter and helped him finish. This is only Scott's 2nd race and he was struggling with an ITB. I worked the crowd and tried to get Scott to talk knowing it would divert him from the pain in his ITB... It worked cuz he finished but we stopped 5-7 times for him to stretch. Cost me about 10 minutes.
What would you do differently?:

I didnt drink anything, preferring to do my camel thing. I did not feel dehydrated but it's a good habit to drink.

Overall this was just a training run that I chose to have fun on by working the crowd and the other runners

While barefooting

To a policeman: "I'd like to report a theft"

To a street guard: "Have you seen my shoes??"

To another runner asking how long I have been running without shoes: "Since birth... I was born with barefeet..

And on and on it goes
Post race
Warm down:

Got in my car and went home

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Crappy surfaces, especially the brick roads and about 1/4 mile of really bad chip seal. Lawrence needs to spend some money on things other than the university.... LIKE THE ROADS!!!

Event comments:

the last mile was a loop around the Haskell campus with the final 1/4 mile a loop on the track of the football stadium. This was really nice with lots of people in the stands cheering us on. I got a nice chorus of "BAREFOOT GUY" on the track


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Last updated: 2007-04-14 12:00 AM
Running
02:08:00 | 13.1 miles | 09m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/2000
Performance: Good
Course: Lot of climbing around campus... one hill was surely 13% grade. I love to climb so no problem but the descent and the quality of the road was not a barefooters delight.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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