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Comments: Chip time: 1:37:45 Gun time: 1:38:21 Splits: :36 from my start position to the line 1 7:08 2 6:47 (went out too hard...) 3 6:44 4 6:52 5 6:52 6 7:17 (more like it) 7 7:28 8 7:45 (from Cameron Village to Brooks) 9 8:00 (including :30 potty stop) 10 7:43 all along Hillsborough, in a headwind 11 7:52 starting to really cramp up in the calves 12 7:54 pretty much downhill, which shows how much I was slowing down 13 8:26 around RBC, hurting 0.1 0:50 this was all the sprint I could do... Overall 1:38:21 This was my first half-marathon, and I had to take one full week off training due to IT band injury, so I am tickled with a 131 overall, 12/153 age group, 108/1026 male finish. Ahead of planned goal, a little off the stretch goal of 1:35, but it is what it is. What would you do differently?: Actually, work on more tempo runs. Work more on preventing calf cramps (hydration, use Heed the entire run, not just after two water bottles). Have something left for mile 12-13.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around a few minutes. Grabbed an energy bar. Grabbed a small beer from Red Oak! That hit the SPOT! Stretched the legs, kept moving to keep from cramping up further. Went down and found the crew that was out supporting Team Bad News Bears. I was first finisher from the team! What limited your ability to perform faster: Long tempo runs. Needed to focus more on the hills. Figure out why I had to potty after mile 8 in a half-mary! I went like 4 times before the race, including about 10 minutes before race start. Event comments: They ran out of Gu at mile 8, which affected my wife who finished about 45 minutes behind me. Fortunately, I advised her to always carry one extra with her, so she was okay, but that was not part of the plan. This was my wife's first half-mary as well, and her longest race prior to this had been a 5k. Her longest run in training was 10 miles. I am SOOOO proud of her! After I finished, I went over and bought two 13.1 decals. When she was running from the final mile marker, I jumped the ropes and ran in with her, dangling the decal in front of her. She got a kick out of that, then turned on a sprint that I could not match! Update 11/5/07: I got moved up a position in my age group from 13th to 12th! Woo-hoo! Profile Album Last updated: 2007-07-12 12:00 AM
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Raleigh Running Outfitters
38F / 3C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 108/1026
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 12/153
Ran the course one week prior to the race, under similar race-day conditions (49F start, technical t-shirt and shorts, 24 oz. of water and 8 oz. Heed mix, one gel 15 minutes before starting, a second gel at 50 minutes (just past 6.5 miles). Did the course in 1:40:29 solo. Am shooting for 1:35 flat on race day. Edit: It wasn't in me at the end.
Well, we almost waited too late to take warmup clothes back to the truck, so I was in a dead sprint to get our stuff (mine and my wife's) back to the truck in time to make the start. Made it back just in time to hear the national anthem, get the rock out of my shoe, and step into the corral between 7:00 and 8:00 mile paces. That was a good fit for me.