Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Kentucky Derby Festival
65F / 18C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 36m 42s
Overall Rank = 6699/9385
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 302/558
Pre-race routine:

Ate cereal and yogurt at 5am...ate a banana w/peanut butter at 6:30
Did some stretching and visiting the porta-potty twice right before the race started...
Run
  • 2h 36m 42s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 11m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

Had a great first half, was at 1:14 at the half-way point and was hoping to keep that up to finish at my goal of 2:30 but didn't quite keep it up for the second half of the course.
What would you do differently?:

Not much...I think I trained pretty well for the time I had and the traveling I did. I'm guessing that if I keep up these distances that I will be able to do better on the next one!
Post race
Warm down:

Didn't feel great, when I saw my sister at the finish line I got emotional and had some asthma issues, used my inhailer and then saw stars for a bit, drank power-aid and ate a banana and half a bagel and then felt kind of naseated for several hours. Did a little bit of stretching and ate a few chips at the Hard Rock after party.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Age, heart, and conditioning...

Event comments:

Great race...looking forward to it again next year (I think ;-)


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Last updated: 2008-03-30 12:00 AM
Running
02:36:42 | 13.1 miles | 11m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 302/558
Overall: 6699/9385
Performance: Good
AveHR 170 MaxHR 177 MinHR 125 Total Calories 2635 Mile 1 - 12.44.62 AveHR 167 Mile 2 - 11.43.59 AveHR 169 Mile 3 - 11.40.16 AveHR 172 Mile 4 - 12.19.18 AveHR 172 Mile 5 - 11.44.19 AveHR 171 Mile 6 - 11.33.18 AveHR 169 Mile 7 - 11.20.39 AveHR 170 Mile 8 - 12.05.16 AveHR 168 Mile 9 - 12.19.76 AveHR 168 Mile 10 - 12.08.50 AveHR 169 Mile 11 - 11.37.16 AveHR 171 Mile 12 - 12.07.47 AveHR 171 Mile 13.1 - 13.19.46 AveHR 174
Course: 3 mile warm-up, 3 miles of hills through Iroquois Park, then flat to the finish.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
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:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4