The Parkway Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Sacramento, California
United States
Sacfit
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 34m 9s
Overall Rank = 50/1838
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 9/128
Pre-race routine:

Ate a couple of Eggo waffles on the way to the race.
Event warmup:

Didn't do too much of a warm up other than just walking from the car to the race start, which is pretty much normal for me.
Run
  • 1h 34m 9s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 11s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt good for the first couple of miles but then began to feel hot, probably because of the under shirt I was wearing. Rain began to fall lightly by about mile 5 and didn't stop for the rest of the race. My plan was to shoot for an average pace of 7 min/mile but I realized that was not going to happen by mile 4 so I shifted to my second goal of just PRing. The last 4 miles I was really feeling tired and pretty confident that was because of a lack of run training. Too much time spent training for the Oceanside half Ironman and concentrating on swimming and biking.
What would you do differently?:

This was the first running race I've approached were I was not concentrating on my run training so I have mixed feelings about how I did. A PR is a PR so I'm happy about that but I think if I had spent more time preparing for this race I could have done better and perhaps hit a 1.30 time.
Post race
Warm down:

Did some light stretching and walking around.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of training for the run.

Event comments:

Not a great race for me in terms of how I felt but I did PR by about 3 seconds so I can't complain to much.




Last updated: 2009-05-01 12:00 AM
Running
01:34:09 | 13.1 miles | 07m 11s  min/mile
Age Group: 9/128
Overall: 50/1838
Performance: Average
Lap Pace AVG HR 1) 6.41 168 2) 6.54 175 3) 7.01 180 4) 7.10 183 5) 7.10 183 6) 7.09 186 7) 7.04 186 8) 7.05 188 9) 7.13 187 10) 7.20 188 11) 7.19 190 12) 7.17 193 13) 7.17 195 13.1) 6.10 202
Course: Mostly flat with just a few rollers and a very short climb to the top of the levee.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3