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Comments: This run just felt right. The triathlon a couple of weeks ago - the 5k was just brutal. I was really questioning my sanity in the 1/2 hour before this race, but I just chugged through it - and I ran the whole time. I was very happy, and the finisher hardware is really nice. Question: I just ran 13.1 - does that allow me to wear the finisher medal for the next week or three? ;-) What would you do differently?: I don't know, everything was very last minute and there were no plans to run it, so there were no prep. errors. I did wish that I had put some Body Glide on my arms, they tend to chafe with my tri-top when running when I don't do it. I probably should have taken a couple of Advil early that morning.  Post race
Warm down: I was trucking the last 5k, something like 8:30-9:00 per mile, and my last 1/4 was as flat out as I could, given everything I had left. When I got into the chute, my legs just couldn't hold me up more, nor propel me forward. I am sure I looked just drunk, staggering from side to side for about 20 minutes. Water/Gatorade/Banana/Cookies. Met up with my sister who ran 2:20 - she's been working hard training for this for months now. Once my legs got more stable, I left for the 1 1/2 mile back to the car. What limited your ability to perform faster: Aside from the lack of training due to not planning for this race? Nothing. My base fitness really helped. I was able to run the entire distance. I told myself I'd be OK with a 3:00 finish, but I was trying for 2:30. It was a good experience for me, as I am doing Steelhead in August, and I had not run a half marathon before. Event comments: This was truly a national or international quality race, 40k+ runners, a TON of volunteers. Never ran out of anything at the aid stations, and had live entertainment (local rock bands) about every 1/2 - 3/4 miles. Truely first rate, and fun to run on the Speedway track. Last updated: 2009-05-02 12:00 AM
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Day before race, one I was not actually planning on doing, as I was NOT trained for it, I was injured with a broken coccyx and the glass in the foot thing is still not 100%. Plus, it had been sold out for months. One of my swimmers said her brother had a bib he was not going to be able to use, and offered it to me. Well, you know, I, being smart about this, knowing I have not trained for it, and knowing it's a long race, the fact I am injured, I know that there is no way I am going to run it, so I decide not to. Well, there was a disconnect between my ego and my brain, I accepted the bib, had a bowl of spagetti, and washed my shoes (they were still muddy and wet from the cross country run the other day). Being smart, I know that you never try anything new on race day, so my AM routine should remain the same. So I head off for Kroger to get my typical eggo waffle, and ended up coming home with a bunch of Almond Milk, and some Cliff Bar (banana bread). I had never even had Almond Milk before. My thought, I did not want much protien in my stomach, and the Almond Milk only had 1g of protien. Cliff Bar only had 10g. I figured this would help get it through my stomach quicker. I had the early dinner of spagetti around 4PM, and nothing but liquids after that (tried a couple of different flavors of the Almond Milk). This actually worked well for me - I had no cramping nor stomach distress for the race. I believe I'm probably going to have to make the switch from Skim Milk to Almond Milk (no, I do not want to try soy) on a perm basis.
I parked about a mile and a half away, ran/walked a bit to stretch out on the way to the starting line. I was in wave "L"