Houston Half Marathon & Relay - RunHalf Marathon


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Houston, Texas
United States
Houston Striders, Inc.
Total Time = 2h 15m
Overall Rank = 1556/2500
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 1000/166
Pre-race routine:

Ate an apple/banana at 3:30 a.m.-was hungry right before start but new hunger was better than a full tummy. Sipped some orange juice.
Run
  • 2h 15m
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 19s  min/mile
Comments:

Thought the course was flat but it was rolling-burned my quads but felt good. Really slowed down at mile 10-very very thirsty-ran out of Gatorade...drank water but I was water logged-not too bad-good weather.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. Just getting up my mileage to bring down this time. Was hoping to go under two hours-that is my goal. Kept a great pace to make this happen until the last loop. Just need more base to push through those last few miles at 9 min/mile. Also-usually train on a flat course. Did my best-very happy.
Post race
Warm down:

Guzzled a water-headed to Cracker Barrel to drink some tea!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Myself! Get base up to get faster at this distance!

Event comments:

Had a great time-this was my training run for my HIM in two weeks! It is going to burn but I look forward to the challenge!




Last updated: 2009-08-02 12:00 AM
Running
02:15:00 | 13.1 miles | 10m 19s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/166
Overall: 0/2500
Performance: Average
Course: Three loops-rolling
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
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Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
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Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
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