OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Indianapolis, Indiana
United States
500 Festival
50F / 10C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 25m 52s
Overall Rank = 336/31,000
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 64/2189
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:00am for a 7:30am race start. Had a large bowl of instant oatmeal with lots of honey and rasins with a 12oz cup of coffee. Got dressed in race clothes and warm-ups. Stretching and foam roller for 30 mins. Left to meet car-pool group at 5:00. Sipped on electrolite drink for the 45 min ride up to Indianapolis. Arrived at the race venue around 6:15am.
Event warmup:

Jogged for 30 mins at an easy pace. Took the opprotunity to scope out the gear check area and my starting corral. Got into my racing flats at 6:45 and checked my gear bag. Jogged over to the corral staging area and found an open building where other runners were stretching and keeping warm. stretch and mental prep till 7:15, then over to the starting corral
Run
  • 1h 25m 52s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 06m 33s  min/mile
Comments:

I intended to run 6:50 pace through mile 7 and then try to speed up on the 2nd half of the race. However, I felt really good at 6:40 pace, and my HR was staying in the range I was looking for. Plus there was a large group running that pace that was cuting the wind for me. I decided to hold the pace and see what happended. I really supprised myself, because at mile 6 I was able to move down to 6:35, then 6:30, then 6:20's. Ran the final 5K in 19:20, and the final mile in 5:37! I amazed myself. I guess that long taper, and all the hours I spent on the treadmill this winter paid off.
What would you do differently?:

The issue I had was that my stomach started sloshing around mile 10. I could actually hear my stomach sloshing. I was able to keep pushing the pace, so I don't know that it slowed me down much. I only took fluids at 2 points. Water at around 4, Gatoraid around 6. And both were small sips. I also took 3 Poweraid energy chews, 4, 6, & 9. When I was warming up my stomach still felt heavy from breakfast, so maybe that was the issue. I will probably try a breakfast with less fiber for my next race.
Post race
Warm down:

20 minutes jogging at easy pace. By the time I got through the finisher's line, over to gear check and my warm-ups back on, I was already starting to stiffen up pretty bad. Cool-down jog helped get things loosened up.

Event comments:

Made the 500 Club for this race! I've already registered for next year!




Last updated: 2009-08-12 12:00 AM
Running
01:25:52 | 13.1 miles | 06m 33s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/2189
Overall: 0/31,000
Performance: Good
Course: Course pretty flat and not too many turns. Well marked, lots of water stations.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4