Berlin Marathon - RunMarathon


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Berlin,
Germany
20C / 68F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 51m 14s
Overall Rank = 509/
Age Group = M35
Age Group Rank = 126/
Pre-race routine:

I was up at 5am, relaxing and waiting for the breakfast at 6am in my hotel. I had a glas of orange juice, two white bread slices with strawberry jelly on top and lot of caffe.

Event warmup:

Long walk of about 2km to the starting area from my hotel drinking apple juice (250ml) and 1 hour before the race start (9am) I had a pack of Powerbar ride gels.
Then after dropping my bag I run to the starting grid but it was full of people and scaring because everybody was rushing there.
Run
  • 2h 51m 14s
  • 42.2 kms
  • 04m 04s  min/km
Comments:

I started pretty slow because of many people around even if I was in the B wave. I felt great and I tried to keep myself conservative because in this period I was not feeling 100% of shape.
But I have been comparing my splits to my PB of 2h49'37" and at the half marathon I was 15 seconds better than the PB.
My feeling was great and at the 35th km I was 36secs late compared to my PB. Then I decided to attack and I pushed a lot the 36th but I was 4secs late again and the race finished there for me.
I switched off the engine and I went to the finish smiling, happy anyway.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Post race
Warm down:

Walking for about 1km and then a shower

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Probably a little bit faster on the first half of 20secs.

Event comments:

I don't like such big events in general and going to the start was a mess. Be sure to go well in advance there.




Last updated: 2009-09-24 12:00 AM
Running
02:51:14 | 42.2 kms | 04m 04s  min/km
Age Group: 126/
Overall: 509/
Performance: Average
Here are the real time splits 5 km 00:20:39 10 km 00:40:31 15 km 01:00:39 20 km 01:20:44 Half 01:24:58 25 km 01:40:43 30 km 02:00:47 35 km 02:20:57 40 km 02:41:41 Zielzeit (Brutto) 02:51:35 Zielzeit (Netto) 02:51:14
Course: Very nice scenery and lot of support all along the course. Flat and fast with 39meters of ascent.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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] 3