Denver Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Denver, Colorado
United States
55F / 13C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 45m 11s
Overall Rank = 423/4445
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 64/231
Pre-race routine:

granola bar and water for b-fast. Neighbors and I all rode down to the race together. I didn't make it to the course in time to meet the other bt'ers and was hoping to see a few during the race but there were so many people that I didn't see them.
Event warmup:

Didn't get much of a warm up
Run
  • 1h 45m 11s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

It was so busy at the start I crossed the line with the 9 minute runners, so the first few miles were spent passing people. I had set out to average about a 7:40 pace but couldn't get through the traffic from the very start and couldn't really catch on to that pace. This race had a little bit of everything for me, times when I felt really good, times when I felt pretty bad and had to push myself. Mile 9-11 were the tough ones to stay on top of the pace. Going up one of the hills in city park I got pretty tuckered out and really slowed to a trot. This was the first time in the run I thought about dickdime and how much more adversity so many others have to go through. I picked up the pace from there and the rest of the race went great. I haven't trained a ton since the malibu tri in september so although I felt I should have been capable of a faster time I was happy with my overall performance.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Fitness, lack of enough training, my foot was kiling me.

Event comments:

Very cool race, great course, a lot of fun!




Last updated: 2009-09-24 12:00 AM
Running
01:45:11 | 13.1 miles | 08m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/231
Overall: 0/4445
Performance: Good
Course: Very cool downtown course, few hills but mostly flat
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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] 5