White Tail Trail Marathon and Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Ceasar Creek, Ohio
United States
40F / 4C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 20m 58s
Overall Rank = 41/144
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 14/32
Pre-race routine:

Got up early (5:30AM) since I don't do well on early morning runs.
Event warmup:

Ran 0.6 miles in 6 minutes. Stretched a lot.
Run
  • 2h 20m 58s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

This was indeed a trail run. Always going up or down in the mud and roots and leaves. A LOT of very steep climbs and descents. Some slippery rotted stairs too. Brutal run. At 1:40 I was just barely hanging on. 15 people finished within 3 minutes ahead of me and all 15 passed me from about 1:30 to 2:15.
What would you do differently?:

Go out a bit slower. I really took the difficult portions hard over the first 1:10.
Post race
Warm down:

Just walked it off and stretched out the cramps.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training. This was my longest running ever, plus on a trail, plus I just started running 2 years ago, plus I don't run enough.

Event comments:

Trail was marked very well. Though I did go off trail once and lost about 1 minute.




Last updated: 2009-10-05 12:00 AM
Running
02:20:58 | 13.1 miles | 10m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 14/32
Overall: 41/144
Performance: Good
Course: Trail run. Steep, three water crossing, downed trees, mud....
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4