Mississippi Coast Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
United States
Gulf Coast Running Club
43F / 6C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 19m 50s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4:30 Am, had some tea and oatmeal. On the road by 5:30, the drive was 90 minutes.
Event warmup:

Not much really, met my friend Ginny at registration and did a bit of a job back and forth to the truck.
Run
  • 2h 19m 50s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

My chief goal for this race was to work on pacing and maintaining my form. Ran a comfortable and easy race and in the end saw that I could maybe PR so I charged down the last 1.1 mile, reaching an 8.1 min/mile. Missed the PR by 30 seconds but it hardly mattered as I never imagined that by keeping a solid pace I was able to run so hard and easily at the end. I learned a lot! And most important no injuries this time!
What would you do differently?:

Nothing really I had a GREAT race and accomplished everything I set out to do.
Post race
Warm down:

A bit of stretching and some walking around, a cold water bath when I got home.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I suppose if I was ten years younger...

Event comments:

Some additional bathrooms at the start would have been good, but there were lots of woods around and that works fine for me.




Last updated: 2009-11-20 12:00 AM
Running
02:19:50 | 13.1 miles | 10m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Loop around NASA's Stennis Space Center
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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] 5