Charlotte's Thunder Road Half Marathon - Amica Insurance - RunHalf Marathon


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Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Thunder Road Marathon
32F / 0C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 54m 12s
Overall Rank = 874/2992
Age Group = M 30-34
Age Group Rank = 117/270
Pre-race routine:

Had to get up at 4:30am to drive up to the race. Getting up that early and driving 1 1/2 hours was not ideal. Ate some cereal on the way up along with a cliff bar. Drank water the whole way.
Event warmup:

Stayed in the convention center to keep warm since it was soooooo cold!!
Run
  • 1h 54m 12s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 43s  min/mile
Comments:

The run started very well. It was a mass start for the half and full marathon so we had 4400 people at the start line. It took a while to get started but the race was awesome. Thru 10 miles I was on pace to finish right at 1:50 but then at 10.5 miles I finally had enough of the hills and hit a wall. I struggled thru the last 2.5 miles but the course was still awesome.
What would you do differently?:

Need to drink more fluids. Next time I will slow more at the drink tables and make sure I get in plenty of fluids. Between the lack of fluids and the cold weather, my 2 gel's I had with me felt like I was eating syrup they were so thick.

The course had plenty of water, I just didn't take enough in.
Post race
Warm down:

Went into the convention center to get my core temp back up. Hung around for a little while then drove home in a nice warm car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Need to start speed/interval training into my workout's and add more base milage.

Event comments:

I will definitely run this race again, as long as its not raining. I can't imagine how bad it would be to be cold AND wet.




Last updated: 2009-11-28 12:00 AM
Running
01:54:12 | 13.1 miles | 08m 43s  min/mile
Age Group: 117/270
Overall: 874/2992
Performance: Average
Course: The course has some rolling hills, according to there website there was 680' of total climb and total elevation change of 1381'. None of the hills were extreme, just rolling ones that go for a while.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
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] 4