Rock n Roll Half - RunHalf Marathon


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Dallas, Texas
United States
55F / 13C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 25m 4s
Overall Rank = 5546/9228
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 584/741
Pre-race routine:

Woke up about 0430. Had two pieces of toast w/ PB on the way out. Arrived from far Fort Worth to Fair Park in about 30 minutes. Just at the right time. As we were leaving Fair Park in the school bus the lines to get in were really long. Catch this, our bus driver didn't know where in the hell Dallas City Hall was. He had to ask a police officer and even then had to drop us off three blocks from it. They should have had a standard route for all the drivers to use.
Event warmup:

None.
Run
  • 2h 25m 4s
  • 13.2 miles
  • 10m 59s  min/mile
Comments:

Great intervals today 5:05/1:00. Probably did spend too much time in Z5.
What would you do differently?:

Not much.
Post race
Warm down:

None

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Some hills.

Event comments:

I was on corral 10 and it took almost 30 minutes for us to get to the start line. I felt a little sorry for those at the back of Corral 13, as they probably lost 45 minutes of the four hours just waiting to start.
There were not enough aid stations out there, and only one at mile 9 had any nutrition. Frankly, the bands weren't that great and it seemed that there were not very many of them.




Last updated: 2009-12-21 12:00 AM
Running
02:25:04 | 13.2 miles | 10m 59s  min/mile
Age Group: 584/741
Overall: 9228/9228
Performance: Good
Splits: 5k - 35:25 10k - 1:09:53 7mi - 1:18:27 10mi - 1:50:53
Course: Great course. Some decent hills at 4 to 5, and then a monster one at 7. But after 7 1/2 it was ALL flat and downhill! The only part I did not like was the turn down Swiss Avenue. When I did WR FM it seemed like we went down this street FOREVER. For this one I think is was for about 1 mile.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %0
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4