Platte River Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Littleton, Colorado
United States
Alamo Sports
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 05m 5s
Overall Rank = 777/1564
Age Group = f35-39
Age Group Rank = 62/168
Pre-race routine:

Drove to the race with friends, picked up the packet, got everything ready, hit the port a john 3 times, and time to go
Event warmup:

Ran about 5 minutes
Run
  • 2h 05m 5s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 33s  min/mile
Comments:

I have missed a lot of training for this one. I was following a 12 week plan and got sick at about week 3 for 2 weeks, and then my son was in the hospital for 2 weeks and I missed almost 4 solid weeks of training with that! Somehow, this race went well and I was 21 seconds slower than my PR (on the same course). I have no idea how that happened. Maybe if I train, I can get faster again.

I love this race. this was my 4th time running it.
What would you do differently?:

uh, train. Not get sick. Tell my son to stay out of the hospital.
Post race
Warm down:

walk around the masses of people trying to find my friends and my family.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

lack of training, but still, I'm pretty happy

Event comments:

Post race food is the best I've ever had. I love this race.




Last updated: 2009-12-27 12:00 AM
Running
02:05:05 | 13.1 miles | 09m 33s  min/mile
Age Group: 62/168
Overall: 777/1564
Performance: Good
Course: Point to point course along the Platte River from Littleton to Denver
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
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5