Atlanta Half Marathon - Run


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Atlanta, Georgia
United States
Atlanta Track Club
48F / 9C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 49m 20s
Overall Rank = 1141/6331
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 157/599
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:30, downed a cinnamon raisin bagle w/ PB and 24oz of green gatorade. Showered, hopped in the car. Drank 20oz diet coke on the way to MARTA. Took MARTA to race site. Met up wit Team Amino Vita people.
Event warmup:

Ran an easy mile. Tried to stay warm. It was a little windy up on the bridge.
Run
  • 1h 49m 20s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 21s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran with Cathi, Team AV chick and TNT friend I met at Gulf Coast this year. She was trying to break !:50 and I was her pacer. I felt surprisingly good, despite the 11 day layoff and a bit of fever that cropped up yesterday. She ran quick like a bunny at the start, settled into a good pace and faded a bit on mile 11, but we picked it up the last two miles and she made her goal pretty easily, setting 5K and 10K PBs in the process.
What would you do differently?:

Not take 11 days off.
Post race
Warm down:

Hung out in the TNT tent and stretched, enjoying the best space heater ever. Ran the mile easy to the MARTA station. Love mass-transit races.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I was a pacer, so fast wasn't the goal.

Event comments:

Love the Turkey Day half mary.




Last updated: 2005-11-24 12:00 AM
Running
01:49:20 | 13.1 miles | 08m 21s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/599
Overall: 0/6331
Performance: Good
Splits: 7:50, 7:50, 7:55, 8:03, 8:40, 7:40 (49:30 10K), 8:38, 8:20, 8:43, 8:22, 9:13, 8:45, 8:36, :43.
Course: Straight down Peachtree from Chamblee to Turner Field. Rolling downhill first half, rolling up second.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4