Winterman Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Somersault
-5C / 23F
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 02m 44s
Overall Rank = 146/253
Age Group = Women 20-24
Age Group Rank = 3/9
Pre-race routine:

Breakfast at 7am. Walk to the race site with a friend. Go to washroom in the Canadian War Museum, head to start site. Start watch.
Event warmup:

Chat with my friend. I wasn't racing this, I was here to combat the winter blues and to have fun!!
Run
  • 2h 02m 44s
  • 21.1 kms
  • 05m 49s  min/km
Comments:

3/9 in my age group.
47/113 in my gender.

In a way, this run was flawless because absolutely nothing went wrong. I started off strong, nothing hurt, nothing began to hurt. I just kept plodding along, slowly getting more and more tired. The laps took just a bit longer to complete each time, but I was pretty consistent. It was cold out there, though. Oof, the wind and blowing snow were scratching my face up some.

The run course was much, much longer than 21.1 km. I did 22.69 km in 2:02:38, i.e. a 5:24/km pace. Decent. The first 21.1 km were run in 1:54:09. New PR!

Nutrition: Gu blocks (3 of them), strawberry-cranberry flavor with caffeine (!!) did the trick. Took them with water. I should have taken maybe 1-2 more blocks.
What would you do differently?:

Not too much, maybe be more mentally prepared to race. I just went out and ran the thing. I have the hardest time getting mentally psyched to RACE, not just run. Also, get rid of Canadian winters, because they suck.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk around, drink free smoothies, eat bananas, stretch, wait for my friend to finish, get a free 45 minute massage (the best thing that has ever happened to me, it was GODLY).

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The snow, cold, wind. I was a teensy bit overtrained these last few weeks and, although the day off on friday helped, I still felt a bit tired.

Event comments:

It is a well organized race but they said we'd get long sleeve technical shirts and we didn't!! That was last year, and they hadn't updated their site. Instead, we got stupid cotton tshirts. WHAT THE HECK AM I GOING TO DO WITH A COTTON TSHIRT!?! But yeah, pretty good race. Plus, student discounts on entry fees, booyah.


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Last updated: 2010-01-31 12:00 AM
Running
02:02:44 | 21.1 kms | 05m 49s  min/km
Age Group: 3/9
Overall: 151/253
Performance: Good
Lap 1: 28:49 Lap 2: 28:55 Lap 3: 29:17 Lap 4: 29:24 (Consistency!!)
Course: 4 laps of a "5km" loop along the water, and an additional "1.1km" loop. I hate and love laps at the same time. I love them because they divide the course up and I know what's coming up ahead. I hate them because, god dammit, the tedium of it all!!
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4