Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon- City Dash 4 person Relay - RunOther


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Cincinnati, Ohio
United States
Flying Pig Marathon
65F / 18C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 4h 24m 36s
Overall Rank = 229/550
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

pb sandwich and banana @ 4:45 am on way to race. I was leg 1, so I was dropped near the start. Stretched in Paul Brown stadium, out of the rain and storms. 6:10 walked down to start line in pouring rain with 26 thousand people. Half, Full, and relay all started @ 6:30am.
Run
  • 1h 25m
  • 6.84 miles
  • 12m 26s  min/mile
Comments:

I was happy with my pace; everyone elsein my relay was much faster so they might not be happy with me! OH well. My relay team was me, 2 marathon runners (both ran 8 min mile pace), and one person who ran 11:20 min miles.
What would you do differently?:

NO RAIN.
Post race
Warm down:

post relay leg, got shuttled to relay area in finish chute. got medal, tin foil blanket, grabbed a banana and a bagel and a bottle of water. was peeved at the people taking buckets of stuff- I felt like all that food was really necessary for the people doing the HM or the Full.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

No hill training. Where I live it is totally flat.

Event comments:

Post race was hindered by the rain!!!!




Last updated: 2010-02-24 12:00 AM
Running
01:25:00 | 06.84 miles | 12m 26s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/550
Performance: Good
tried to keep HR at or around 140.
Course: First leg was 6.84 miles- up and over bridge into Covington, through covington and over a smallish bridge, back up and over bridge in to Cinci, gradual uphill to steeper incline @Gilbert into Eden Park; hand off to leg 2 @mirror lake. pouring rain, thunder, lightning first 3 miles, then steady rain, then rain stopped for leg 2.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5