Shamrock Marathon - RunMarathon


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Virginia Beach, Virginia
United States
Shamrock Sportsfest
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 5h 00m 40s
Overall Rank = 2072/2584
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 223/256
Pre-race routine:

none, this was my first real race.
Event warmup:

Carb loaded for 3 days. Up early ate a nice big pancake breakfast and coffee and water. stretched.did a short warm up run and enjoyed the pre race festivities. Almost forgot my timing chip.
Run
  • 5h 00m 40s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 11m 29s  min/mile
Comments:

everything great through mile 17 or so then really slowed down. Was at 10:20 or so through there. Had to walk a bunch in miles 19-23. finished strong and ran last mile.
What would you do differently?:

work on my IT Band stretching more.
Post race
Warm down:

walked , drank liquids, ate some free irish stew and had a few beers. Then back to the room where I ate two sandwhiches and half a pizza and a few more beers. Sleep

What limited your ability to perform faster:

knees were a problem. Had really bad pain in both knees from mile 16 on due to IT band issues.

Event comments:

Weather was great race day, but day beofre and day after were bad. Day after race the wind was 20 mph steady. It could have been a real factor in the race had it occurred on raceday as we would've had to run 10 miles straight into that wind.




Last updated: 2010-07-28 12:00 AM
Running
05:00:40 | 26.2 miles | 11m 29s  min/mile
Age Group: 223/256
Overall: 256/2584
Performance:
Course: Mostly flat with one long hill at Miles 17-20.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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