Harvard Pilgrim Maine Coast Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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York, Maine
United States
45F / 7C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 01m 31s
Overall Rank = 358/1000
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 43/112
Pre-race routine:

The clocks changed today so I could have slept in an extra hour, but I was too wired. I got to the race by 8 a.m., registered, browsed the expo, stretched and took a warm-up run. Drank water, and a tablespoon of nutella! And one eletrolyte pill.

I carried 8 oz. water, one peeled orange, separated into 10 pieces, one electrolyte pill.

I wore long-sleeve shirt with thumb-holes, LL Bean vest, smartsweat visor, black tights with orange stripe. InMotion bra.
Event warmup:

Ran about a half-mile at an easy pace.
Run
  • 2h 01m 30s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 16s  min/mile
Comments:

My training times have been slower this year, so I had very low expectations for this race. My first goal was to finish the race (check!), then secondly, I wanted to be under 10 min/miles (Check!), then I wanted to beat my time from last year of 2:05 (check!) and as a long shot, I wanted to come in under 2 hours - I missed that goal by a full minute.
What would you do differently?:

I don't have a good plan. I decided to run at a peppy pace for as long as I could. I couldn't believe my times were well under 9 min/miles for the first 6 miles. I really started to fade from mile 10 on. I couldn't seem to make my legs go any faster.
Post race
Warm down:

Eat pizza!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The recent loss of 7+ pounds really paid off for me.

Event comments:

This race has a good vibe - but I will complain that too many women are tuned into MP3 players and not into each other. I like to chat along the course, and it seems that more and more women are wearing earphones are in their own little worlds.




Last updated: 2010-09-09 12:00 AM
Running
02:01:30 | 13.1 miles | 09m 16s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/112
Overall: 0/1000
Performance: Average
Here are my splits Mile 1 8:54 estimated because I forgot to click my watch Mile 2 8:54 Mile 3 8:38 Mile 4 9:02 Mile 5 9:07 Mile 6 9:08 Mile 7 8:58 Mile 8 9:14 Mile 9 9:32 Mile 10 9:32 Mile 11 9:31 Mile 12 9:22 Mile 13 10:19 Finish 1:16
Course: relatively flat
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
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]