Boston's Run to Remember Half Marathon - Run


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Boston, Massachusetts
United States
50F / 10C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 09m 15s
Overall Rank = 3219/4135
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 260/381
Pre-race routine:

up at 5, tried and true breakfast of cheerios with blueberries and coffee.

Read the paper and packed up my stuff while waiting for Max to pick me up at 6.
Event warmup:

Hooked up with May, DK, Rob, Lynn, the other Joanne, Kathy G and her family, Glen, and Amanda and hung out at the Dunkin Donuts. What a great bunch of folks!
Run
  • 2h 09m 15s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 52s  min/mile
Comments:

since IT band had been twinging the past couple of weeks, I started out conservatively. My goals was to run the race at at 10 minute pace. Max and Rob were running the Kathy, so May and I decided to run together...but I lost May at the first porta potty, so I ran the rest of the race by myself. I picked up the pace the last few miles. Mile 12 split was 9:12. I ended feeling strong.
What would you do differently?:

nada
Post race
Warm down:

Hung with the gang and was joined by Nicki, and watched kathy and rob run through the finish line. Meeting friends and enjoying each other's camraderie make this sport so much more fun. drank and ate a dry bagel.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

nada

Event comments:

It was fun running on Memorial Drive and cheering on Glen, Max and May (I missed Kathy and Rob) as they ran in the opposite direction. Great race. I'll be back next year.




Last updated: 2006-02-15 12:00 AM
Running
02:09:15 | 13.1 miles | 09m 52s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/381
Overall: 0/4135
Performance: Good
Course: winded through the financial district and downtown Boston. Up and over the Longfellow Bridge (those of you who watch Boston-based TV shows, this is the bridge with the Red Line subway train) to Cambridge, where we ran on car-free parkway toward Harvard and back. It was pretty flat.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4