Chicago Monster Dash-- Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Chicago, Illinois
United States
Team Ortho
45F / 7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 8h 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 36-39
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

PBJ and a bannana, 2 G2s, 2 big waters; 1 goo 1hr before...1 goo 30 min before
Event warmup:

a few stretches...definately not enough
Run
  • 2h 12m 13s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 05s  min/mile
Comments:

Overall proud of my accomplishment
What would you do differently?:

Need to focus on better pre/post race stretching and warm up.
Post race
Warm down:

Water, some stretching and a good lunch.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

hips hurt, knot in hamstring at end of race, too hot, think I needed one more goo.

Event comments:

Although the trip north to Lincoln park is beautiful, the course was Horrible. Through broken sidewalks over grass hills, sloped banks along lake, dirt trails back to sidewalks.. over bridge on two person sidewalk (some stopped by bridge going up and police stopping runners for traffic). Course was open to bikers etc...

The last mile was about 0.4 miles longer..overall race was 13.5ish




Last updated: 2010-09-27 12:00 AM
Running
02:12:13 | 13.1 miles | 10m 05s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Course: Horrible. Through broken sidewalks over grass hills, sloped banks along lake, dirt trails over bridge on two person sidewalk (some stopped by bridge going up and police stopping runners for traffic). Course was open to bikers etc... The last mile was about 0.4 miles longer..overall race was 13.5ish
Keeping cool Below 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? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Bad
Race evaluation [1-5] 2