3M Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Austin, Texas
United States
3M Half Marathon & Relay
65F / 18C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 47m 16s
Overall Rank = 866/4515
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 90/264
Pre-race routine:

No real routine. Got up and ate PB on a single piece of bread and had a cup of coffee. Loaded up and headed out.
Event warmup:

No real warm-up. Didn't realize there would be so many road closures a half hour prior to start. Couldn't figure out how to get to parking with the road closures so parked somewhere else and trotted to the corrals. Got there 5 minutes before race time so that was the warmup.
Run
  • 1h 47m 16s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 11s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt like I made good decisions on pace and effort and strategy throughout the race. I had to change strategy when I started with a high heartrate and it became obvious that I couldn't use it as teh main tool to determine how to race. Shut off the alerts after the first mile and went to pace per mile and RPE to determine effort and pacing. Met my goal range and time for the race (1:45 - 1:55). Was shot by the end of the race so felt like I couldn't have done much better if at all!
What would you do differently?:

Not much. Was the best first half marathon I think I could have done. In getting to the race, could have left a little earlier to try to figure out the parking and see if my HR would settle in but I think that it was high due to first HM anxiousness.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around, rehydrated, got in some stretching and grabbed a banana and some breakfast tacos. Looked around at the booths and then jumped a bus back to the starting point.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Trained well for the race. About as good as I could have done coming off an Oly and then jumping into a HM training regimen. I had some issues early on with tendonitis so if I could have avoided that, I could have gotten in more long runs earlier.

Event comments:

Good race. I had a great time. Course was fun and felt good after finishing. Only issue I had was not knowing about road closures but it turns out the race had a link to the city for road closures. Didn't seem obvious to me (I missed it). Might be a good idea for them to put something in the Race Day section for next year to check this link.




Last updated: 2010-09-28 12:00 AM
Running
01:47:16 | 13.1 miles | 08m 11s  min/mile
Age Group: 90/264
Overall: 866/4515
Performance: Good
1st 10k time: 51:08, 1st 10k rank: 1018 Final 6 9m rank: 865 Average HR: 162 Max HR 169 Pace 8:11/mile Mile 1 pace was 8:51 - getting going and traffic after than all laps were between 7:52 and 8:22.
Course: Course was mostly downhill and fast. Was slight downhill with some steeper sections. There was some uphill, mostly in the first 4 miles but then another good uphill at mile 9 and 10. Then slight downhill to finish. Good control and monitoring by police and volunteers. No traffic issues - for the runners. There was some intermittent drizzle that made sections of the course slick for running, especially the stripes, tar patches and smoother asphalt.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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] 4