Under Armour Baltimore Marathon - RunMarathon


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Baltimore, Maryland
United States
Baltimore Runing Festival
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 23m 18s
Overall Rank = 228/3362
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 38/332
Pre-race routine:

Woke up 6:40am drove to race and ate power bar but 7:30. Kept warm clothes on for as long as possible.
Run
  • 3h 23m 18s
  • 26 miles
  • 07m 49s  min/mile
Comments:

I wanted to try to run negative splits, starting at 8:00/mile pace for the first half and then trying 7:30 or 7:15 for the second half. i stay with a friend and her brother for the first 6 miles. I was tough running "slow" especially at the beginning of the race where I'm used to really running fast. I decided to break up my negative splits into 4 sections and so picked up the speed going down hill into the city and around the harbor. Slowed back up going back up the hills (miles 16-22) into Clifton park and Montebello but was able to really push the last few miles under 7/mile.

What would you do differently?:

Plan out my paces a little better based on the course. A course this hilly doesn't lend well to a negative split broken into halves.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around, stretched waiting for others to come in. Try to stay on my feet all day.

Event comments:

Need more bands, bad food set-up post race, much better in previous years.




Last updated: 2010-10-05 12:00 AM
Running
03:23:18 | 26 miles | 07m 49s  min/mile
Age Group: 38/332
Overall: 228/3362
Performance: Average
1-8:25/149, 2-7:55/144, 3-7:50/148, 4-7:39/145, 5-7:48/140, 6-8:00/140, 7-7:14/146, 8-7:07/146, 9-6:55/150, 10-7:12/152, 11-7:24/149, 12-7:31/148, 13-7:38/148, 14-7:30/150, 15-7:20/150, 16-7:36/153, 17-7:34/153, 18-8:00/147, 19-8:25/148, 20-9:45/146, 21-8:10/144, 22-8:24/146, 23-7:53/149, 24-7:20/150, 25-7:19/157, 26-6:50/159, 0.2-6:11/168
Course: Hill over the first 4 miles, then down hill and flat until mile 16 then up hill and rolling up/down hills until about mile 24
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4