Houston Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Houston, Texas
United States
Houston Marathon Committee
62F / 17C
Precipitation
Total Time = 1h 58m 54s
Overall Rank = 1435/9472
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 174/657
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:15am and had my OJ and Oats N Honey on way to course
Event warmup:

Ate a few cliff blocks and drink some water..walked to the starting line
Run
  • 1h 58m 54s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 05s  min/mile
Comments:

Started off feeling good. Keeping great pace and feeling loose through mile 5. My plan was to hold off until mile 9 and then crank it up a bit from there...well, i went to crank it up and had nothing and struggled to keep going.
What would you do differently?:

Drop the temp to be what I trained in, not 20 degrees hotter and pace slower at start regardless of how good I feel
Post race
Warm down:

Got food and went home. Felt dizzy for a bit

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Starting off too fast based upon the weather conditions. Looking for to working with a coach during tri season to help eliminate the drop offs from training to race day

Event comments:

Another well put on race.




Last updated: 2010-10-24 12:00 AM
Running
01:58:54 | 13.1 miles | 09m 05s  min/mile
Age Group: 174/657
Overall: 1435/9472
Performance: Average
Course: Pretty flat...course around Downtown and the such
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %3%
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5