Hyannis Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Hyannis, Massachusetts
United States
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Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 45m 4s
Overall Rank = 554/2650
Age Group = Men 30-39
Age Group Rank = 126/319
Pre-race routine:

You know. A couple of cups of coffee, a couple of trips to the bathroom, and so-on and so-forth.
Event warmup:

jogged about a mile with Hiroshi including the last half mile of the course. I think this was key because I got to see how the course ends. Last week I was really hoodwinked by the "false finishes" at the Foxboro 10 miler, so this was much better.
Run
  • 1h 45m 4s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 01s  min/mile
Comments:

I pretty much stuck exactly to the plan that I had in my head before the race.
The plan was to go out brisk but in control for the first 8-9 miles, and then start picking it up finishing with my last 3 miles in the 7:30's. I missed it with mile 11, but was in the mid 7:30's for miles 12&13. I had lots of energy left for the 2 mile kick.

I once again found myself frustrated with the discrepancy between the measured distance on my garmin and the official race distance. According to my garmin, the course was 13.24 miles which
puts my pace at 7:57/mile, but the official race distance of 13.1 puts my pace (as listed in the official results, so that's what counts) at 8:01/mile. I wouldn't care as much if it was the difference between 8:02 and 8:05, but I really thought I managed to get under 8 minute miles!!
FRUSTRATING!!!

All that being said, I am thrilled with the way this race went, and I set my 1/2 marathon PR by over 3 minutes! (Ok, so it was only my second one.)
What would you do differently?:

I wouldn't have listened to the volunteer handing out the t shirts who told me to take an XL instead of a Large!
I'm swimming in this thing!

Other than that, nuthin.
Post race
Warm down:

Just some walking around the parking lot.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

nothing. I do believe I'm feeling stronger every day.

Event comments:

Great day!
BIg thanks to Hirsoshi and all of the BT crew for a good time!!




Last updated: 2010-11-02 12:00 AM
Running
01:45:04 | 13.1 miles | 08m 01s  min/mile
Age Group: 126/319
Overall: 554/2650
Performance: Good
Splits according to my Garmin 305 1 00:08:14 1.00 08:14 2 00:08:03 1.00 08:03 3 00:08:05 1.00 08:05 4 00:08:03 1.00 08:03 5 00:08:07 1.00 08:07 6 00:07:57 1.00 07:57 7 00:07:54 1.00 07:54 8 00:08:08 1.00 08:09 9 00:07:57 1.00 07:57 10 00:07:55 1.00 07:55 11 00:07:57 1.00 07:57 12 00:07:37 1.00 07:37 13 00:07:31 1.00 07:31 14 00:01:38 0.24 06:49 Summary 01:45:14 13.24 07:56
Course: I really loved this course. I'll definitely be back. Lots of gentle rollers but pretty much flat. I suppose I could complain about the snowy rainy windy weather, but it's been that way all winter, so I'm used to it.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4