Five Points of Life Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Gainesville, Florida
United States
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers
55F / 13C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 43m 44s
Overall Rank = 85/682
Age Group = M 35-39
Age Group Rank = 10/45
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:45. Bagel with cream cheese. Relaxed and shaved. Got things ready. Got to the race just after 6:00. All of a 5 min drive to race start. :) Parked right in lot next to start line. Awesome.
Event warmup:

Nothing
Run
  • 1h 43m 44s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 55s  min/mile
Comments:

PR and just a good race for me.

Mile 1: 7:37
Mile 2: 7:42
Mile 3: 7:54
Mile 4: 7:52
Mile 5: 7:36
Mile 6: 7:50
Mile 7: 8:07
Mile 8: 7:55
Mile 9: 8:02
Mile 10: 7:46
Mile 11: 7:53
Mile 12: 8:36
Mile 13: 7:59
Last 0.1: 0:50

As you can see my times are kind of all over the place. The first mile was fast because they started the marathon runner .1 mile ahead of us so had to get around them and picked up the pace to do so.
Miles 5-7 hurt like hell because of the hills on 16th. At mile 7 I started to get some calf cramping. Plus it really started to warm up.
Was doing well and knew I'd hit my time goal by mile 10, but the last 5k was just a sufferfest. It was hot and I was just physically exhausted. Thank god for being on campus and knowing the course or I would have started walking, maybe. ;)
What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Post race
Warm down:

Walked and drank and ate!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing, PR!

Event comments:

Love it because it is a home town race.




Last updated: 2010-11-09 12:00 AM
Running
01:43:44 | 13.1 miles | 07m 55s  min/mile
Age Group: 10/45
Overall: 85/682
Performance: Good
Course: Loop in NW Gainesville
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5