Carlsbad Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Carlsbad, California
United States
In Motion
15C / 59F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 53m 51s
Overall Rank = 1399/7044
Age Group = F18-24
Age Group Rank = 41/243
Pre-race routine:

Woke up and had a plain, dry bagel and some water. Our sherpas drove Neal and I out to the race start and we socialized a bit before heading to the corral.
Event warmup:

Not much. Little bit of jumping around and stretching
Run
  • 1h 53m 51s
  • 21.08 kms
  • 05m 24s  min/km
Comments:

Well...so I started off really well. I was ahead of the 1:50 pace guys for about 9 miles and then those last 4 miles took a bit of a hit. At 5km a guy deeked in front of me and I got tripped and fell. I had grabbed his hand when I went down so I didn't completely wipe out, but I grazed my hand and elbow and bruised my hip a bit.


What would you do differently?:

In hindsight I might have taken it out a bit too hard and then paid for it on the back, but what are you going to do. My 6.6mile split was 56:17...so I didn't do as poorly as I thought I was doing. Haha. I guess I normally just feel stronger and can negatively split.

Definately need some more aerobic conditioning. My longest run prior to the race was about 17km in Maui 3 weeks before and even before that I had only done 2 other runs above 10km. Just really early in my season for a HM...so I think I did pretty well considering. 6min PR!!

I also wouldn't trip...haha...
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around...collapsed on the curve and sat there for awhile and had some sugar. Haha

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of LSD runs, tripping, early season race

Event comments:

Nice race, nice course AND IT ISN'T -30C!!!! Haha.




Last updated: 2010-11-18 12:00 AM
Running
01:53:51 | 21.08 kms | 05m 24s  min/km
Age Group: 41/243
Overall: 1399/7044
Performance: Good
Course: A bit rolling. There were a few hills that were a bit unexpected.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5]
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