Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Las Vegas, Nevada
United States
 		Total Time = 2h 53m 8s
Overall Rank = 15025/19186
Age Group = M 25-29
Age Group Rank = 708/797
Pre-race routine:

Got up 2 hrs early, ate bagel, peanut butter, and banana. Stetched, has some water. Brought a Gatorade prime down and drank that about 45 min before start.
Event warmup:

Stood around in the corral, but at least it wasn't cold
Run
  • 2h 53m 8s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 13m 13s  min/mile
Comments:

Never really tried to push too hard as I didn't want to be suffering in the end. My left quad really was hurting toward the end and certainly contributed to the walk/run strategy I adopted the last 3 miles.

I also made sure to take in calories from the gatorade on my belt and with the Gu chomps. Definitely made me feel much better at the end/ after the race.
What would you do differently?:

Run 13 and 14 mile training runs. My muscles really started to hurt after 10 and 11 miles, which is where I maxed out in training runs
Post race
Warm down:

Walked up to the hotel room, strethced there. So glad we stayed at Mandalay, beat the shit out of trying to find a way to get back to the hotel after the race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Weight. Not enough long training runs. That's about it.

Event comments:

Flat and fast, great sights, lots of fun people.




Last updated: 2010-12-07 12:00 AM
Running
02:53:08 | 13.1 miles | 13m 13s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/797
Overall: 0/19186
Performance: Average
1- 12:20 2- 11:57 3- 12:02 5k overall- 37:36 4- 12:07 5-12:19 6- 12:35 10k overall- 1:16:04 7- 12:36 8- 13:21 9- 13:15 10-14:04 10 miles overall- 2:06:39 11- 14:45 12 & 13- 30:23 (15:09 avg) .1- 1:21 (10:34 avg)
Course: Liked this course better than last year just because I knew we were going all the way to Fremont street before turning around. Much better job with water stations and cytomax being available than last year.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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] 5