Sedona Marathon - RunMarathon


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Sedona, Arizona
United States
The Sedona Marathon
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 43m 49s
Overall Rank = 26/168
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 5/16
Pre-race routine:

got up, ate pancakes and yogurt at McDonalds, walked the 1/4 mile to the start
Event warmup:

roamed around trying to stay warm.
Run
  • 3h 43m 49s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

I had planned on this being a nice easy run. I was going to try and run 8 min pace and see how th eelevation and hills treated me. By mile 3, going uphill was hard on the breathing and it took forever to catch my breath again. I decided then to just run an easy pace, I wasn't trying to set any records or qualify for Boston. I kept a pretty even pace the whole way out. Even coming back in I was pretty steady, if a little bit slower. The last mile was straight up hill and it hurt. Nobody passed me after the turn around which I was pleased with, and I probably passed 10 people in the second half. It was a VERY tough course.
What would you do differently?:

nothing. This is a hard course, and I had no intentions of hurting myself trying to go fast. I just wanted a nice easy long run. It ended up being a nice, fairly comfortable long run on a beautiful course.
Post race
Warm down:

walked around the finishs area, ate a bit, hobbled back to the car

What limited your ability to perform faster:

hills and elevation are a tough combo

Event comments:

This was a very nice small race. The course was beautiful, but HARD. I was 30 min slower than my usual marathon time. Organization was great. Plenty of Aid stations with hater, Heed, fruit, and gels at most of them. Fun post race party. Very good destination marathon. A nice pleasant relaxing resort town, 100 miles from the Grand Canyon. I would highly recommend it.




Last updated: 2011-01-31 12:00 AM
Running
03:43:49 | 26.2 miles | 08m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 5/16
Overall: 26/168
Performance: Average
The mile markers were small and hard to spot sometimes. I triedto keep up with the splits initially, but by about the 5th mile, I had already missed a couple. I hit the turn around in 1:47:37, ran the second half in 1:56:11.
Course: Out and back along hige rolling hills. No flat areas at all.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4