Charlottesville Marathon - RunMarathon


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Charlottesville, Virginia
United States
Bad to the bone endurance sports
48F / 9C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 3h 54m 27s
Overall Rank = 163/411
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 40/50
Pre-race routine:

Woke up after 5.5 hours of sleep but did not get up til 5am. Had banana and some water. Stretched and headed to race. Hammer gel 15 min prior to race with prayer.
Run
  • 3h 54m 27s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 57s  min/mile
Comments:

Faster than I had expected to run on such a hilly course for first marathon. Very nice course overall. Contended with killer headache most of morning then stuck with nausea in 2nd half of race. Don't know if ths was due to exertion level or fuel issues. Will have to experiment some more in longer endurance events to see. Could not have run any faster and finished with this pace.

More on race here:
http://tritoblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/charlottesville-marathon-race...

What would you do differently?:

Less gel per shot, but more frequently
Post race
Warm down:

walked, stretched, fluids

Event comments:

Live in town so I will not say I won't do this race again, but the double loop on the second half of the marathon is not fun to me. Would rather so another out and back or a longer out and back overall. Half marathon is great course though and will do it definitely.




Last updated: 2011-02-18 12:00 AM
Running
03:54:27 | 26.2 miles | 08m 57s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/50
Overall: 0/411
Performance: Good
Course: Hilly
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3