Canyonlands Half Marathon - Run


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Moab, Utah
United States
Rim Rock Roadrunners
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 32m 15s
Overall Rank = 2291/2755
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 146/152
Pre-race routine:

Bus ride to starting line and then sitting around for an hour and half. Awoke about 6:00, (race started at 10:00), breakfast of fruit, oatmeal, etc. Should have taken a later bus to start so that I didn't have so long to wait at start line
Event warmup:

Could have been better. There was a about a 300 yeard walk from bus drop off to starting line just before race started. Usual stretching otherwise.
Run
  • 2h 32m 15s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 11m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

First 1/2 marathon for 15 + years. Just enjoyed the beuaty of the run, great motivation to train. Excellent organization!
What would you do differently?:

I had several injuries during training in months prior to run including plantar fasciitis, strained calf and bad cold. I didn't get my mileage as high as I had hoped in weeks leading up to run. Max distance prior to race was 10 miler, would have liked to have done some more distance prior to race, but felt good for lack of miles done beforehand.
Post race
Warm down:

Stopped running! Stretches, though still cramped pretty good afterward.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I'm just slow, but it was sure fun!

Event comments:

Just overall fun race and as mentioned beautiful course. Strong headwind from mile 11 to 12 about did me in. Just fun to be part of such a large group of runners.




Last updated: 2006-03-23 12:00 AM
Running
02:32:15 | 13.1 miles | 11m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/152
Overall: 0/2755
Performance: Average
Course: Beautiful run along Colorado river first 10 1/2 miles. Weather had been threatening for the several days before, woke up to pleasant surpise of clear blue skies. Mostly down hill though some ups at 6-7, 8-9 and 10-11 miles.
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 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