Tobacco Road Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Cary, North Carolina
United States
FS Series
45F / 7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 42m 21s
Overall Rank = 208/2299
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 18/76
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:45. Ate oatmeal, banana, and drank some gatorade. I headed to the race site at 5:30. The shuttles seemed to be working at this point but I'm glad I was coming from Durham b/c the traffic from 540 looked terrible.
Event warmup:

I ran in the parking lot for about 15-20 minutes and did some stretching.
Run
  • 1h 42m 21s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 49s  min/mile
Comments:

The run was great. I took 2 gels this year. I had never done that before and it worked out great. My legs felt great and everything went perfect. My goal was 1:45 and I beat it by over 2 minutes!
What would you do differently?:

The only thing I would do differently is start a little more towards the front. The weaving in and out of people gets old.
Post race
Warm down:

I didn't do much of a warm down. Just walked around and ate.

Event comments:

The shuttles to this race were TERRIBLE. The race started 15 minutes late b/c there weren't enough buses. The parking lot was organized pretty bad. We waited 2+hours to get on the shuttle to leave. It was ridiculous. I am more sore today b/c of standing on a sidewalk for 2 hours than the run. I will not run again b/c of this.




Last updated: 2011-03-21 12:00 AM
Running
01:42:21 | 13.1 miles | 07m 49s  min/mile
Age Group: 18/76
Overall: 208/2299
Performance: Good
Course: The course was great. I really enjoyed it this year. I did the Full last year and I thought they really improved the water stops with the staggard starts.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? No
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 2