National Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C.
United States
The Greater Washington Sports Alliance
35F / 2C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 46m 23s
Overall Rank = 1651/9495
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 193/709
Pre-race routine:

Wake up @ 4. PB & J on a Bagel, espresso and banana. Left @ 5:15. Foam Roll and softball.
Event warmup:

Walking to the start. No other warmup.
Run
  • 1h 46m 23s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 07s  min/mile
Comments:

Didn't know until the day before if I could switch to the 1/2 from the full marathon. Hadn't run much over the last month. My view of this was a training run. Not a race. But I still average @ M pace for the whole thing. Did the first 10 faster than E pace, but was in the low mid 8's. Then for the last 3.1 miles, I wanted to push the pace and see what I had left in the tank, but still held back. I was not winded any time during this race, but my legs were not used to running this far right now.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. Got a PR on limited training and did not hurt myself.
Post race
Warm down:

Water, Muscle Milk, pretzel, walking.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Limited training.

Event comments:

Great early season race. Actual time = 1:46:23. Nice PR and I have not been able to train for this. I was really hoping for a PR Yesterday, I was able to drop down to the Half from the full Marathon. During the race, no calf pain whatsoever. My plan was to do an E pace training run, but I went a little faster than that. I didn't race this, since I have not done any speed work, nor have I had any quality runs for about a month. I hadn't run for 2 weeks leading up to this previous Wednesday.




Last updated: 2011-03-27 12:00 AM
Running
01:46:23 | 13.1 miles | 08m 07s  min/mile
Age Group: 193/709
Overall: 1651/9495
Performance: Good
N/A
Course: Lap thru DC. Hilly course, but real nice.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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