Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
Knoxville Track Club
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 41m 45s
Overall Rank = 149/2272
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up and did the breakfast thing. Parents came and picked me up, and it was off to the races ;) After getting robbed for $10 to park (the beginning and end were at different spots, so they probably used the parking lot for all of 30 minutes) I made my way into one of the host hotels to stay warm and use the restrooms (as opposed to the port-O's)
Event warmup:

Found my way to my starting corral (well... the 8-10min/mi area.) and hopped around to stay warm. Not a ton of action up until the gun sounded.
Run
  • 1h 41m 45s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

Obviously the first mile included that first minute or so of walking/shuffling when you cram 6k people on a bridge. After that everything calmed down a bit and I found a girl who was pushing a pretty solid 7:20 - 7:40 pace, so I used her as pace booty for quite a few miles. Finally we hit some of the dreaded "hills" and I had to break out on my own. As I started passing the 9mi sign, I realized I should probably be working a bit harder, as I wasn't exactly panting. I start upping the pace a bit too timidly. I Finally at mile 12 I decide to really push, so my last 5k is a negative split of my first 5k ;)
What would you do differently?:

Run MORE. I'm still just a poor pedestrian when it comes down to it.
Post race
Warm down:

Chocolate Milk, water, and that's about it. I walked up another hill (haha) and searched for my family. Found them and it was off to Cracker Barrel for a re-fill ;)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Miles in the legs. I need more of them...

Event comments:

Great race. Well set up and very prompt. It said "starts at 7:30" and the regular start (the handicapped athletes started a bit ahead) was by my watch at 7:31... a rarity in the racing world IMO ;)






Last updated: 2011-04-04 12:00 AM
Running
01:41:45 | 13.1 miles | 07m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/2272
Performance: Good
Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR 1 09m 10s 1.03 miles 08m 52s /mile 158 176 2 07m 37s 1.00 miles 07m 35s /mile 162 168 3 07m 49s 0.99 miles 07m 52s /mile 165 169 4 07m 37s 0.95 miles 07m 59s /mile 171 177 5 07m 49s 1.03 miles 07m 35s /mile 169 178 6 07m 45s 1.02 miles 07m 34s /mile 167 175 7 07m 40s 0.99 miles 07m 47s /mile 167 172 8 08m 10s 1.01 miles 08m 04s /mile 171 178 9 07m 34s 1.01 miles 07m 29s /mile 166 172 10 07m 33s 0.99 miles 07m 38s /mile 170 176 11 07m 37s 1.02 miles 07m 26s /mile 173 178 12 07m 38s 1.01 miles 07m 35s /mile 178 182 13 06m 56s 1.01 miles 06m 50s /mile 178 184 14 00m 52s 0.12 miles 07m 31s /mile 182 184
Course: Knoxville is supposed to be notoriously hard. I'm not sure why, I suppose it has to do with all the hills. I heard quite a few people dreading them out loud, but this is where I live, so it was simply business as usual for me. As a matter of fact, I never found a "hill" steeper than the ones on my regular training route. It was a great course though, very scenic. Lots of great volunteers to cheer us on, which, as always, is a huge help.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4