Melissa's Road Race (Run - 22km) - RunHalf Marathon


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Banff, Alberta
Canada
Melissa's Road Race
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 58m 16s
Overall Rank = 425/1133
Age Group = 30-39F
Age Group Rank = 64/263
Pre-race routine:

Ate all the same things as usual… oatmeal, peanut bar, 1 cup of coffee, water, banana.
Drove to Banff with the family.
Run
  • 1h 58m 16s
  • 21.1 kms
  • 05m 37s  min/km
Comments:

This fell apart on me in a horrible way…
Need to rethink fuelling I guess. For the first time in my life I had serious GI issues. Started at 9km. Cramping and vomiting among other things… kept having to stop and hit the bush. Think I was pretty dehydrated by about 15km. Actually contemplated quitting but when Trevor caught up to me at 18km I knew I could finish and we did so together.
What would you do differently?:

Need to look into GI Issues and how to never go through this again!
I was a good 10-15 minutes slower than I should have been but didn't really care at the end.
Post race
Warm down:

Got changed and washed up. Then curled in a ball on the grass and prayed for death...

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Severe GI Issues.
Right knee was a bit sore but wasn't really a factor.

Event comments:

Despite my issues this was a fabulous race and I will be back.




Last updated: 2011-04-26 12:00 AM
Running
01:58:16 | 21.1 kms | 05m 37s  min/km
Age Group: 64/263
Overall: 425/1133
Performance: Bad
Course: The course was beautiful! Out and back with a couple of loops around the golf course.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5]