Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon - RunMarathon


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Champaign, Illinois
United States
Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon
50F / 10C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 3h 21m 1s
Overall Rank = 133/1890
Age Group = M3034
Age Group Rank = 20/145
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4am and had 2 servings of oatmeal, a banana, coffee, and sipped on Fluid Performance until race time. Also took one GU 10min before the start.
Event warmup:

We were running a little later than I'd like so I just did a quick run with some speed to get my heart rate up a little. Also a little bit of stretching.
Run
  • 3h 21m 1s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 07m 40s  min/mile
Comments:

I have a race recap in my blog and it would just be easier to link to it so here ya go http://journey2im.blogspot.com/

What would you do differently?:

I'm not sure what happened, I really do feel I'm capable of doing better...at least a 3:15. It's possible that I didn't get enough fluids and electrolyte through the first half of the race since I was a little worried about having too much.
Post race
Warm down:

Just walking around, went to get the post race pizza that hit the spot, waited for my brother and friend to finish.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Decision making

Event comments:

I really like this race, very well organized with lots of volunteers, spectators, and entertainment along the course. Right now, if nothing changes too much with school I may be doing this race again next year.




Last updated: 2011-11-13 12:00 AM
Running
03:21:01 | 26.2 miles | 07m 40s  min/mile
Age Group: 20/145
Overall: 133/1890
Performance: Average
Course: Very nice course, kind of a figure 8 making a loop through U of I at first to the east and than then another loop to the west going through some nice parts of Champaign.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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