Country Music Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Nashville, Tennessee
United States
Competitor Group, Inc.
78F / 26C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 07m 24s
Overall Rank = 5001/22277
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 376/1148
Pre-race routine:

I had very fitful sleep. Not sure why, was not really worried. Maybe because I was meeting Hanson and knew there would be 30,000 people down there.
Event warmup:

Jogged from my car to the corral's. Hit 7:45 just to see the effort. It was easy.
Run
  • 2h 07m 24s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 44s  min/mile
Comments:

Hanson was going to pace me to 1:42. Was spot on until my Plantar facias tendon popped. Walked 1/2 mile then said "WHAT THE HECK".

Shuffled in the rest of the way, walked up some hills because the foot hurt worse going up. Pain was about the same. Kind of enjoyed the run instead of racing it. It was different. Not sure that I would have PR'd this anyway, the course got very HOT quickly and with the hills, it would have been tough.
What would you do differently?:

My nephew who is a 1:35 HM, did it in 1:45 and said the heat got to him. Hanson did a 1:41, whatever!! LOL. Thanks CRRUNNER10.
Post race
Warm down:

Hobbled around looking for my brother, but never found him. Hobbled over to the HCA tent and caught a ride back to my car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Plantar Facitious .

Event comments:

Lot's of debating on the local running sites about is this a spectacle or race. I say spectacle all the way. It was fun, but the course is very difficult to race.




Last updated: 2011-12-20 12:00 AM
Running
02:07:24 | 13.1 miles | 09m 44s  min/mile
Age Group: 376/1148
Overall: 5001/22277
Performance: Bad
1 7:47 2 7:47 3 8:05 - Got hot, and man my heel hurts... 4 14:44 - pop !!!!! 5 10:03 6 9:29 7 10:49 8 12:18 9 9:18 10 9:14 11 9:01 12 9:09 13 8:12 .1 7:24
Course: Hilly, Hot, some more hills.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %0
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? No
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