OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

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Indianapolis, Indiana
United States
500 Festival
72F / 22C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 47m 8s
Overall Rank = 2241/35000
Age Group = M45/49
Age Group Rank = 236/1730

Pre-race routine:

check weather-lucky, all the bad clouds in Southern, IN. Eat a peanut butter cliff bar.

Event warmup:

not much - jog from parking lot to RF tent to meet group. Not hard/fast, just easy steady jog.

Run

Comments:

I think I ran smart considering the weather - easier pace needed due to temp. Took right amount of water- no cramping. Hammer eaten at mile 9.

What would you do differently?:

nothing

Post race

Warm down:

3 pale ales - a couple sandwiches - banana - walked through line - high knees and butt kicks

What limited your ability to perform faster:

weighed 181 - need to be 175 or less - work on that this summer...

The HEAT. sure made the after race party fun -

Event comments:

they added water stations - last 4 miles in - I bet they were half mile apart.

Last updated: 2012-01-21 12:00 AM

Running
01:47:08 \| 13.1 miles \| 08m 11s min/mile
Age Group:	236/1730
Overall:	2241/35000
Performance:	Good
5K 25:23 - shirt was soaked at first mile - so knew I had to "cool the jets" and run at a pace I could keep in the heat. yard of bricks - 1:03:13 - I knew here I just wanted to finish steady. 11M - 1:30:25 tried to pick it up a bit - not much left
Course:	flat to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, around the track and back. there is a hill in/out under the track. The track is tricky - you need to stay under the line-if not - the bank becomes a problem - worst part of track? no breeze - no air - stiffling! But- it is cool running on the track the 500 is raced on.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right